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Route Reliability

New York → Las Vegas

JFKLAS · 2,248 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
3,719
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines85%430 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways82%1,374 flights
  3. 3.Delta Air Lines80%1,682 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines65%233 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

JFK–LAS flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 83% on time on Wednesdays against 78% on Sundays.

American Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

American Airlines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 65%.

Ticking up lately.

JFK–LAS flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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
  • Mon81%(542 flights)
  • Tue80%(489 flights)
  • Wed83%(492 flights)
  • Thu80%(558 flights)
  • Fri81%(546 flights)
  • Sat80%(448 flights)
  • Sun78%(552 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(1392 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(603 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(108 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(538 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(711 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM72%(275 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 77% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%318
July 202571%308
August 202588%313
September 202583%336
October 202578%338
November 202582%299
December 202572%275
January 202679%280
February 202681%225
March 202686%295
April 202685%319
May 202681%321

Based on 3,719 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.