FAA diagram of McCarran International Airport

McCarran International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS) is the principal commercial airport serving Las Vegas and surrounding Clark County, Nevada. The airport is located five miles (8 km) south of the central business district of Las Vegas, in the unincorporated town of Paradise. It covers an area of 2,800 acres (11 km²) and has four runways. McCarran is owned by Clark County and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation (DOA). It serves as a hub for US Airways, and a focus city for AirTran Airways, Allegiant Air, and Southwest Airlines; McCarran is also the largest operation base for both Allegiant and Southwest. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... 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In 2006, McCarran ranked eleventh in the world and sixth in the United States for passenger traffic, with 46,194,882 passengers passing through the terminal. The airport ranked fifth in the world and United States for aircraft movements (up from seventh in 2005), with 605,046 takeoffs and landings. ^[2] The thirty worlds busiest airports by passenger traffic are measured by number of total passengers (data provided by Airports Council International). ... The thirty worlds busiest airports by traffic movements are measured by total movements (data provided by Airports Council International). ...

McCarran and the DOA are completely self-sufficient enterprises, requiring no money from the County's general fund.^[3]

As of October 2007, Southwest Airlines operated more flights out of McCarran than at any other airport. Southwest also carries the most passengers in and out of McCarran. Southwest currently operates out of 21 gates, primarily in Concourse C, at McCarran. The US Airways night-flight hub operation, established in 1986 by predecessor America West Airlines, makes the carrier McCarran's second busiest airline. This article is about the American airline. ... US Airways is an American low-cost airline[1] headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, owned by US Airways Group, Inc. ... America West Airlines (IATA: HP, ICAO: AWE, and Callsign: Cactus), operating as US Airways, is one of the United States ten major airlines. ...

McCarran Airport is somewhat unusual in that it has more than 1,300 slot machines throughout the airport terminals. Reno/Tahoe International Airport also has gambling machines both airside and landside. Slot machines in the Trump Taj Mahal A slot machine is a certain type of gambling machine. ... Reno/Tahoe International Airport (IATA: RNO, ICAO: KRNO) is an airport in Reno, Nevada, serving the Reno metropolitan area, western Nevada, and parts of eastern California. ...

Maximum capacity for the airport is estimated at 53 million passengers and 625,000 aircraft movements. As McCarran is predicted to reach this capacity around 2017, Ivanpah Airport is planned as a relief airport. Ivanpah Airport is the planned relief airport for McCarran International Airport since only limited space for expansion remains at McCarran. ... Relief airport is used to describe any airport that is built or designated to provide relief or additional capacity to an area when the primary commercial airport(s) reach capacity. ...

History

American aviator George Crockett, a descendant of frontiersman Davy Crockett, established Alamo Airport in 1942 on the site currently occupied by McCarran International. In 1948, Clark County purchased the airfield from Crockett to establish the Clark County Public Airport, and all commercial operations moved to the site of this airport. On December 20, 1948 the airport was renamed McCarran Field for U.S. Senator Pat McCarran, a longtime Nevada politician who authored the Civil Aeronautics Act and played a major role in developing aviation nationwide. George William Crockett Jr. ... Colonel David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician; usually referred to as Davy Crockett and by the popular title King of the Wild Frontier. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the... Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. ... is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Pat McCarran Patrick Anthony McCarran (August 8, 1876 – September 28, 1954) was a Nevada senator for 22 years and noted for his strong anti-Communist stance. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Nevada. ... ... Look up aviation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The location for the present terminals was moved from Las Vegas Boulevard South to Paradise Road in 1963. By this time, the airport was serving 1.5 million passengers a year.

In 1978, Sen. Howard Cannon, was able to push though Congress the Airline Deregulation Act. That meant airlines no longer had to get the federal government's permission to fly to destinations, but instead dealt with the airports to establish additional routes. Just after deregulation, the number of airlines serving McCarran doubled from seven to 14. Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912–March 5, 2002) was an American politician. ... President Jimmy Carter signs the Airline Deregulation Act. ...

An expansion plan called McCarran 2000 was adopted in 1978 and funded by a $300 million bond in 1982. The three-phase plan included a new central terminal; a nine-level parking facility; runway additions and expansions; additional gates; upgraded passenger assistance facilities; and a new tunnel and revamped roadways into the airport. The first phase of McCarran 2000 opened in 1985 and was completed by 1987. For other uses, see Parking (disambiguation). ... This page is related to transport; you may be looking for the 2002 Bollywood movie Road. ...

Between 1986 and 1997, Terminal 2 was built where two separate terminals had been in the 1970s and 1980s; one for American Airlines and the other for Pacific Southwest Airlines. American Airlines, Inc. ... PSA logo from the 1980s Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) (IATA: PS, ICAO: PSA, and Callsign: PSA) was an airline headquartered in San Diego, California. ...

In the 1990s all gates and check in counters were upgraded to use a common set of computer hardware. CUTE, Common Use Terminal Equipment, eliminated the need for each airline to have their own equipment and allows the airport to reassign gates and counters without having to address individual airlines' computer systems. McCarran was the first airport in the United States to implement this type of system. However the system does not allow all features to work with most airlines systems, including one new feature the picture Cockpit Access Security System system which has required most airlines to not allow pilots and officers from other airlines to access the flight deck.

In 1998 the D Gates SE and SW wings opened adding 28 gates. The D Gates project is a modification to the original McCarran 2000 plan.

On October 16, 2003, the airport installed SpeedCheck kiosks which allow customers to obtain a boarding pass without having to go to a specific airline kiosk or counter. McCarran was the first airport to provide this service for multiple airlines from a single kiosk. At the same time, 6 kiosks were activated at the Las Vegas Convention Center allowing convention attendees to get boarding passes on their way to the airport. This system was enhanced to add printing of baggage tags in 2005. is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... a pagoda-like kiosk in Lausanne. ... A Boarding Pass is a document provided by an airline allowing you to actually board an aircraft. ... link titleThe Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. ...

In 2003 the airport announced it was implementing a baggage-tracking system that will use Radio-frequency identification (RFID) bag tags from Matrics Inc. to improve air safety. The decision to implement the tracking system makes McCarran one of the first airports to use the RFID technology airportwide. An EPC RFID tag used by Wal-Mart Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders. ...

On January 4, 2005, the airport started offering wireless internet service for free. The signal is available in the boarding areas and most other public areas. The airport was the first to provide this as a free service for the entire facility^{[citation needed]}. At the time, this was the largest (2 million square feet (180,000 m²)) free wireless internet installation in the world.^[4] is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wi-Fi (also WiFi, wifi, etc. ...

In 2005, the D Gates NE wing opened adding 10 gates.

On April 4, 2007, the Consolidated Rent-a-Car facility, located 3 miles (5 km) from the terminals, opened with 5,000 parking spaces on 68 acres of land. A fleet of 40 buses provides transportation from the terminals to the facility which houses 11 car rental companies.^[5] Advantage, Savmore, Payless, and Enterprise will use a new access control system. This system will be based on barcodes.^[6] is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...

Terminals, airlines and destinations

Destinations with direct service from McCarran

McCarran International Airport has two public passenger terminals. Other terminals service private aircraft, US government contractors, sightseeing flights and cargo. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2550x2550, 744 KB) This is a route map for McCarran International Airport serving Las Vegas as of February 2007. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2550x2550, 744 KB) This is a route map for McCarran International Airport serving Las Vegas as of February 2007. ... An airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. ...

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 handles most flights and contains 85 gates in four concourses. People movers connect concourses C and D with the Terminal 1 check-in and baggage claim areas. A people mover is a fully-automated light rail or tram system. ... Baggage claim area at the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. ...

Concourse A

• US Airways (Anchorage, Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Calgary, Charlotte, Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, Fort Lauderdale, Kahului, Los Angeles, Los Cabos, Miami [seasonal], Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK, Newark, Oakland, Ontario, Orange County, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Puerto Vallarta, Raleigh/Durham, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Washington-Reagan, West Palm Beach)
  • US Airways Express operated by Air Midwest (Cedar City, Ely, Farmington, Kingman, Merced, Prescott, Visalia)
  • US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Austin, Bakersfield, Burbank, Colorado Springs, Eugene, Fresno, Houston-Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Medford, Monterey, Oakland, Ontario, Palm Springs, Phoenix, Reno/Tahoe, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Jose (CA), San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tucson, Yuma)

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Concourse B

• US Airways
  • US Airways Express operated by Air Midwest (See Concourse A)
  • US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (See Concourse A)
• Southwest Airlines (Albany, Albuquerque, Amarillo, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham (AL), Boise, Buffalo, Burbank, Chicago-Midway, Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, El Paso, Hartford, Houston-Hobby, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Little Rock, Long Island/Islip, Los Angeles, Louisville, Lubbock, Manchester (NH), Midland/Odessa, Nashville, New Orleans, Norfolk, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, Orange County, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Providence, Raleigh/Durham, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane, Tampa, Tucson, Tulsa, Washington-Dulles)

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Concourse C

• Aloha Airlines (Oakland, Honolulu)
• ATA Airlines (Honolulu, Kahului)
• Southwest Airlines (See Concourse B)
• US Airways (See Concourse A)

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Concourse D

Welcome to McCarran airport sign in the D gate concourse

• AirTran Airways (Akron/Canton, Atlanta, Bloomington, Dayton, Flint, Indianapolis [begins December 20], Milwaukee, Moline/Quad Cities, Rochester (NY))
• Alaska Airlines (Portland (OR), Seattle/Tacoma, Vancouver)
  • Horizon Air (Portland (OR) [seasonal]
• Allegiant Air (Belleville/St. Louis, Bellingham, Billings, Bismarck, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Champaign/Urbana, Chicago/Rockford, Colorado Springs, Des Moines, Duluth, Eugene, Fargo, Fort Collins/Loveland, Fort Wayne, Fresno, Greenville (SC) [ends December 3], Gulfport/Biloxi, Grand Junction, Great Falls, Green Bay, Huntsville, Idaho Falls, Knoxville, Lansing, Laredo, Lincoln, McAllen (TX), Medford, Missoula, Oklahoma City, Pasco, Peoria, Rapid City, Redmond/Bend, Rochester (MN), Santa Maria (CA), Shreveport, Sioux Falls, South Bend, Springfield (IL), Springfield (MO), Stockton, Wichita)
• American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York-JFK, St. Louis)
  • American Eagle (Los Angeles)
• Continental Airlines (Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, New York-JFK, Orlando, Salt Lake City)
  • Delta Connection operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Los Angeles, Salt Lake City)
  • Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
• Frontier Airlines (Denver, Memphis)
• JetBlue Airways (Boston, Long Beach, New York-JFK, Washington-Dulles)
• Midwest Airlines (Milwaukee)
• Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
• Spirit Airlines (Atlanta, Atlantic City, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale)
• Sun Country Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
• United Airlines
  • Ted operated by United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington-Dulles)
  • United Express operated by SkyWest (Fresno, Palm Springs)
• Virgin America (San Francisco) [begins October 10]

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Terminal 2

USGS-image of the airport

Also known as the Charter International Terminal, Terminal 2 contains eight gates, four of which are for international flights. All international arrivals must go through Terminal 2 so passengers can clear customs. Terminal 2 also handles most charter flights. Download high resolution version (1024x702, 131 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1024x702, 131 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The United States Customs Service (now part of U.S. Customs and Border Protection or CBP) was the portion of the US Federal Government dedicated to keeping illegal products outside of US borders. ...

• Aeroméxico (Mexico City, Monterrey)
• Air Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver)
  • Air Canada Jazz (Winnipeg)
• Air Transat (Montreal) [begins November 29]
• Aviacsa (Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey)
• bmi (Manchester (UK))
• Champion Air (Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Oklahoma City, St. Louis, Tulsa) [charters]
• Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)
• Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu)
• Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
• LTU (Düsseldorf)
• MAXjet Airways (London-Stansted)
• Mexicana (Culiacán, Guadalajara, Los Cabos, Mexico City)
• Philippine Airlines (Manila, Vancouver)
• SkyValue
  • SkyValue operated by Xtra Airways (Gary/Chicago) [seasonal]
• Virgin Atlantic (London-Gatwick)
• WestJet (Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Winnipeg)

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Charter

Besides scheduled services, McCarran is a major hub for sightseeing flights. As such, many charter airlines, usually using Terminal 2, are regular users of McCarran. A charter airline is one that operates charter flights, that is flights that take place outside normal schedules, by a hiring arrangement with a particular customer. ...

• Belair (Zürich)
• Champion Air
• Condor (Frankfurt)
• Miami Air International
• MyTravel Airways (Belfast-International [begins March 2008], Glasgow-International, Manchester (UK))
• Omni Air International
• Skyservice (Toronto-Pearson)

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Cargo

At McCarran, there is a terminal devoted to cargo airline operations for: FedEx DC-10 Cargo airlines (or airfreight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. ...

• US Airways Cargo
• DHL
• FedEx
• UPS

In 2004, McCarran handled 201,135,520 pounds of cargo. A DHL Boeing 757. ... Federal Express redirects here. ... United Parcel Service, Inc. ...

Other terminal operations

• Fixed Base Operators
  • Signature Flight Support, owned by BBA Aviation Services Group, provides services for private aircraft using McCarran. It also provides equipment and support to other airlines for aircraft types that do not normally fly into McCarran.
  • The Las Vegas Executive Air Terminal, owned by Eagle Aviation Resources, is being purchased by Macquarie Infrastructure Company. It provides services for private aircraft using McCarran.
• Helicopter Companies:
  • Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters Sightseeing
  • Heli USA Sightseeing
• The EG&G Airlift Terminal, operated by defense contractor EG&G Technical Services. EG&G flies a variety of aircraft (including Boeing 737s) from McCarran to various military facilities in southern Nevada and eastern California. The civilian contractors who use this service (callsign JANET) work at the Tonopah Test Range, the Nevada Test Site, and reportedly at Area 51.
• Hughes Aviation
• Quail Aviation
• Scenic Aviation Sightseeing

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Future

As the airport continues through the process of upgrading and expanding there is a list of projects due to be completed before 2011:

Terminal 3

The new $1.6 billion Terminal 3 will be built in one phase. Its planned opening in early-2011 would provide 14 additional gates, including six designated for international travelers. Once it opens, McCarran will have 117 gates. Like terminal 2, it will be all inclusive providing bag claim, ticketing and parking facilities.

D-gates expansion

The northwest wing expansion of the D-gates is expected to open in April of 2008. D-Gates is a satellite gate system which uses the main airport's baggage facilities.

Las Vegas Monorail Connection

A plan to extend the Las Vegas Monorail to McCarran is under consideration. The proposed extension add stops at Terminal 1 and at Terminal 3. The Robert N. Broadbent Las Vegas Monorail is a mass transit system located in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Monorail Company. ...

Other projects

• Baggage claim — Terminal 1 — new baggage claim devices (estimated 2007)
• Roadway system improvements — concurrent with development of Terminal 3 started opening in 2007, specifically the Russell Road realignment
• Aircraft apron reconstruction and Terminal 1 rehabilitation (ongoing)

Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum

The Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum is located on the Esplanade, Level 2, above the baggage claim area. This small museum is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and concentrates on Las Vegas airline history. Items on display include a copy of the first emergency vehicle that was used on the airfield. Admittance is free. A small branch of the museum is located at the D gates, and some of the other concourses and check-in areas also have small displays.

Airport public art

Some of the public art displays in McCarran Airport includes:

• Murals in McCarran International Airport D Gates (artists include Tom Holder, Mary Warner, Robert Beckmann, Harold Bradford)
• Greg LeFevre's "Flights Paths" — in the rotunda’s terrazzo floor
• Tony Milici's steel and glass sculpture at McCarran's D Gates
• McCarran's D Gates feature wall tiles of international skylines by sixteen Clark County fourth graders
• Wildlife sculptures of Clark County wildlife at the D Gates, by David Phelps

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Airline lounges

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The airport operates a VIP room in Terminal 2 for paid first class travelers.

References

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External links

• McCarran International Airport (official web site)
• Nevada DOT Airport Diagram: McCarran International AirportPDF (27.1 KiB)
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF)
• McCarran International Airport at WikiMapia
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KLAS
  • ASN accident history for LAS
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KLAS
  • FAA current LAS delay information