Houston (HOU) – Las Vegas (LAS)
- Distance
- 1,988 km
- 1,235 mi · 1,073 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 7 min / 2 h 52 min
- Average gate to gate: HOU → LAS / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 250 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (148 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 555,926
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.9%
- Flights / week
- 78
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 82%
- 678,371 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- 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 HOU
- 296°
- Heading from LAS
- 105°
- Halfway point
- 33.26, -104.85
- Great-circle km
- 1,985 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air HOU → LAS
- 2 h 48 min
- In the air LAS → HOU
- 2 h 31 min
- Clocks
- Las Vegas is 2 h behind Houston
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 45,113 |
| Sep 2025 | 42,822 |
| Oct 2025 | 53,611 |
| Nov 2025 | 47,746 |
| Dec 2025 | 50,085 |
| Jan 2026 | 43,347 |
| Feb 2026 | 44,502 |
| Mar 2026 | 49,850 |
| Apr 2026 | 42,462 |
| May 2026 | 46,572 |
| Jun 2026 | 44,152 |
| Jul 2026 | 45,664 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 324 |
| Sep 2025 | 309 |
| Oct 2025 | 386 |
| Nov 2025 | 356 |
| Dec 2025 | 368 |
| Jan 2026 | 330 |
| Feb 2026 | 324 |
| Mar 2026 | 351 |
| Apr 2026 | 328 |
| May 2026 | 326 |
| Jun 2026 | 310 |
| Jul 2026 | 327 |
Airlines flying HOU–LAS nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78 | 100% |
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
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,967 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,262 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 807 flights
- Boeing 737-900 · 1 flight
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1 flight
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1 flight
Also carried: 419 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 4,042
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 15% · weather 3% · 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
- $247
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $220
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $247
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $247
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $211 · Q3 2025 $205 · Q4 2025 $221 · Q1 2026 $247).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $252, likely $218–$287
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 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6%). 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
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,985 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.
Every airport pair between Houston and Las Vegas
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