Harry Reid International Airport

Harry Reid International Airport

Harry Reid International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS) is an international airport in Paradise, Nevada, and is the main airport for the Las Vegas Valley, a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Nevada, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Downtown Las Vegas. The airport is owned by the Clark County Commission and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation. LAS covers 2,800 acres (1,100 hectares; 4.4 square miles; 11 square kilometres) of land.

The airport was built in 1942 and opened to airline flights in 1948. It has expanded and employed various innovative technologies, such as common-use facilities. The airport has four runways and two passenger terminals. East of the passenger terminals is the Marnell Air Cargo Center; on the airport’s west side are fixed-base operators and helicopter companies. The airport serves as a base for Allegiant Air, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Spirit Airlines.

The airport is named after U.S. Senator Harry Reid, who represented Nevada in the Senate from 1987 to 2017. Between 1968 and 2021, the airport was called McCarran International Airport; before 1968, it was named McCarran Field after U.S. Senator Pat McCarran, who represented Nevada from 1933 to 1954.

Harry Reid International Airport consists of 110 aircraft gates at two separate terminal buildings T1 – Terminal 1 & T3 – Terminal 3, each with its own parking garage, ticketing/check-in area, baggage claim, and shopping and dining options. Because the two facilities are not physically connected, it’s important that you know which airline operates at which terminal building before coming to the airport.
Harry Reid International Airport

Terminal 1 includes a 6,000-space parking garage and a spacious terminal building that includes Ticketing/Check-in, Baggage Claim and the A Gates, B Gates, and C Gates. The D Gates satellite concourse is accessible from Terminal 1 via an automated transit system. Terminal 1 features a variety of shopping, dining, and services as well as three security checkpoints. All Terminal 1 airlines operating at the A Gates, B Gates, C Gates, and D Gates share one baggage claim located on Level 1 of Terminal 1.