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 Aerial view of the airport in 2012. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Clark County, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Clark County Department of Aviation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Las Vegas Valley | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Paradise, Nevada, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | January 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 2,181 ft / 665 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°04′48″N 115°09′08″W / 36.08000°N 115.15222°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Harry Reid Int'l Airport[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Harry Reid International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS), formerly known as McCarran International Airport, is an international airport serving the Las Vegas Valley, a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located five miles (8 km; 4 nmi) south of downtown Las Vegas,[3] in the unincorporated area of Paradise,[1] and covers 2,800 acres (4.4 sq mi; 11.3 km2) of land.[3]
Reid is owned by Clark County and operated by the county's Department of Aviation.[4][5] The airport is named after the late U.S. congressman and senator from Nevada, Harry Reid. It has four runways and two terminals with five gate areas (concourses) all connected with a people mover system. Reid is one of two airports in the United States with slot machines inside the terminals.
The airport opened in January 1943 as Alamo Field and initially catered to general aviation. In December 1948, it was rechristened for U.S. senator Pat McCarran, and commercial airlines shifted to it from the Las Vegas Army Airfield. Passenger counts increased in the 1950s as the Strip expanded, leading to the construction of a new terminal. McCarran later came to be seen as the model for the common-use approach to airport resources in the United States and pioneered radio-frequency identification of baggage. Terminal 3 was added in 2012, and the airport was renamed in honor of Senator Reid in 2021.
Reid is served by over 30 airlines and is an operating base for Allegiant Air, Frontier Airlines, JSX, Southwest Airlines, and Spirit Airlines.[6] Southwest became its dominant carrier in the 1990s. In 2023, 57.6 million passengers passed through the airport, the most in its history.[7] Reid has international flights to cities in Asia, Europe, and North America.
- ^ a b "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Paradise CDP, NV" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/5). Retrieved November 28, 2024.
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(see aircraft symbol) - ^ "Harry Reid Int'l Airport Annual Activity Data". harryreidairport.com. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
- ^ a b "Harry Reid Int'l Airport data at SkyVector". skyvector.com. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for LAS PDF, effective November 28, 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Shea (February 2, 2021). "McCarran International Airport might be renamed after Harry Reid". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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- For Allegiant, see Bailey, Jeff (September 21, 2006). "Flying Where Big Airlines Aren't". The New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- For Frontier, see Hardee, Howard (November 21, 2023). "Frontier seeks further foothold in Midwest USA with trio of planned crew bases". FlightGlobal. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- For JSX, see "Direct Entry Captains & First Officers (Multiple Locations)". JSX. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- For Southwest and Spirit, see Velotta, Richard N. (February 7, 2012). "Spirit Airlines' Las Vegas crew base up and running". Vegas Inc. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
- ^ "LAS Airport Sets All-Time Passenger Record in 2023". news.harryreidairport.com. Retrieved July 25, 2024.