<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Harry Reid International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Origins (1920&ndash;1948)</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">Postcard showing U.S. Senator Pat McCarran at the original McCarran Field, 1941</p>
<p class="blog-para">The first airport in Las Vegas was Anderson Field, which opened in November 1920 southeast of present-day Sahara Ave and Paradise Rd. 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).</p>
<p class="blog-para">When the brothers sold Rockwell Field, and the new owner canceled WAE's lease, the airline had to look for another airport. Local businessman P. A. 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.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Early expansion (1949&ndash;1996)</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">In its first year of operation, McCarran Field served over 36,000 passengers. The April 1949 OAG shows 12 departures a day: 5 Western, 5 TWA and 2 United. The Las Vegas casino industry grew during the 1950s, and the airport handled 959,603 passengers in 1959. The May 1959 OAG shows 47-weekday departures: 13 Western, 11 United, 11 TWA, 9 Bonanza and 3 Pacific. The first jet flights were United 720s in September 1960.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground Transportation Harry Reid International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Road access to Harry Reid International Airport is provided by Paradise Road to the north and by the Harry Reid Airport Connector to the south, which connects to the Las Vegas Beltway.</p>
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<li class="blog-para">Directions to the Airport Directions to the Airport</li>
<li class="blog-para">Taxis Taxis</li>
<li class="blog-para">Limousines Limousines</li>
<li class="blog-para">Rental Cars Rental Cars</li>
<li class="blog-para">Ride Share Ride Share</li>
<li class="blog-para">Public Bus Public Bus</li>
<li class="blog-para">Inter-City Shuttles Inter-City Shuttles</li>
<li class="blog-para">Inter-Terminal Shuttle Inter-Terminal Shuttle</li>
<li class="blog-para">Airport Tram Airport Tram</li>
<li class="blog-para">Additional Shuttles Additional Shuttles</li>
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<p class="blog-para">For transportation between Terminal 1 and Terminal 3, Harry Reid International Airport provides a free shuttle service, which leaves from Level 0 of both terminals.</p>
<p class="blog-para">RTC Transit provides bus transportation to and from various parts of the Las Vegas Valley. Route 108, Route 109, and the Centennial Express (CX) provide direct access to the airport. Buses depart from Level 0 of Terminal 1 and Level 2 of Terminal 3.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Extension of the Las Vegas Monorail, whose southern terminus is across the street from the airport's runway to the airport terminal, has been proposed several times but has not yet come to fruition.</p>
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