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Route Reliability

San Francisco → Las Vegas

SFOLAS · 414 miles · San Francisco International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
6,062
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines81%2,733 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines77%1,143 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines70%1,313 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines68%873 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SFO–LAS flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 68% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

SFO–LAS flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 71%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 68%.

Recent months have been rougher.

SFO–LAS flights arrived on time 68% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% 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
  • Mon75%(920 flights)
  • Tue80%(744 flights)
  • Wed80%(746 flights)
  • Thu71%(911 flights)
  • Fri74%(933 flights)
  • Sat85%(806 flights)
  • Sun73%(957 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(417 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(1065 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM70%(838 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(918 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(1075 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(912 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(792 flights)
On-time trend by month
61%
May

Jun 81% → May 61% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%494
July 202578%487
August 202583%522
September 202578%514
October 202576%519
November 202574%491
December 202578%508
January 202681%521
February 202682%445
March 202683%484
April 202661%501
May 202661%531

Based on 6,062 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.