When the city tried to buy the field and build a more modern terminal, WAE refused, but with the advent of World War II WAE was pressured to sell. Simon had built an airfield northeast of the city (now Nellis Air Force Base) and WAE moved there in November 1929 and bought the field a few years later. When the brothers sold Rockwell Field and the new owner canceled WAE's lease, the airline had to look for another airport. Purchased by the Rockwell brothers in 1925, the airfield was renamed Rockwell Field, and in April 1926 Western Air Express (WAE) began carrying mail (and eventually passengers). The first airport at Las Vegas was Anderson Field, opened in November 1920 southeast of present-day Sahara Ave and Paradise Rd. Senator Pat McCarran at the original McCarran Field, 1941
Former logo of McCarran International Airport History Origins (1920–1948) Postcard showing U.S. Senator Pat McCarran, who represented Nevada from 1933 to 1954. Between 19, the airport was called McCarran International Airport before 1968, it was named McCarran Field after U.S. Senator Harry Reid, who represented Nevada in the Senate from 1987 to 2017. The airport services as a base for Allegiant Air, Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Spirit Airlines. East of the passenger terminals is the Marnell Air Cargo Center on the airport's west side are fixed-base operators and helicopter companies. The airport has four runways and two passenger terminals. It has expanded and employed various innovative technologies, such as common-use facilities. The airport was built in 1942, and opened to airline flights in 1948. LAS covers 2,800 acres (1,100 hectares 4.4 square miles 11 square kilometers) of land. The airport is owned by the Clark County Commission and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation. state of Nevada, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Downtown Las Vegas. Harry Reid International Airport ( IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS) is an international airport in Paradise, Nevada, and is the main airport for the Las Vegas Valley, a metropolitan area in the U.S. Source: Harry Reid International Airport
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