Flight Time From Chicago To Las Vegas - FlightSphere

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Chicago	1 minute early
Taxi Out Time	20 minutes
In the Air	204 minutes
Taxiing In	7 minutes
Arrives Las Vegas	6 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Chicago to Las Vegas, Frontier is 56% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 56% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline	Normal Flights	Arrival Delayed*	Flight Cancelled
United	84%	15%	1%
Southwest	84%	16%	0%
Spirit	79%	20%	1%
American	76%	23%	1%
Frontier	56%	39%	5%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago and Las Vegas, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline	Taxiing Out (minutes)	In the Air(minutes)	Taxiing In(minutes)	Total(minutes)
Southwest	18	205	5	230
Spirit	18	204	6	231
American	19	204	7	232
United	21	204	7	235
Frontier	28	204	11	246

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time	Count
6pm	0.57
7am	1.49
5am	0.2
6am	0.4
9pm	0.48
8am	1.17
11pm	0.12
9am	1.34
5pm	0.39
10am	1.09
2pm	0.23
4pm	0.67
12pm	0.69
11am	0.68
3pm	1.32
1pm	1.2
10pm	0.25
7pm	0.9
8pm	1.16

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Las Vegas that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month	Count
January	389
February	383
March	439
April	456
May	514
June	436
July	439
August	471
September	456
October	496
November	409
December	396

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago to Las Vegas that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day	Count
Monday	14.88
Tuesday	13.31
Wednesday	13.56
Thursday	15.12
Friday	15.38
Saturday	13.73
Sunday	15.63

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline	Flights per Week
United	1
American	1
Spirit	0
Southwest	0
Frontier	0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time	Taxi Out(minutes)	In the Air(minutes)	Taxi In(minutes)	Total(minutes)
6pm	24	203	7	237
7am	19	202	7	229
5am	14	206	4	225
6am	16	203	5	226
9pm	20	201	8	235
8am	20	202	7	234
11pm	15	209	6	232
9am	23	205	7	237
5pm	20	203	7	232
10am	19	205	7	232
2pm	21	207	6	238
4pm	20	206	7	236
12pm	18	202	7	230
11am	19	204	7	232
3pm	19	205	7	233
1pm	19	203	7	232
10pm	14	204	6	226
7pm	23	206	7	239
8pm	23	204	8	239