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Route Reliability

Chicago → Las Vegas

ORDLAS · 1,514 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
5,367
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Spirit Airlines82%320 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines81%2,330 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines73%723 flights
  4. 4.American Airlines68%1,820 flights
  5. 5.Frontier Airlines59%174 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

ORD–LAS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORD–LAS flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 69%.

Spirit Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Spirit Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 59%.

Slipping a little lately.

ORD–LAS flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% 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
  • Mon70%(807 flights)
  • Tue80%(702 flights)
  • Wed79%(688 flights)
  • Thu75%(777 flights)
  • Fri74%(803 flights)
  • Sat80%(707 flights)
  • Sun69%(800 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(1259 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(1071 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(827 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(827 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(999 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(299 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 74% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%464
July 202570%462
August 202579%475
September 202580%476
October 202576%484
November 202581%379
December 202570%354
January 202675%354
February 202684%391
March 202673%468
April 202666%498
May 202674%479

Based on 5,367 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.