Direct Flights from Las Vegas to Midland
Midland · Texas
Nonstop service from LAS to MAF on Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 6 cities have a nonstop to Midland, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to Midland for, from Las Vegas
2h 5m in the air, 794 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Midland. Two nights works.
About Midland
Midland is a city in the Permian Basin region of Texas. Its warm climate, friendly people, and central location are the primary reasons for the city's popularity. It is home to about 133,000 people (census, 1 April 2020) Twenty minutes to the west is Odessa, with a population of about 100,000. Nearly a quarter of a million people reside in the Midland/Odessa metropolitan area.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Midland
- The Presidential Archives and Leadership Library is a museum and library complex located at 4919 East University Blvd. in Odessa, Texas, on the campus of the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
- The Permian Basin Petroleum Museum is a museum in Midland, Texas, USA, with exhibits relating to the oil and gas industry of the Permian Basin of west Texas and southeast New Mexico.
- The Museum of the Southwest is a multidisciplinary cultural museum opened in 1966. It displays a selection of prints, paintings, and drawings, as well as the 1959 Kentucky Derby trophy.
- The Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center (NAEC) is an aviation museum operated by the American Airpower Heritage Museum (AAHM), an affiliate organization of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF), headquartered…
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Midland weather, compared with Las Vegas
Within 3° of Las Vegas on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Midland 58°F · Las Vegas 59°F · much the same
- April
- Midland 80°F · Las Vegas 79°F · much the same
- July
- Midland 96°F · Las Vegas 105°F · 9° colder
- October
- Midland 79°F · Las Vegas 81°F · 2° colder
July averages 96°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 Midland
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Midland is February–April and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 63–80°F.
- How long to stay
- A long weekend is plenty of time to see Midland, including Presidential Museum and Leadership Library, Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, and Museum of the Southwest.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Las Vegas to Midland?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Las Vegas (LAS) to Midland (MAF) on Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Las Vegas to Midland?
- Southwest flies nonstop between Las Vegas (LAS) and Midland (MAF).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Las Vegas to Midland?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Las Vegas to Midland.
- How far is Midland from Las Vegas?
- Midland is about 794 miles from Las Vegas by air.
- What is there to do in Midland?
- Popular things to do include Presidential Museum and Leadership Library, Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Museum of the Southwest, National Aviation Education Center, and more.
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