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FAA Switching To New Air Traffic Patterns In Las Vegas Area

Feb 25, 2021

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is enacting new air traffic patterns in southern Nevada, switching to satellite navigational guides in what officials call a "NextGen" modernization to improve efficiency and safety.

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Las Vegas Airport Name Change To Honor Former Sen. Harry Reid

Feb 17, 2021

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A county board voted unanimously to rename busy McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas after former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada.

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Nevada Officials To Weigh Renaming Las Vegas Airport After Reid

Feb 16, 2021

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials are scheduled to discuss and vote on Tuesday whether to rename McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas after former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada.

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Renaming Airport For Harry Reid Taxis Onto Commission Agenda

Feb 16, 2021

(Editor's Note: This interview originally aired Feb. 8, 2021. The Clark County Commission voted unanimously to rename McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas after former U.S. Sen.

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County To Consider Renaming Las Vegas Airport After Harry Reid

Feb 03, 2021

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials will consider next month whether to rename McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas after former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada.

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McCarran Sees Slight Drop In Passenger Numbers From August To September

Oct 23, 2020

McCarran International Airport saw 1.7 million passengers come through in September, a slight drop from August’s 1.73 million passengers.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that it was the first month that passenger volume dropped since April.

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Las Vegas Visits Still Down, Tourists Come By Road More Than Air

Aug 28, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tourists and travelers are beginning to return to Las Vegas but mostly by highway and well below pre-coronavirus pandemic levels.

McCarran International Airport said Thursday it handled 1.6 million arriving and departing passengers in July.

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Las Vegas Airport Seeing More Passengers After Pandemic Plunge

Aug 27, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The number of air travelers in and out of Las Vegas is rising, but passenger traffic remains well below pre-coronavirus pandemic levels.

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940 Employees To Be Laid Off At McCarran Airport

Aug 17, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The food service provider at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas says it will lay off 940 employees.

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McCarran Sees 77 Percent Drop In Passenger Traffic From June Last Year

Jul 30, 2020

McCarran International Airport saw 1.04 million passengers in June, a 77 percent decrease from June 2019.

However, those numbers are much better than May when only 392,336 passengers came through the airport.

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McCarran International Airport To Get $17 Million From Feds

Jul 07, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport will receive federal funding to help with improvements.

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Stark Casino, Airport Numbers Show Effect Of Nevada Closures

May 29, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stunning and stark numbers are showing the effect of casino and business closures enacted in Nevada in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Las Vegas Airport Ads Tout 'Doubling Down' On Sanitizing

May 21, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Signs of change with a gambling theme will greet Las Vegas airport passengers and employees when traveling ramps up following closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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McCarran Airport Sees A 53% Drop In Passengers In March

Apr 27, 2020

McCarran International Airport handled less than half the passengers in March compared to the same month a year ago.

The airport had 2.1 million travelers come through during the month, which is down 53 percent compared to the airport's 4.4 million passengers for March 2019.

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Southwest Airlines Reduced Flight Schedule By 40 Percent

Apr 01, 2020

Southwest Airlines has reduced its flight schedule by nearly 40 percent from peak levels.

The schedule between May 3 and June 5 shows a decrease of about 2,000 flights a day due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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More Than 3 Million Passengers Passed Through McCarran Airport In February

Mar 27, 2020

McCarran International Airport saw 3.86 million passengers in February, which broke an 11-month streak of more than 4 million. 

It was a 6.5 percent increase over last February’s 3.63 million passengers, according to data released Wednesday by the Clark County Department of Aviation.

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McCarran Air Traffic Control Tower Reopens

Mar 26, 2020

The air traffic control tower at McCarran International Airport reopened Wednesday morning.

It closed a week ago when a controller tested positive for the coronavirus.

The closure led to long delays and hundreds of canceled flights. 

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McCarran Air Traffic Tower Remains Closed, Flights Canceled And Delayed

Mar 25, 2020

Flight operations at Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport are still in a slowdown because the air traffic control tower remains closed.

The tower closed last week when an air traffic controller tested positive for the coronavirus.

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McCarran Tower Closed For 4th Consecutive Day

Mar 23, 2020

McCarran International Airport’s air traffic control tower remained closed for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday after a controller tested positive for the coronavirus late Wednesday night.

The Federal Aviation Administration closed the tower to clean and disinfect it.

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Las Vegas Airport Tower Closes After Controller Gets Virus

Mar 19, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas airport is running with reduced operations after an air traffic controller tested positive for the coronavirus, temporarily closing the control tower.

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Control Tower At McCarran Temporarily Shutdown After Positive COVID-19 Test

Mar 19, 2020

The air traffic control tower at McCarran International Airport was temporarily shut down after an air traffic controller potentially tested positive for COVID-19.

The FAA closed the tower late Wednesday to ensure that it’s a safe work environment after the presumptive positive test.

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McCarran Saw 4.1M Passengers In January, A 6.6% Increase

Feb 28, 2020
LAS VEGAS (AP) — There were more than 4.1 million passengers at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas last month.
 
The airport announced Thursday that the number of arriving and departing passengers in January was a 6.6% increase over the same month i
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Parking Fees Rise At McCarran International Airport

Feb 04, 2020
Parking just got more expensive at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, with short-term hourly rates increasing from $2 to $3 for three hours and $4 for each additional hour.
 
Airport spokesman Joe Rajchel said Monday that long-term parking went up from $16 to $18 p
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Las Vegas Airport Reports Record 51.5 Million Travelers In 2019

Jan 30, 2020
McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas says a jump in the number of travelers in December pushed it to a record 51.5 million passengers for calendar 2019.
 
An airport year-end report made public Wednesday came a month after officials held a ceremony marking the arrival
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Las Vegas Airport Marks Milestone 50M Passengers In 1 Year

Dec 20, 2019
McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas marked a milestone with a ceremony welcoming what officials called the record 50 millionth passengers of 2019.
 
An Allegiant flight from San Antonio, Texas, arrived Thursday to a water cannon salute, and passengers were greeted wi

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