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Harry Reid International Airport
Harry Reid International Airport (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAALID: LAS), formerly McCarran International Airport until 2021, is an international airport serving Las Vegas as well as the surrounding Las Vegas Valley in Nevada, United States. It is located approximately 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 km) 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 the airport to Harry Reid International Airport in honor of former U.S. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, citing a desire to reflect community values better 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, and Southwest 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.