How to Get From Las Vegas Airport to the Strip (and Your Hotel)

Getting from Las Vegas airport to the Strip is a short ride: Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) sits about 2 miles from Las Vegas Boulevard, according to the LVCVA. Here’s how to get from Las Vegas airport to the Strip by taxi, rideshare, bus, shuttle or Vegas Loop, with the flat taxi fare to your hotel, as of October 2026.

Las Vegas airport to the Strip: your options at a glance

Option	Cost (as of October 2026)	Time	Best for
Taxi	$22.25–$30.25 flat by zone, plus $3 by card and 3% tax	Most hotels within a 15-minute drive (LVCVA)	Most travelers, groups, heavy bags
Uber or Lyft	Set by the app; changes with demand	Same drive, plus a garage walk	Times the app beats the taxi
RTC bus	$4 or less a ride; $6 for a 2-hour pass	Not published; most hotels need a transfer	Solo travelers with light bags
Shared shuttle	About $13–$18 per person one way (hotel FAQs)	Not published	Solo travelers
Vegas Loop	$12 to $14 per person in the booking form	Not published; part of it on surface streets	Resorts World, Westgate, Fontainebleau and SAHARA
Rental car	Rental rate plus hotel parking	Shuttle to the Rent-A-Car Center first	Day trips

Fares were checked in October 2026 against the Nevada Taxicab Authority, the RTC and the operators; our review method explains how we date them.

How much is a taxi from Las Vegas airport to the Strip?

A taxi from Harry Reid Airport to a Strip hotel costs a flat $22.25 to the south Strip (up to Tropicana Avenue), $26.25 to the center Strip (up to Flamingo Road) or $30.25 north of Flamingo, plus 3% tax and $3 if you pay by card, as of October 2026. Uber and Lyft prices change with demand; the RTC bus costs $4.

Those flat fares come from the Nevada Taxicab Authority’s fuel-surcharge order effective April 9, 2026, and cover direct trips in either direction:

Zone	Where your hotel is	Flat fare	Cash, with 3% tax	Card, with $3 fee and 3% tax
Zone 1	Sunset Road north to Tropicana Avenue	$22.25	$22.92	$26.01
Zone 2	Tropicana Avenue north to Flamingo Road	$26.25	$27.04	$30.13
Zone 3	Flamingo Road north to The STRAT	$30.25	$31.16	$34.25

The totals are our math. The 3% excise tax applies to all rates and fees, so cash is the fare × 1.03 and card is (fare + $3) × 1.03; Zone 3 by card is ($30.25 + $3) × 1.03 = $34.25. The airport’s linked zone map still shows the pre-surcharge base prices of $21, $25 and $29.

• Taxi stands: Terminal 1, east side of baggage claim outside doors 1–4; Terminal 3, outside baggage claim near door 52 (Level Zero). Every taxi company takes credit cards.
• Extra stops go on the meter.
• 2026 surcharges: $15 on airport and Strip-zone trips from 1 a.m. Nov. 19 to noon Nov. 23 (Grand Prix race week), and $10 on trips starting or ending in a Strip zone from 6 p.m. Dec. 31 to 2 a.m. Jan. 1 (New Year’s Eve).
• Fine print: the Taxicab Authority also lists a $2.40 airport pickup fee, and its zone-fare documents don’t say whether it’s added to flat fares, so check your receipt.

Taxi fare from the airport to your hotel

Every hotel and venue below is on the Taxicab Authority’s zone sheet, linked from the airport’s taxi page. The last column is for the trip back: where each hotel says Uber and Lyft pick up. A dash means the hotel doesn’t publish a spot, so ask the bell desk.

Hotel	Zone and flat fare	Rideshare pickup for the ride back
Mandalay Bay and W Las Vegas	Zone 1, $22.25	South of the Mandalay Bay lobby, down the escalator at beach level
Luxor	Zone 1, $22.25	North Entrance, off Reno Avenue
Excalibur	Zone 1, $22.25	Royal Tower entrance
MGM Grand	Zone 1, $22.25	Rideshare Lounge, ground floor of the self-parking garage
Four Seasons, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas	Zone 1, $22.25	—
New York-New York	Zone 2, $26.25	Main entrance
Paris Las Vegas	Zone 2, $26.25	Level 1 of the self-parking garage, west side (8–12 minutes from the casino floor, per Paris)
Horseshoe Las Vegas	Zone 2, $26.25	North entrance, next to the gift shop
Bellagio, ARIA, Vdara, The Cosmopolitan, Park MGM, Planet Hollywood, The Signature at MGM Grand	Zone 2, $26.25	—
Caesars Palace	Zone 3, $30.25	Designated zone inside the parking garage, not at valet
Flamingo	Zone 3, $30.25	Valet entrance area
The LINQ	Zone 3, $30.25	Lower level of District 3, at the back of the property
The Venetian and The Palazzo	Zone 3, $30.25	Venetian Garage Level 2; Palazzo Lower Porte Cochere
Treasure Island	Zone 3, $30.25	Near valet parking
Wynn and Encore	Zone 3, $30.25	Marked zones at the Wynn and Encore entrances
Resorts World	Zone 3, $30.25	Goh Tong Way, near the guest parking garage
The STRAT	Zone 3, $30.25	Dedicated pickup near the casino floor
Harrah’s, Circus Circus, Fontainebleau, SAHARA, Westgate, Palms, Rio, Trump International, Las Vegas Convention Center	Zone 3, $30.25	—

The Signature is in Zone 2, though MGM Grand next door is in Zone 1. Not on the sheet? Ask the driver before you set off whether the ride is flat-rate or metered. In town for a trade show? The convention center is a Zone 3 fare, and our guide to hotels near the convention center shows which ones sit closest to each hall. Still choosing? See where to stay in Las Vegas.

Where is the Uber pickup at Las Vegas airport?

Uber and Lyft, the airport’s authorized rideshare companies, pick up in the parking garages, not at the curb, per the airport’s rideshare page:

• Terminal 1: take the elevator near Door 2 to Level 2 of the garage and cross the pedestrian bridge; pickup is to the right.
• Terminal 3: take the elevators near Doors 52, 54 or 56 to Level 1, cross the bridge, then go down to the Valet Level.

Return drop-offs use the regular departures curbs. The airport also lists Zoox robotaxi rides to select Strip destinations, picking up on Zero Level at both terminals.

How much is an Uber from Las Vegas airport to the Strip?

There’s no fixed price. Uber and Lyft fares change with demand, and we found no official or dated price survey to quote. Benchmark the app against the taxi total for your hotel’s zone, and compare again in busy weeks such as Grand Prix week and New Year’s Eve, when taxis add their own surcharges.

Taxi or Uber: which is cheaper from the airport?

Only the taxi price is fixed before you get in, so open the app at baggage claim and compare:

• Take a taxi when the app quote is higher than your zone’s total, when you have heavy bags (the taxi stand is outside baggage claim, while rideshare means an elevator and a bridge), or when there are two or more of you, because the flat fare is per trip. Two people paying $34.25 by card for Zone 3 pay about $17 each ($34.25 ÷ 2), in line with the shuttle prices hotel FAQs quote.
• Take Uber or Lyft when the quote comes in lower. Need a stop on the way? A stop puts a taxi on the meter, so compare the app’s price with the stop added.

Taking the bus from the airport to the Strip

The RTC bus is the cheapest ride, but it’s a local route, not a Strip shuttle. Route 108 and the RED Line stop at Terminal 1’s Zero Level, at a covered stop across the pedestrian crosswalk. From Terminal 3, take the free inter-terminal shuttle first; it runs about every 20 to 30 minutes, and the ride takes about 10.

• Route 108 (Paradise) runs north to the Bonneville Transit Center downtown, stopping at Paradise and Desert Inn, by the Monorail’s Convention Center station, and at the SAHARA Monorail station.
• The RED Line, Southern Nevada’s first bus rapid transit line, replaced Route 109 (Maryland Parkway) on Aug. 23, 2026. It runs 24 hours, every 12 minutes in the daytime, north to downtown and south to the South Strip Transit Terminal, where the Deuce starts its run up the Strip.

Neither route runs along Las Vegas Boulevard, so most Strip hotels mean a transfer: the RED Line to the Deuce, or Route 108 to the Monorail. Guides that send you to the Centennial Express (CX) or Route 109 are out of date; the CX stopped serving the airport on Aug. 23, 2026.

Fares (as of October 2026): RTC’s Strip & All Access fares, valid on every route, are $4 a ride, $6 for 2 hours, $8 for 24 hours and $20 for 3 days. Residential routes cost $2, but RTC’s guide doesn’t say which class covers Route 108 and the RED Line, so $4 is the safe buy. Paying on board means exact fare and no transfer, so buy the 2-hour pass if you’ll change buses. RTC has proposed higher fares from Jan. 31, 2027, pending board approval; check rtcsnv.com before a 2027 trip.

Vegas Loop from the airport (north Strip only)

The Boring Company lists Airport T1 and T3 among the Vegas Loop’s active stations; rides pick up on Level Zero at both terminals and drop off at the departures curbs. The catch: the Loop’s own site labels the service “Airport (Includes Surface Drive; Limited Availability),” its calendar sets airport availability day by day, and SAHARA calls its airport service a limited beta.

It only helps if your hotel has a Loop station the airport route serves: Resorts World, Westgate, Fontainebleau or SAHARA, whose hotel stations ran 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily in October. The booking form doesn’t sell airport rides to Encore’s station, so Wynn and Encore guests should take a taxi, and the center and south Strip have no stations at all. The vegasloop.com booking form shows the fares per passenger (as of Oct. 13, 2026):

• $12 from either terminal to Resorts World, Westgate or the convention center stations
• $14 to SAHARA or Fontainebleau

For one person that undercuts the $30.25 Zone 3 taxi fare, but every passenger over age 2 needs a ticket, so a taxi can work out cheaper for three or more: three $12 tickets cost $36 (3 × $12), against $34.25 for a Zone 3 taxi paid by card. Our Vegas Loop guide explains how to book and where to wait.

Is there a free shuttle from Las Vegas airport to the Strip?

No. The only free shuttle on the airport’s list runs between Terminals 1 and 3. Shared shuttles from AWG Ambassador, BellTrans and Kaptyn charge per person and leave from Terminal 1’s west side of baggage claim, outside doors 7–13, and from Terminal 3’s Level Zero. The Venetian’s FAQ lists shuttles at $13 to $15 one way, The LINQ’s cites about $15, and SAHARA’s partner, LAS Xpress, advertises fares from $18 per person; confirm the price with the operator.

Do Las Vegas hotels have airport shuttles?

None of the big Strip resorts we checked runs a free one. MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, W Las Vegas, Caesars Palace, Paris, Horseshoe, The LINQ, Wynn, Treasure Island and The STRAT all say they have no hotel airport shuttle, and SAHARA’s option is the paid LAS Xpress service.

The shuttles with no separate charge belong to off-Strip casinos and are for registered guests: South Point (covered by the resort fee; reserve by phone, no same-day bookings), Silverton (complimentary, limited seating), M Resort (included with the resort fee; reservations required) and Silver Sevens (complimentary, from Terminal 1’s Zero Level). Downtown, El Cortez runs a courtesy shuttle to the airport only, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., by reservation. Airport-area chain hotels that mention shuttles in undated listings need a phone check; see our guide to hotels near Harry Reid Airport.

Renting a car at the airport

The Rent-A-Car Center houses 10 rental companies, is open 24/7 and runs continuous shuttles from the terminals, according to the LVCVA. A car earns its keep on day trips. For a Strip stay, check your hotel’s charge in our Las Vegas parking fees guide, or see Las Vegas without a car for getting around without one.

How far is Las Vegas airport from the Strip?

About 2 miles from Las Vegas Boulevard and 3.5 miles from the Las Vegas Convention Center, according to the LVCVA, which says most hotels are within a 15-minute drive. Hotels give their own figures:

Hotel	Distance or drive time the hotel gives
Mandalay Bay	About 2 miles
Four Seasons	3.2 miles, about 15 minutes by car
Horseshoe	About 3.5 miles, 10–25 minutes
Paris	About 3.8 miles, 15–25 minutes
The LINQ	About 4 miles, 15–25 minutes
Resorts World	About 4.5 miles, roughly 15 minutes
Wynn and Encore	About 5 miles, typically 10–20 minutes

Mandalay Bay and the Four Seasons share a campus but quote different distances, so treat these as rough guides.

Can you walk from the airport to the Strip?

Not in any practical way. It’s about 2 miles to Las Vegas Boulevard, the airport says you can’t even walk between its two terminals, and July’s average high is 104.5°F.

Landing before check-in

If your room isn’t ready, ask the bell desk to hold your bags. MGM’s resorts, Paris, Horseshoe, Harrah’s and The Venetian list free luggage storage, The LINQ offers storage at the front desk for early arrivals, and MGM Grand guests can check in on the MGM Rewards app. A tip for the bell staff is customary; our tipping guide has the usual amounts. Early check-in often costs extra: Wynn guarantees an 11 a.m. check-in for a charge (Encore offers it subject to availability), and Treasure Island lists early check-in from $40 plus tax (as of October 2026). Our guide to early check-in in Las Vegas compares the policies.

Getting back to the airport

The same flat fares apply from your hotel to the airport. You can’t hail a taxi on the street here, so use your hotel’s taxi line, or book Uber or Lyft from the hotel’s pickup spot in the table above.

Leave extra time: the airport is warning of lane closures in its connector tunnels through December 2026. During F1 race week, taxis add the $15 surcharge, and RTC runs special Formula 1 schedules on the Deuce and other routes from Oct. 11 until after the race.

Heading Downtown instead?

Downtown hotels are outside the flat-rate zones, which stop at The STRAT, so taxis there run on the meter. Both airport bus routes run to the Bonneville Transit Center downtown, and the D’s FAQ lists a Bell Limousine shared shuttle from $15 per person. See our Downtown Las Vegas hotels if you’re staying near Fremont Street.

FAQ

How long does it take to get from Las Vegas airport to the Strip?

About 15 minutes by car to most hotels, according to the LVCVA, and hotel FAQs quote 10 to 25 minutes. Through December 2026, add time for lane closures in the airport connector tunnels.

What’s the cheapest way from Las Vegas airport to the Strip?

The RTC bus: $4 or less a ride, or $6 for a 2-hour pass if you’ll transfer. Route 108 and the RED Line leave from Terminal 1, but neither runs along Las Vegas Boulevard, so most Strip hotels need a change to the Deuce or the Monorail. For two or more people with bags, a flat-fare taxi costs more but skips the transfer.

Does the Las Vegas Monorail go to the airport?

No. The Monorail doesn’t serve Harry Reid International Airport; its seven stations run from MGM Grand to SAHARA (see our Las Vegas Monorail guide). The closest link is RTC Route 108, which runs from Terminal 1 to the SAHARA Monorail station and to Paradise and Desert Inn, by the Convention Center station.

How early should I get to Las Vegas airport?

Follow your airline’s check-in and bag-drop cutoffs, then add a cushion for the drive: the airport is warning of lane closures in its connector tunnels through December 2026 and tells travelers to allow extra travel time.