Direct Flights from Las Vegas to Williston
Williston · North Dakota
Nonstop service from LAS to XWA on Sun Country. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 3 cities fly direct to Williston, and Las Vegas is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Williston for, from Las Vegas
2h 35m in the air, 1,022 miles. That is a long weekend without much friction, though three nights beats two once you add the airport time at both ends.
Note that this route only operates September to December, so the trip has to fit that window.
About Williston
Williston is a city on the Missouri River, near the northwestern corner of North Dakota, that is now experiencing explosive growth due to an oil boom. It is about 230 miles northwest of Bismarck - the state capital - by car. Williston is the county seat. Its population grew from 15,000 in 2010 to about 27,000 in 2018.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Williston
- Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a partial reconstruction of the most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri River from 1829 to 1867.
- Lewis and Clark State Park is a public recreation area occupying 525 acres (212 ha) in Williams County, North Dakota, where Gamache Creek enters Lake Sakakawea, 18 miles (29 km) east of Williston.
- The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center is a museum near Williston, North Dakota.
- Writing Rock State Historic Site, located twelve miles (19 km) northeast of Grenora, North Dakota in Divide County near the Montana border, is the site of two large granite boulders, carved with petroglyphs featuring thu…
- Brush Lake State Park is a public recreation area located four miles east of the community of Dagmar, Montana. The park surrounds three sides of the highly alkaline, 280-acre (110 ha), sixty-foot-deep Brush Lake.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Williston weather, compared with Las Vegas
27° cooler than Las Vegas on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Williston 22°F · Las Vegas 59°F · 36° colder
- April
- Williston 56°F · Las Vegas 79°F · 23° colder
- July
- Williston 84°F · Las Vegas 105°F · 20° colder
- October
- Williston 56°F · Las Vegas 81°F · 25° colder
January bottoms out near 22°F — a real coat, not a layer. Williston also swings harder through the year than Las Vegas does — 62° between its coldest and warmest months against 48°.
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 Williston
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Williston is May–June and September, when daytime highs are a comfortable 67–77°F.
- How long to stay
- Three or four days is enough to take in Williston's highlights, from Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Lewis and Clark State Park (North Dakota), and Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center and more.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Las Vegas to Williston?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Las Vegas (LAS) to Williston (XWA) on Sun Country.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Las Vegas to Williston?
- Sun Country flies nonstop between Las Vegas (LAS) and Williston (XWA). Sun Country flies it September to December only.
- How far is Williston from Las Vegas?
- Williston is about 1,022 miles from Las Vegas by air.
- What is there to do in Williston?
- Popular things to do include Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, Lewis and Clark State Park (North Dakota), Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center, Writing Rock State Historic Site, and more.
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