Great-circle route LAS ↔ HOU. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample. The two directions are not identical — that is normal on scheduled routes.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAS → HOU Las Vegas to Houston |
37/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
| HOU → LAS Houston to Las Vegas |
36/wk | Daily | Southwest Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 563,684 passengers on 4,135 flights between LAS and HOU — about 1,545 a day — filling 81% of the 695,748 seats flown. Southwest Airlines Co. carried the most passengers (100%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline flying the LAS–HOU nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737, Airbus A320.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between McCarran International Airport and William P Hobby Airport is 1,233 miles, or 1,984 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,233 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,984 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,071 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. Southwest Airlines flies the route nonstop, with about 73 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 00m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,233-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
About 37 a week from Las Vegas to Houston and 36 a week from Houston to Las Vegas, from our most recent schedule sample.
Southwest Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 563,684 passengers on 4,135 scheduled flights between LAS and HOU — about 1,545 a day — filling 81% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737, Airbus A320. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
