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Hotels Near the Airport McCarran International Airport Las Vegas (IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS) is the principal commercial airport serving Las Vegas and surrounding Clark County, Nevada. The airport is located five miles (8 km) south of the central business district of Las Vegas. Between May 2013 and April 2014, the busiest scheduled airlines flying out of McCarran were Southwest Airlines (44%), Delta Airlines (10%), United Airlines (9%), American Airlines (7%), and Spirit Airlines (6%).
Less than a mile from the Las Vegas Strip, McCarran International is America s fifth-busiest airport. More than 45 million visitors are expected to use McCarran this year. The airport has more than 1,000 slot machines dotted throughout its two terminals. A major expansion program is currently underway.