{HD} [FULL FLIGHT] Las Vegas (LAS) - Los Angeles (LAX) - United Airlines - Boeing 777-224ER - N78001

→ Join me on a once in a blue moon flight aboard United Airlines as they utilize their heavy birds on one of their generally under demanded routes - Las Vegas to Los Angeles! This is an absolute avgeek's dream - 42 minutes on a widebody in first class! The reason United scheduled all these widebody flights on just this one day is still unknown - but either way, I took FULL advantage of them! Initially, my route that day was going to be LAS-LAX-LAS-SFO-LAS - all on 777's. But United saw how empty these flights were and ended up combining a bunch of the SFO flights into 1 flight practically eliminating any chance I had of getting on an SFO bound 777. It would have been the Star Alliance one too! Uggh. Moving on to the next adventure, though. We begin at one of LAS's several widebody gates, gate D57, and pushback. Winds were out of the west, so we taxi to runway 26R. Does anyone else notice widebody pilots tend to taxi slower than narrowbody pilots? Or is that just me? We line up and wait on runway 26R before applying power for takeoff. The roar of the GE90's on this bird is nothing short of intoxicating! Since this flight was SO light, our climb performance out of Las Vegas was spectacular. We get great views of the airfield and the Strip as we climb out. As we navigate out of the semi-crowed airspace of KLAS, we ascend over the dry desert of which is Nevada. We cross into California and fly over the San Gabriel Mountains and begin our slow descent into Los Angeles. Flying a nearly straight-in approach to LAX, we land on runway 25L very softly. This being my second time in first-class aboard a 777, it's always funny when you can barely feel the main gear touch, but the nose gear feels like it was slammed down. We taxi to ramp C7 and shut down the engines. As advised by the captain, we are such a large aircraft in such a tight alley, we were required to shut down the massive engines and be tugged into the gate to avoid massive jet blast into nearby gates. We get tugged into gate 72A and set the parking brake. I hope you enjoy this short widebody flight aboard United Airlines as much as I did, and, as always, all the flight information you could ever desire can be found below!
→ Fun Fact: Other flights operated by United on this day that are out of the ordinary are the following:
Boston on the 737 MAX 9
Orlando on the 737 MAX 8
San Jose on the 737 MAX 9, A320, 757-300
Fort Lauderdale on the 737-900
→ Flight info:
Airline: United Airlines
Flight Number: 1579
Aircraft Type: Boeing 777-224ER
Registration Number: N78001
Livery: Old United
Seat: 4L
Flight date: January 4, 2022
Passenger Count: 116/276
Departure Airport: Harry Reid International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada
Arrival Airport: Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California
Departure Gate: D57
Arrival Gate: 72A
Departure Time: 11:06AM PST (Schd. 10:48AM PST) (18 minutes LATE)
Arrival Time: 12:11PM PST (Schd. 12:05PM PST) (6 minutes LATE)
Departure Runway: 26R
Arrival Runway: 25L
Flight Duration: (Including Taxi) 1 hour 5 minutes
Link to Flight Route:
flightaware.com/live/flight/N...
Route of Flight:
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Plane route info:
This plane started its day in Newark by flying to Las Vegas. After flying between Las Vegas and Los Angeles (my flight), it would return to Las Vegas, then fly to Newark, where ti would remain overnight.
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[@HDNYCAviation]

my goodness - a wide body 777 on a LAS to LAX route! Amazing

[@KARIM_HAMZA]

*The smoothest landing I have ever seen or heard.*

[@AviationManiak]

It was soooooooo buttery!

[@RPMCanes]

Smooth landing = USAF pilot
Hard landing = USN pilot

[@AZM70710]

Excellent video

[@user-mc7bh9yg9k]

Back in my flight attendant days w/ UAL i worked a 747 from SFO to LAX roundtrip.

[@WashedAimerJayden]

I love widebodies on short routes

[@AviationManiak]

Ultimate Avgeek Dream!

[@VPR2B]

Nice work! Great view of the Ivanpah solar power facility near Primm. 👍

[@gregthegroove]

A “TRIPS” on a super short route like this? Aaaaalllllll riiiiiiggggghhhhhhtttttttt with me!

[@user-mc7bh9yg9k]

That shadow!!!❤

[@ralpholson8521]

😀Keep up the good work, beats the drive to LV.

[@AviationManiak]

Flying beats driving any day!

[@NPC_125]

Ima rate this landing, BUTTER/10. That means, it’s gonna butter my bread for breakfast

[@grantofat6438]

Keep the horizon horizontal.

[@RPMCanes]

It sounds like something is really vibrating like hell...

[@thebrain7441]

Gets to fly on a 777 on a 200 mile flight. Meanwhile on my 1000 mile flight, I get an ERJ.

[@ericfrommer3870]

During covid pandemic why didn't united go from just giving a poured cup of a beverage to giving the full can?

[@AviationManiak]

To my knowledge, we did offer the full can. It wasnt until very recently we went back to a poured cup.

[@erikbergum2586]

Where the plane go to next after LAX?

[@AviationManiak]

this plane returned to LAS, then flew to EWR!

[@marklimenfeld6035]

🤹🤹‍♀️🤹‍♂️ I love in Vegas, took an edible put some Smiths on and watched your video to Lax on the 777 🗿

[@Saa42808]

Can you send me downloaded video if you can via email. Thanks.

[@ojaaviation]

Why a 777

[@AviationManiak]

My only thought was for the CES. United did one more bout of 777 service a week later to Vegas. I even asked the agents at the airport and they were clueless 🤷‍♂️

[@thenewadventuresofhenry6998]

"What about the one after that? You cannot be serious! Ah damnit!"
"What?"
"Every flight to LA is booked!"
"What about into Burbank?"
"Totally sold out!"
"Ah DAMN! Well we can't DRIVE there, the wedding starts in three and a half hours! ALAN, WHERE'S THE CAR?!?!"
"It's on it's way!"
"You know what? We CAN drive there, we can make it!"