McCarran Airport opened in 1948 as the Clark County Public airport, on the grounds of what had been the Alamo Airport. Within ten years, Las Vegas officials feared that McCarran might become ...

Pat McCarran past, many may not know what the airport was called before McCarran, when Las Vegas was growing in the post-World War II era. On Dec. 20, 1948, Alamo airport, the original name of the ...

Las Vegas hits record air traffic and passenger numbers but is one airport enough? Examining the multi-billion-dollar plan the city is betting on.