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Route Reliability

Detroit → Las Vegas

DTWLAS · 1,749 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Harry Reid International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
2,947
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Spirit Airlines81%623 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines77%1,930 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines76%337 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (57 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

DTW–LAS flights departing between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

DTW–LAS flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 73%.

Spirit Airlines has a slight edge here.

Spirit Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 76%.

Ticking up lately.

DTW–LAS flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(437 flights)
  • Tue81%(393 flights)
  • Wed79%(385 flights)
  • Thu81%(426 flights)
  • Fri77%(430 flights)
  • Sat79%(413 flights)
  • Sun75%(445 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(487 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(632 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(478 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(389 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(856 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM87%(87 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 79% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%271
July 202577%247
August 202585%227
September 202582%239
October 202586%307
November 202582%236
December 202567%225
January 202672%253
February 202675%220
March 202675%246
April 202677%246
May 202676%212

Based on 2,947 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.