Los Angeles to Las Vegas freight
Lifetime Logistics Services LLC moves Los Angeles to Las Vegas freight about once a week in each direction, mostly in 53 foot dry vans, with box trucks for smaller shipments. The trip is roughly 270 miles on Interstate 15 and normally delivers the next day. We are a Covina, California freight broker with our own trucks, so send the quote form or call (562) 566-8953.
From our dispatch records, January through September 2026
- Distance
- About 270 miles
- Typical transit
- Next day
- How often we run it
- About one load a week each way
- Trailer types
- Dry van and box truck
- Who hauls it
- Mostly partner carriers, our trucks on some loads
A balanced lane
What stands out in our records for January through September 2026 is how even this lane is. We moved almost the same number of loads from Las Vegas to Los Angeles as from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Most carriers see far more freight going north, because Las Vegas consumes much more than it produces.
Having loads in both directions means a truck we send north often has something to bring back. That is part of why we can cover the lane consistently.
The route
From the Los Angeles basin the trip joins Interstate 15 and climbs the Cajon Pass into the high desert. It continues through Victorville and Barstow, across the Mojave past Baker, over Mountain Pass, and crosses into Nevada at Primm. Las Vegas is about 40 miles beyond the state line. The highest point on the route is Mountain Pass, at about 4,700 feet, and the long grade from there down to Primm is hard on brakes.
From Commerce, where many of our northbound loads begin, it is about 270 miles. The Cajon Pass can close or slow in snow, high wind and brush fires, and Sunday southbound traffic returning from Las Vegas is heavy enough to add hours.
Typical transit time
The drive takes four and a half to five hours without traffic, well within one driving shift. Most of our loads picked up one day and delivered the next. When a load picks up early and the receiver is open, same day delivery is realistic. We do not guarantee delivery times.
What moves on the lane
About four loads in five are full dry vans. The rest are box truck loads, which suit shipments of a few pallets that need their own vehicle but not a 53 foot trailer. A couple of northbound loads in 2026 were flatbeds.
Southbound loads come from both Las Vegas and North Las Vegas and deliver mostly in the Commerce area. Our own trucks hauled roughly one load in six on this lane, and partner carriers vetted through Highway hauled the rest. All of the box truck work is with partners.
Tips for shipping to Las Vegas
Tell us exactly where the delivery is. A warehouse in North Las Vegas is a simple dock delivery. A hotel, convention center or job site on or near the Strip may have a marshalling yard, a check in process and a narrow delivery window, and the driver needs to know before leaving.
More about each end of the lane is on the Los Angeles and Las Vegas pages. If your freight is coming from Arizona instead, see Phoenix to Las Vegas.
Questions shippers ask
- How many miles is it from Los Angeles to Las Vegas?
- About 270 miles by truck, nearly all of it on Interstate 15.
- Can a load deliver in Las Vegas the same day it picks up in Los Angeles?
- Sometimes. The drive is about five hours, so an early pickup and a receiver with afternoon hours make it possible. Most of our loads deliver the next day, and we do not guarantee delivery times.
- Do you offer box trucks between Los Angeles and Las Vegas?
- Yes. About one load in five on this lane moved on a box truck through a partner carrier. Give us the pallet count, dimensions and weight and we will quote the right size truck.
- Do you have return loads from Las Vegas to Los Angeles?
- Yes. We ran about as many loads southbound as northbound in 2026, about one a week each way.
Ready to price a load?
Send the quote form or call us. A person on our team replies with a price.