Harry Reid International Airport
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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FAA airport diagram | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Interactive map of Harry Reid International Airport | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Harry Reid Int'l Airport | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Harry Reid International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS), until 2021 called McCarran International Airport, is the main gateway for international and domestic flights to the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada. It is located five miles (8 km; 4 nmi) south of downtown Las Vegas, in the unincorporated area of Paradise, and covers 2,800 acres (4.4 sq mi; 11.3 km2) of land.
Clark County owns the facility and its Department of Aviation, under purview of the Clark County Commission oversees airport operations.
In December 2021, the Clark County Commission renamed McCarran International Airport in honor of former U.S. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, citing a desire to better reflect community values and move away from the legacy of its previous namesake. The airport has four runways and two main passenger terminals (Terminal 1 and Terminal 3) with a total of five concourses; the terminal areas are served by an automated people mover system that connects the central terminal with gate concourses. Reid is one of the few U.S. commercial airports with legalized gaming on airport premises; along with Reno–Tahoe International Airport, it retains slot machines in its passenger terminals under Nevada gaming laws.
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 was among the first to implement 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. Southwest became its dominant carrier in the 1990s. In 2024, over 58.4 million passengers passed through the airport. Reid has international flights to cities in Asia, Europe, and North America.