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Route Reliability

Raleigh–Durham → Las Vegas

RDULAS · 2,026 miles · Raleigh–Durham International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
748
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines91%361 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines80%341 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (46 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

RDU–LAS flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 59% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

RDU–LAS flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 79%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 91% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 80%.

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%(116 flights)
  • Tue87%(95 flights)
  • Wed85%(93 flights)
  • Thu88%(112 flights)
  • Fri79%(113 flights)
  • Sat84%(107 flights)
  • Sun83%(106 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(50 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(460 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(39 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(96 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(85 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(12 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 81% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%78
July 202584%77
August 202582%66
September 202578%51
October 202573%60
November 202588%56
December 202590%57
January 202683%57
February 202688%56
March 202687%62
April 202692%60
May 202682%62

Based on 748 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.