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Flying from Las Vegas to Denver?

Add a departure date and see which side gets the sun.

About this route

Las VegasDenver

A short flight within United States. Denver is 1 hour ahead. Don't forget to adjust your watch on arrival!

Route type Domestic
Distance 1,009 km / 627 mi
Distance class Short-haul
Direction East-northeast
Est. duration About 1h 35m
Time change Destination +1h

Departing from

LAS

Harry Reid International Airport

Location Las Vegas, United States
Time zone PDT · UTC−7
Current time

Sin City

Las Vegas sits in a desert valley ringed by mountains, with the Strip's resort corridor forming a single dense spine surrounded by a much larger, ordinary, car-built city. Most visitors never see far beyond that corridor and the older casino blocks of downtown a few miles north. A short monorail runs along the Strip itself, but nothing rail-based reaches outside it, so getting anywhere off the Strip means a car, taxi, or rideshare. Summers are extremely hot and dry.

Surrounding hubs

592 km / 368 mi
665 km / 413 mi
1,395 km / 867 mi

Arriving at

DEN

Denver International Airport

Location Denver, United States
Time zone MDT · UTC−6
Current time

The Mile High City

Denver sits exactly a mile above sea level where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains, a compact downtown ringed by wide, flat suburbs. It is the gateway to the mountains for skiing and hiking, and much of its draw is what lies a short drive west. The core is walkable and a rail line runs in from the airport, but the wider region runs on the car. The altitude is real, so take the first day easy.

Surrounding hubs

1,092 km / 679 mi
1,371 km / 852 mi
1,385 km / 861 mi
How it works

Find out which side of the plane to sit on.

Pick your airports, set your departure time, and you're done.

We calculate the sun's position based on your flight path and departure time, then tell you which side of the plane gets direct sun and which stays shaded. No guessing, just math.

01

Enter your flight

Pick your departure and arrival airports and set your departure time at the departure airport. FlightSide estimates the duration and you can adjust it if you know the exact schedule.

02

We track the sun along your route

Your flight path is broken into hundreds of points. At each one we check where the sun is and which side of the plane it faces.

03

You get a recommendation

Which side of the plane to sit on, left or right, depending on whether you'd rather avoid the sun or enjoy it. The percentages and the map are there if you want to see why.

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