McCarran International Airport

McCarran International Airport, the second name of which is Las Vegas International Airport, is located in the non-industrial area of Paradise, 8 kilometers from the business center of Las Vegas. Its area is about 11 square kilometers. Its history begins in 1942, when American aviator George Crockett founded a small area called Alamo Airport. In 1948, it was acquired by the Clark County Municipality and became known as Clark County Public Airport, and in December of that year the airport was renamed McCarran. It was named after US Senator Pat McCarran. In 2007, it had 47,595,140 passengers, ranking it 14th among the largest airports in the world.

Currently, McCarran Airport is the hub of Southwest Airlines, as well as one of the transit hubs for several well-known airlines such as Allegiant Air, US Airways. McCarran International Airport has two general purpose passenger terminals. The rest of its terminals serve private jets, U.S. government flights, as well as exclusive flights and air cargo.

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