How long is the flight from Las Vegas to Florida?

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Las Vegas to Orlando airports and flights

How long does it really take to fly from Las Vegas to Orlando? Here's a sample itinerary for a commercial flight plan. If you want to know the total travel time to reach Orlando, you need to include time at the airports. Eventually, you'll be able to customize this itinerary to select other nearby airports and choose your preferred airline.

Saturday, 12:00 pm:  start in Las Vegas
drive for about 20 minutes
most airlines recommend you get to the airport at least 90 minutes before your flight, so arrive by 1:15 pm at the latest

12:20 pm:  McCarran International (LAS)
if you need to check luggage, make sure you do it at least 30-60 minutes before departure, or in this case, by 1:45 pm

12:50 pm:  get your boarding pass and go through TSA security
allow enough time for long security lines during busy travel seasons or holidays, and prepare for the wait time

1:50 pm:  arrive at the gate
once you're ready to board, you can get something to eat in the airport or just relax near the gate

2:20 pm:  prepare for boarding
check your boarding pass for your group number or listen to the gate agent as they announce boarding, some airlines require you to be in the boarding area 10-15 minutes before departure or risk losing your seat

2:35 pm:  board Southwest Airlines Co. flight
you can scroll down to view other airlines that fly this route

2:45 pm:  this is your scheduled departure time
but this flight is usually delayed by an average of 8 minutes

2:53 pm:  so this is your actual departure time
it takes the plane an average of 15 minutes to taxi to the runway

3:08 pm:  wheels up! take-off from LAS
fly for about 4 hours in the air

9:56 pm (local time):  Orlando International (MCO) Orlando is 3 hours ahead of Las Vegas

so the time in Las Vegas is actually 6:56 pm

10:04 pm (local time):  arrive at the gate at MCO deboard the plane, and claim any baggage

if you're renting a car, check if you need to take a shuttle to car rental agency, otherwise you can ride in a cab, limo, or Uber for about 26 minutes to your destination

10:30 pm (local time):  arrive in Orlando

Total travel time: 8 hours

Realistically, you're not going to want to drive without stopping all the way from Florida to Las Vegas, especially if you're the main driver. So let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Las Vegas, and you need to stop along the way to rest. Plus if it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over a number of days.

Road trip: 5 days of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 37 hours on the road with 4 overnights

Itinerary

Start at Florida.

Drive for about 5 hours, then stop in Tallahassee and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 4 hours then stop in Mobile. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 3.5 hours, then stop in Jackson (Mississippi) and stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 6.5 hours, then stop in Dallas and stay for about 3 hours. Next, drive for another 6 hours then stop in Amarillo. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 4 hours, then stop in Albuquerque and stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 4.5 hours, then stop in Flagstaff and stay for about 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 4 hours and arrive in Las Vegas.

To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:

The distance from Las Vegas to Orlando by plane is 2039 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

The flight time from Las Vegas to Orlando is 4 hours, 22 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 56 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 4 hours, 16 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 4 hours, 24 minutes.

Southwest, Spirit, Frontier, and United are the airlines with direct flights from Las Vegas to Orlando.

Yes! Southwest does fly from Las Vegas (LAS) to Orlando (MCO). On average, they have 7 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Las Vegas to Orlando, Southwest is 66% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 66% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Las Vegas and Orlando, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Las Vegas to Orlando that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Las Vegas to Orlando that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

* Delayed more than 20 minutes.