Help with Flight Times

We're going to AZ, so a 2 hr time difference. DS is 12 months. Almost walking. Are we better off leaving at night, letting him fall asleep and then tranferring him from plane to hotel - but obviously going to end up waking him up OR just do an early morning flight or midday and just let him be awake or maybe he'll nap?

Re: Help with Flight Times

I don't have the answer for you but I can share my experience. We flew with DS to Utah when he was 10 months old and we left at 7pm and he slept through the entire 5.5 hour flight. He woke up as soon as we landed. We got the rental car and drove the the hotel where he went back to sleep when we got there. Coming home we left around noon. He was fine on the plane and then took his normal nap during the flight. So both of my experiences were fine leaving at different times of the day. Good luck.