McCarran International Airport | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-17

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McCarran International Airport


00:02:01 1 History
00:02:10 1.1 Origins (1920–1948)
00:04:23 1.2 Early expansion (1949–1996)
00:07:05 1.3 Innovation and D Gates completion (1997–2011)
00:10:23 1.4 Terminal 3 and later developments (2012–present)
00:11:53 2 Facilities
00:12:02 2.1 Runways
00:14:29 2.2 Terminals
00:16:37 2.3 Automated people mover
00:17:01 3 Airlines and destinations
00:17:10 3.1 Passenger
00:17:19 3.2 Cargo
00:17:37 4 Statistics
00:17:46 4.1 Annual passenger traffic
00:17:56 4.2 Top airlines by international passengers
00:18:06 4.3 Top domestic destinations
00:18:16 5 Other facilities
00:18:25 5.1 Aircraft Watching
00:19:00 5.2 Fixed-base operators
00:19:19 5.3 Helicopter terminals
00:19:59 5.4 Janet terminal
00:20:23 5.5 Marnell Air Cargo Center
00:21:04 5.6 Howard W. Cannon Aviation Museum
00:21:45 6 Accidents and incidents
00:23:22 7 Access
00:23:31 7.1 Car
00:24:46 7.2 Bus
00:25:15 8 Future plans
00:25:24 8.1 Elevated expressway
00:26:22 8.2 Monorail
00:27:02 8.3 Ivanpah Valley Airport



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McCarran International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS) is the primary commercial airport serving the Las Vegas Valley, a major metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is in Paradise, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Downtown Las Vegas. The airport is owned by Clark County and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation. It is named after the late U.S. Senator Pat McCarran, a member of the Democratic Party who contributed to the development of aviation both in Las Vegas and on a national scale. LAS covers 2,800 acres (11.3 km2) of land.The airport was built in 1942 and opened to commercial flights in 1948. It has undergone significant expansion since then and has employed various innovative technologies, such as common-use facilities. The airport consists of four runways and two passenger terminals: Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. Terminal 1 is composed of four concourses, namely the A, B, C, and D Gates; Terminal 3 contains the E Gates. A people mover system is in place between the post-security area of Terminal 1 and the C and D Gates, as well as between the D Gates and Terminal 3. East of the passenger terminals is the Marnell Air Cargo Center, and on the west side of the airports are facilities for fixed-base operators and helicopter companies.
McCarran received over 45,300,000 passengers in 2015, a 5.8% increase over the previous year but still below pre-recession levels. It is the 27th busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic and the 8th busiest by aircraft movements. The airport has nonstop air service to destinations in North America, Europe, and Asia. It is an operating base for Allegiant Air, as well as a crew and maintenance base for Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Spirit Airlines.