Las Vegas Night Helicopter Flight over the Strip, Dinner Optional
Hours, prices and show times verified by the Las Vegas Night Tours team — last checked 2026-09-02
Ten to twelve minutes above the boulevard
The most-booked night flight in the city
5,886 reviews, half as many
again as the next busiest evening.
The whole Strip in one pass
Sphere, the High Roller, Fremont Street, the
Bellagio, Allegiant Stadium and the Luxor beam.
A pilot who narrates
Each landmark named as it goes under the skids, which
is the part reviewers remember.
Dinner first, if you want it
A Brazilian churrascaria at Pampas, with a
Mercedes Sprinter running you on to the heliport.
All taxes and fees inside the fare
Ninety-nine dollars is the whole flight
cost, before tips.
What this evening is actually about
It is the one view of Las Vegas that the ground cannot give you. From about a thousand
feet the Strip stops being a street and becomes a four-mile bar of light. Black desert sits
on either side of it and the Luxor beam comes up through the middle. Twelve minutes is
enough for that to land.
The flight leaves from a heliport near the south end of the boulevard. It runs north
over Sphere, the High Roller, the Bellagio and downtown, turns over Fremont Street, and
comes back south past Allegiant Stadium and Luxor. The pilot names things as they pass.
Book the 8:15pm slot if you can: the lights have just come fully on.
Be clear about the shape of the booking. The listing bands itself at one to two hours
and ten to twelve minutes of that is airborne. The rest is check-in, a briefing, a
complimentary drink and the walk out to the aircraft. Go up expecting twelve minutes and
you get exactly what you came for.
Your evening, in order
Dinner, if you booked it. Pampas Brazilian Grille, reservation at 6pm,
which you reach on your own.
Transfer. A Mercedes Sprinter runs you from the restaurant to the
heliport on the dinner package.
Check in. Thirty minutes before the slot, with original photo ID and
your declared weight.
Board. A six-seat aircraft, seating assigned on weight and
balance.
The flight. Ten to twelve minutes north over the Strip, a turn over
downtown, and back down the west side.
Drop-off. To your hotel on the dinner package; on the flight-only
fare you make your own way.
What the fare covers
Scenic 10 to 12 minute helicopter flight, including loading and unloading
Restaurant pick-up and hotel drop-off by Mercedes Sprinter (dinner option only)
Dinner at Pampas Brazilian Grille with restaurant-heliport-hotel transport (dinner option only)
All taxes and fees
What it does not
Gratuities
Hotel pick-up
Hotel drop-off (flight-only option)
Who this suits, and who should book something else
Book this if
You are short of evenings and want the one thing that cannot be replicated from the
pavement, or you are marking a birthday or an anniversary. Those two occasions come up more
often here than anywhere else on the site. It also suits anyone who would rather have twelve extraordinary minutes than
two ordinary hours.
Book something else if
You want length, or you are travelling with anyone who cannot produce original
government photo identification. The
open-top bus
gives you two hours and both districts for forty dollars less.
The helicopter tours page compares this flight against the
three other aircraft flying the same loop.
Ninety-nine dollars, the whole Strip from the airFull refund with three days' notice — not the usual 24 hours
Next step: pick your date and see live availability, the exact departure time and travellers' own photographs of the evening.
Where it departs, and the rules that go with it
The meeting point is chosen when you book, and it is a heliport rather than a hotel.
Reviewers are emphatic about one thing: allow real time to get there. One flew on a Friday
with a concert in town and found both the traffic and the parking took far longer than
planned. Check-in closes 30 minutes before the slot.
Hotel pick-up is not included on the flight-only fare. On the dinner package you make
your own way to the restaurant by 6pm and the operator handles every leg after that,
including the run home.
This one refunds at three days, not 24 hours. Every other featured evening here gives you until the day before. If your dates are not settled, the open-top bus and the club night both cancel free up to 24 hours ahead.
Know before you go
Original government photo ID, from age 18. A photocopy or a phone
image is refused and there is no refund for being turned away.
Weights are declared at booking. There is a per-seat limit and
passengers above it are asked to buy a second seat, payable on the day.
Minimum age two, in a paid seat. Children under 17 fly with a parent
or guardian.
Ask which side the Strip will be on. The outboard seats see less of
it, so raise it at check-in rather than after you board.
Souvenir photographs are sold separately. Some operators restrict
photography of the aircraft on the ground.
Six seats, and it is not private. The aircraft is only yours if you
buy all six.
Questions people ask before booking this one
How long is the flight, really?
Ten to twelve minutes airborne, inside a booking the listing bands at one to two hours. The rest is check-in, a briefing and boarding. Reviewers split almost exactly along that line: the ones who knew say it was worth every minute, the ones who expected longer say it was over too fast.
Do I need identification to fly?
Yes. Every passenger aged 18 or over needs original government-issued photo ID at check-in — a driving licence or a passport. Photocopies and phone images are not accepted, and a guest without one is denied boarding with no refund.
What is the difference between the flight and the dinner package?
The dinner package adds a Brazilian churrascaria at Pampas before the flight, plus a Mercedes Sprinter from the restaurant to the heliport and a drop-off at your hotel afterwards. On the flight-only fare you reach the terminal yourself and leave the same way.
Can children fly?
From age two, in their own paid seat, with a parent or guardian. Under-17s cannot fly unaccompanied. One reviewer flew alongside an infant who cried throughout, so if quiet matters to you, this is worth knowing.
What if the weather is bad?
Wind rather than rain is what grounds these flights, and the operator reschedules or refunds. Note that the cancellation window on this listing is three days rather than 24 hours, so a marginal forecast is not something you can act on the day before.
Is there a longer flight or one with dinner at a restaurant with a view?
Yes. The club night is a different evening altogether. If you want dinner with the fountains below your window, the helicopter tours page compares this flight with the package that dines at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant first.
We took the 8:15pm flight and simply seeing all the lights from up there was the highlight of the trip. The pilot talked us through what we were passing and the photographs came out beautifully.
Sharon_O · August 2026 Las Vegas night helicopter tour, dinner optional · Ten to twelve minutes airborne, dinner optional
★★★★★
A lovely flight over Las Vegas at night. Our pilot was warm and the ground staff were attentive from check-in onwards.
Mariia_K · August 2026 · couple Las Vegas night helicopter tour, dinner optional · Ten to twelve minutes airborne, dinner optional
★★★★★
We flew as a family and the views were the easy part to love. What surprised me was how much the pilot told us on the way round.
patricia_a · August 2026 · family Las Vegas night helicopter tour, dinner optional · Ten to twelve minutes airborne, dinner optional
If this one is not yours, two other featured evenings are worth a look. They are two hours on an open top deck, boarding at the High Roller; a party bus and two nightclub doors, from ten at night.