Direct Flights from Las Vegas to Fresno
Fresno · California
Nonstop service from LAS to FAT on Allegiant, Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 11 cities have a nonstop to Fresno, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to Fresno for, from Las Vegas
1h in the air, 258 miles: short enough that a single night in Fresno is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
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 Fresno
Fresno is in the San Joaquin Valley of California. Many visitors find themselves stopping in Fresno on the way to Yosemite National Park, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, or other destinations in the Sierras.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Fresno
- Saint John the Baptist Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno on Mariposa Street in Fresno, California. Erected in 1882, St. John Parish is the oldest parish in Fresno.
- The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is a zoo in Roeding Park in Fresno, California covering 39 acres and housing over 190 species.
- The Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno, California, are a series of subterranean structures built by Baldassare Forestiere, an immigrant from Sicily, over a period of 40 years from 1906 to his death in 1946.
- Roeding Park is a 90-acre (360,000 m2) regional city park in Fresno, California established in 1903 via a gift from the Roeding family.
- The Old Fresno Water Tower is a historic water tower in Fresno, California. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by George Washington Maher, the tower was completed in late 1894.
- The William Saroyan House Museum founded on August 31, 2018, in Fresno, California is a single subject museum on the writer William Saroyan.
- Kearney Park is a historic public park located west of Fresno, California. It is former residence of Martin Theodore Kearney and the community center of his Fruit Vale Estate agricultural colony.
- The M. Young Botanic Garden 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) is a botanical garden located at 14178 West Kearney, Kerman, California, United States. Every plant used is drought-tolerant.
- The Alkali Sink Ecological Reserve is a protected conservation area spanning approximately 930 acres in the Central Valley of California.
- Woodward Park is a public park located in Fresno, California, abutting the San Joaquin River, opened in 1968.
- The Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science was a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate and American Alliance of Museums accredited museum located in downtown Fresno, California, in the San Joaquin Valley.
- The Fresno Art Museum is an art museum in Fresno, California. The museum's collection includes contemporary art, modern art, Mexican and Mexican-American art, and Pre-Columbian sculptures.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Fresno weather, compared with Las Vegas
3° cooler than Las Vegas on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Fresno 57°F · Las Vegas 59°F · 2° colder
- April
- Fresno 75°F · Las Vegas 79°F · 4° colder
- July
- Fresno 99°F · Las Vegas 105°F · 5° colder
- October
- Fresno 80°F · Las Vegas 81°F · much the same
July averages 99°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 Fresno
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Fresno is February–April and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 62–80°F.
- How long to stay
- Fresno rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Saint John the Baptist Cathedral (Fresno, California), Fresno Chaffee Zoo, and Forestiere Underground Gardens and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Las Vegas to Fresno?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Las Vegas (LAS) to Fresno (FAT) on Allegiant, Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Las Vegas to Fresno?
- Allegiant, Southwest fly nonstop between Las Vegas (LAS) and Fresno (FAT).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Las Vegas to Fresno?
- There are about 5 nonstop departures per day (roughly 35 per week) from Las Vegas to Fresno.
- How far is Fresno from Las Vegas?
- Fresno is about 258 miles from Las Vegas by air.
- What is there to do in Fresno?
- Popular things to do include Saint John the Baptist Cathedral (Fresno, California), Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Forestiere Underground Gardens, Roeding Park, and more.
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