Las Vegas, or Sin City, is with almost 48,5 Mio. passengers in 2017 one of the busiest airports in the USA and a tourist mecca for his residents. Southwest Airlines is the biggest carrier and responsible for most traffic, followed by Allegiant Air with a respectable amount of flights. Apart from that all other major US carrier are coming to Las Vegas as well with different varieties of aircrafts. In the recent years Las Vegas has become a major domain of Airbus aircraft, mostly A320s and A321s.Also the business jets movements are enormous and the Las Vegas Sands cooperation is based in LAS with their fleet of A345, 737 and 747SP. EG&G, also called Janet, has its operational base in Vegas even with an own terminal on the east side of the field. Flights are operated on a Boeing 736, King Air and Beech 1900 to the Nevada National Security Site (‘Aera 51). International schedule traffic is pretty low with a few intercontinental operators like Korean Air, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Norwegian, Edelweiss or Condor. From Canada Westjet, Sunwing and Air Canada Rouge coming to LAS and from Mexico Interjet, Aeromexico, VIVA Aerobus and Volaris. The hotels of the Las Vegas strip offering a nice background on photos taken at some spots. Las Vegas is surrounded by mountains and crosswinds on the runway are not unusual.

Written by Julian Mittnacht, Jan Seba, Randall Johnson, Kevin Perry (#12), Pascal Lamberiks (#4) and John (last update Oct 2019)

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votes, average:out of 5) Loading... Loading... Airport Information Runways 01L/19R 2.739 m (8.985 ft) 01R/19L 2.979 m (9.775 ft) 08L/26R 4.423 m (14.510 ft) 08R/26L 3.208 m (10.526 ft) Terminals Terminal 1 (A,B,C,D) Southwest, Allegiant, Spirit, American, Delta Terminal 3 (E) All other U.S. carriers and intl. operators Spotting Information Ladder Needed at spot 5 and only recommend to use it there as it is the only “official” spotting area. Car/Public Transport Car is recommend as there is no public transport around. But if you stay at the Quality Inn (#2) you will be able to catch all arrivals on 25 easily. Restrooms All around the airport in the gas stations, hotels and restaurants. Drinks/Food Everywhere around the airport there are fast food restaurants and supermarkets. Hotels There are plenty of hotels all around the airport as its just at the “beginning” of the Las Vegas Strip. If RWY26 is active the La Quinta Inn & Suites Las Vegas Airport South is a pretty good choice as you close to the arrival (see Spot 2).. Season Try to avoid the summer month as you will get a lot of heat distortion and very high temperatures. Runway Usage 01L/19R Crosswind runway at LAS. Used in both directions for arrivals and departures. (19R departures only by General Aviaton and E&G) – Main runway for general aviation (arrivals & departures). 01R/19L Crosswind runway at LAS. Used in both directions for arrivals and departures, mainly by scheduled traffic. 08L/26R Main runway at LAS. Usually this inner runway is used for departures (08 arrivals only during very hot summer month) 08R/26L Main runway at LAS. Usually this outer runway is used for landings (no departures from 08R – 08 arrivals only during very hot summer month

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