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Airport month · December 2023
Harry Reid International in December 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 15,872 domestic departures from Harry Reid International (LAS). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so LAS departures were 1.5 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at LAS that month were on time 84.7% of the time (15,872 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 83.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | LAS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.6% | — | 73.8% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 83.0% | — | 76.8% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.9 min | — | 16.3 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 529 | — | 474 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 15,872 | — | 172,932 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 7,729 | 49% | 81.4% | 2.3 min | 0.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 2,206 | 14% | 83.5% | 1.1 min | 0.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,312 | 8% | 91.8% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 1,107 | 7% | 84.8% | 0.5 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,051 | 7% | 84.1% | 5.8 min | 0.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 820 | 5% | 82.9% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 699 | 4% | 85.8% | 0.3 min | 0.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 424 | 3% | 80.2% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 203 | 1% | 71.4% | 11.2 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 197 | 1% | 80.2% | 3.8 min | 0.5% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 124 | 1% | 65.3% | 34.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAS–LAX | Las Vegas to Los Angeles | 844 | 78.4% | 7.1 min | 0.0% |
| LAS–DEN | Las Vegas to Denver | 737 | 82.8% | 2.4 min | 0.4% |
| LAS–SAN | Las Vegas to San Diego | 585 | 86.2% | -1.1 min | 0.2% |
| LAS–SEA | Las Vegas to Seattle | 564 | 85.8% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| LAS–PHX | Las Vegas to Phoenix | 551 | 83.3% | 3.9 min | 0.2% |
| LAS–SMF | Las Vegas to Sacramento | 502 | 86.3% | -1.5 min | 0.4% |
| LAS–DFW | Las Vegas to Dallas/Fort Worth | 463 | 86.6% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| LAS–SFO | Las Vegas to San Francisco | 449 | 72.2% | 10.2 min | 0.4% |
| LAS–OAK | Las Vegas to Oakland | 436 | 81.9% | 1.6 min | 0.7% |
| LAS–ATL | Las Vegas to Atlanta | 422 | 89.8% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| LAS–ORD | Las Vegas to Chicago | 387 | 88.4% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| LAS–SJC | Las Vegas to San Jose | 380 | 88.9% | -4.6 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LAS on time in December 2023?
81.6% of 15,872 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LAS · methodology · corrections.