Direct Flights from Albuquerque to Las Vegas
Las Vegas · Nevada
Nonstop service from ABQ to LAS on Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Las Vegas is one of the best-connected places in the country: 130 cities fly there nonstop, Albuquerque among them.
How long to go to Las Vegas for, from Albuquerque
1h 30m in the air, 485 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Las Vegas. Two nights works.
With roughly 5 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Las Vegas
In the midst of the southern Nevada desert, Las Vegas is the largest city in the state of Nevada. Nicknamed Sin City, Las Vegas and its surrounding communities are famed for their mega-casino resorts, often lavishly decorated with names and themes meant to evoke romance, mystery, and exotic destinations. Along the brightly-lit Strip through the center of the city, visitors will find all manner of amusements and entertainment: circuses, stage shows, thrill rides, erotica, exotic animals, fine dining restaurants, nightclubs, shopping, and elaborate fountain displays, to say nothing of the age-old allure of gambling and drinking.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Las Vegas
- The Strat is a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It includes a 1,149-foot-tall (350 m) observation tower, the tallest in the United States.
- High Roller is a 550-foot-tall (167.6 m), 520-foot (158.5 m) diameter giant Ferris wheel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States.
- Adventuredome is a 5-acre (2 ha) indoor amusement park at Circus Circus in Winchester, Nevada on the Las Vegas Strip. It is owned by Phil Ruffin.
- The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum was a museum owned and originally operated by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.
- The National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, documents the history of nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in the Mojave Desert about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
- Shark Reef Aquarium is a public aquarium on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It is located at and owned by the Mandalay Bay resort. The attraction opened on June 20, 2000.
- The Neon Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, features signs from old casinos and other businesses displayed outdoors on 2.27 acres (0.92 ha).
- The Mob Museum, officially the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is a history museum located in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
- Guardian Angel Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Winchester, Nevada, United States, in the Las Vegas Valley. It is located just off of the Las Vegas Strip, north of the Wynn and Encore hotels.
- Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, a United States National Monument near Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, was established in 2014 to protect Ice Age paleontological discoveries.
- The Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park, informally known as the Las Vegas Zoo, was a 3-acre (1.2 ha), nonprofit zoo and botanical garden located in Las Vegas, Nevada that operated from 1981 to September 20, 2013.
- The Pinball Hall of Fame is a nonprofit hands-on museum for playable pinball machines in Las Vegas, Nevada, first opened in 2006.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Las Vegas weather, compared with Albuquerque
10° warmer than Albuquerque on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Las Vegas 59°F · Albuquerque 49°F · 10° warmer
- April
- Las Vegas 79°F · Albuquerque 71°F · 8° warmer
- July
- Las Vegas 105°F · Albuquerque 92°F · 13° warmer
- October
- Las Vegas 81°F · Albuquerque 71°F · 10° warmer
July averages 105°F, hot enough to plan the middle of the day around.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Las Vegas
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Las Vegas is February–April and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 63–81°F.
- How long to stay
- Las Vegas rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from The Strat, High Roller (Ferris wheel), and Adventuredome and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Albuquerque to Las Vegas?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Albuquerque (ABQ) to Las Vegas (LAS) on Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Albuquerque to Las Vegas?
- Southwest flies nonstop between Albuquerque (ABQ) and Las Vegas (LAS).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Albuquerque to Las Vegas?
- There are about 5 nonstop departures per day (roughly 35 per week) from Albuquerque to Las Vegas.
- How far is Las Vegas from Albuquerque?
- Las Vegas is about 485 miles from Albuquerque by air.
- What is there to do in Las Vegas?
- Popular things to do include The Strat, High Roller (Ferris wheel), Adventuredome, Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, and more.
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