VNY → LAS
Private jet charter, Los Angeles to Las Vegas
Short enough that the aircraft category barely changes the arrival time, which makes it the clearest case in charter for choosing on cabin and cost rather than on speed.
- Distance
- 205 nm
- Block time
- about 55m–1h 10m
- Airports
- VNY → LAS
The airports
This route is flown Van Nuys (VNY) to Harry Reid (LAS). Business-aviation fields are where most of the time saving on a private flight actually comes from — the aircraft is a smaller part of it than people expect. You arrive minutes before departure, walk to the aircraft, and clear customs on the ramp rather than in a hall.
Other fields serve both cities and may suit you better depending on where you are starting and finishing. We check that against your actual address rather than defaulting to the best-known airport.
What actually constrains this leg
- On a leg this short, taxi and ground time is a large share of the total. The FBO you use matters more than the aircraft you book.
- Van Nuys is the busiest general-aviation airport in the world; allow for a departure queue at peak.
- Weekend demand into Las Vegas is extreme. Same-day availability is genuinely limited, not a sales tactic.
Aircraft
Categories that fly this nonstop
In normal conditions and with a typical load. Winter headwinds and a full cabin can push a marginal category into a fuel stop, which we check before quoting rather than on the day.
- Turboprop6–9 seats · 1,000–1,800 nmSlower and noisier than a jet, and it flies lower, so it works around weather rather than over it.
- Very light jet4–6 seats · 1,100–1,500 nmBaggage is the binding constraint far more often than seats are. Golf clubs and ski bags rarely fit.
- Light jet6–8 seats · 1,500–2,300 nmYou cannot stand up. On anything over two hours that starts to matter.
What this costs
We do not publish a figure for this route, and we would treat one on somebody else's site with suspicion. Charter is priced per aircraft per leg, and the biggest variable is whether a suitable aircraft is already near Los Angeles or has to be positioned in. That moves the price by thousands and it changes day to day.
Send us the dates and you get the real number, itemised — aircraft and crew time, positioning, landing and handling at both ends, taxes, and our fee as its own line. The charter page sets out how it is built.
