Detroit (DTW) – Las Vegas (LAS)
- Distance
- 2,814 km
- 1,749 mi · 1,519 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 22 min / 3 h 49 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → LAS / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 353 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (209 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 893,094
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.9%
- Flights / week
- 107
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 1,069,615 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, NK, WN
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DTW
- 267°
- Heading from LAS
- 66°
- Halfway point
- 40.25, -99.96
- Great-circle km
- 2,808 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → LAS
- 3 h 56 min
- In the air LAS → DTW
- 3 h 22 min
- Clocks
- Las Vegas is 3 h behind Detroit
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 73,436 |
| Sep 2025 | 76,431 |
| Oct 2025 | 96,203 |
| Nov 2025 | 74,501 |
| Dec 2025 | 70,633 |
| Jan 2026 | 71,565 |
| Feb 2026 | 67,511 |
| Mar 2026 | 81,746 |
| Apr 2026 | 81,150 |
| May 2026 | 71,692 |
| Jun 2026 | 59,481 |
| Jul 2026 | 68,745 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 456 |
| Sep 2025 | 480 |
| Oct 2025 | 612 |
| Nov 2025 | 474 |
| Dec 2025 | 451 |
| Jan 2026 | 506 |
| Feb 2026 | 439 |
| Mar 2026 | 490 |
| Apr 2026 | 491 |
| May 2026 | 423 |
| Jun 2026 | 338 |
| Jul 2026 | 397 |
Airlines flying DTW–LAS nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 72 | 68% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 19 | 18% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 13 | 12% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 2.7 | 2% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 1,370 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,285 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 745 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 620 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 358 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 356 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 293 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 253 flights
Also carried: 137 tonnes of freight and 47 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 5,581
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 79.9% | 14 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 80.9% | 14 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 66.8% | 16 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 67.6% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 45% · aircraft arriving late 29% · air traffic system 22% · weather 4% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $317
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $266
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 58% of passengers · $422
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 27% of passengers · $132
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $239 · Q3 2025 $242 · Q4 2025 $270 · Q1 2026 $317).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $323, likely $287–$368
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.5%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 5% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 2,808 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.