Las Vegas (LAS) – San Diego (SAN)
- Distance
- 416 km
- 259 mi · 225 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 18 min / 1 h 19 min
- Average gate to gate: LAS → SAN / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 96 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (56 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,298,567
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −16.7%
- Flights / week
- 250
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 1,735,525 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- WN, OO, F9
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 LAS
- 207°
- Heading from SAN
- 26°
- Halfway point
- 34.41, -116.19
- Great-circle km
- 417 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAS → SAN
- 46 min
- In the air SAN → LAS
- 51 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 143,050 |
| Sep 2025 | 127,829 |
| Oct 2025 | 120,024 |
| Nov 2025 | 101,672 |
| Dec 2025 | 107,036 |
| Jan 2026 | 97,865 |
| Feb 2026 | 91,299 |
| Mar 2026 | 109,499 |
| Apr 2026 | 98,402 |
| May 2026 | 108,799 |
| Jun 2026 | 95,064 |
| Jul 2026 | 98,028 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 1,304 |
| Sep 2025 | 1,212 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,123 |
| Nov 2025 | 1,042 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,095 |
| Jan 2026 | 970 |
| Feb 2026 | 905 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,062 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,037 |
| May 2026 | 1,067 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,062 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,101 |
Airlines flying LAS–SAN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 143 | 68% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 50 | 11% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 14 | 9% |
| QXHorizon Air | 35 | 8% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 6.4 | 4% |
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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 4,439 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 3,440 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2,508 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,502 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 473 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 351 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 183 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 70 flights
Also carried: 210 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 70%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.2%
- Flights counted
- 11,243
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 67.5% | 18 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 76.6% | 16 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 67.4% | 32 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 82.7% | 14 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 43% · air traffic system 26% · 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
- $145
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $129
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 68% of passengers · $151
- Lowest-fare airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 19% of passengers · $142
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $117 · Q3 2025 $121 · Q4 2025 $133 · Q1 2026 $145).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $148, likely $131–$168
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 7.5%). 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 3% 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: 417 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.