Harry Reid International in October 2024

82.4%departed on time

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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 17,195 domestic departures from Harry Reid International (LAS). 82.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so LAS departures were 3.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 17,503 departures with 75.8% leaving on time: a change of +6.6 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at LAS that month were on time 83.7% of the time (17,195 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 83.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from LAS in October 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	LAS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	82.4%	75.8%	73.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	83.0%	76.0%	76.8%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.4%	0.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	14.3 min	16.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	573	583	474	20,517
Scheduled departures	17,195	17,503	172,932	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	7,462	43%	83.4%	-1.2 min	0.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	2,474	14%	83.9%	-0.6 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,453	8%	85.5%	-1.2 min	0.1%
UA United Airlines	1,357	8%	86.7%	-4.2 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	1,319	8%	84.9%	2.1 min	0.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,247	7%	77.1%	8.3 min	1.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	645	4%	82.2%	-0.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	491	3%	79.2%	5.4 min	0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	328	2%	89.9%	-10.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	295	2%	57.6%	26.5 min	1.4%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	124	1%	75.8%	23.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAS–LAX	Las Vegas to Los Angeles	859	79.9%	3.8 min	0.2%
LAS–DEN	Las Vegas to Denver	697	88.5%	-3.9 min	0.0%
LAS–PHX	Las Vegas to Phoenix	652	85.3%	-2.0 min	0.2%
LAS–SAN	Las Vegas to San Diego	652	61.7%	20.1 min	1.7%
LAS–SEA	Las Vegas to Seattle	593	84.3%	-1.1 min	0.0%
LAS–SFO	Las Vegas to San Francisco	573	74.7%	8.9 min	0.2%
LAS–DFW	Las Vegas to Dallas/Fort Worth	545	85.9%	0.8 min	0.0%
LAS–ORD	Las Vegas to Chicago	495	83.0%	2.1 min	0.0%
LAS–SMF	Las Vegas to Sacramento	493	87.0%	-2.6 min	0.2%
LAS–ATL	Las Vegas to Atlanta	470	86.0%	0.7 min	0.2%
LAS–SJC	Las Vegas to San Jose	416	84.4%	-2.4 min	0.2%
LAS–OAK	Las Vegas to Oakland	402	81.8%	1.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.7%	42.7%	52,325
Late-arriving aircraft	38.0%	37.4%	59,023
National Aviation System	26.9%	16.3%	41,836
Extreme weather	1.4%	3.4%	2,123
Security	0.1%	0.2%	106

155,413 delay minutes on 2,838 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LAS on time in October 2024?

82.4% of 17,195 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 75.8% of 17,503 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 82.4% and 0.3% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2024; 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.