Anderson Field (Rockwell Field) was the first airport to serve
Las Vegas
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Nevada
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The north boundary of the airfield was the present day
Sahara Avenue
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[ with the present day Paradise Road serving as the western boundary.
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History
Construction on the field began when the surface was leveled.
The airfield opened on Thanksgiving Day, 1920.[ Airmail service was initiated on April 17, 1926, from ]Los Angeles, California
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, by Western Air Express
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. Western continued to use the field until 1929 when they moved to the new Alamo Landing Field
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at the site of the current Nellis Air Force Base
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See also
Nye County, Nevada
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, also has a geographic flat called ''Anderson Field''.
References
Defunct airports in Nevada
Airports in Clark County, Nevada
Airports established in 1920
Transportation in the Las Vegas Valley
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