List of airports in Clark County, Nevada
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Clark County, Nevada operates several airport
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- McCarran International AirportMcCarran International AirportMcCarran International Airport is the principal commercial airport serving Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada, United States. The airport is located five miles south of the central business district of Las Vegas, in the unincorporated area of Paradise in Clark County. It covers an area of and...
, ParadiseParadise, NevadaParadise is an unincorporated town in the Las Vegas metropolitan area in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 223,167 at the 2010 census...
- The primary commercial airport for the Las VegasLas Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
area - North Las Vegas AirportNorth Las Vegas Airport- Runway Incursions:The airport has continuously worked on a runway incursion prevention program to help curtail the number of runway incursions happening at the airport. For the year of 2007, North Las Vegas ranked #2 in airports with most runway incursions....
, North Las VegasNorth Las Vegas, NevadaNorth Las Vegas is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, located in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The city was incorporated on May 16, 1946.-Geography:...
- Henderson Executive AirportHenderson Executive AirportHenderson Executive Airport is a public airport located south of the central business district of Las Vegas, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The airport is owned by Clark County and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated...
, HendersonHenderson, Nevada-Demographics:According to the 2000 census, there were 175,381 people, 66,331 households, and 47,095 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,200.8 people per square mile . There were 71,149 housing units at an average density of 892.8 per square mile...
- Perkins FieldPerkins FieldOverton Municipal Airport , also known as Perkins Field, is a public airport located two miles north of the central business district of Overton, in Clark County, Nevada, USA. The airport is operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation....
, OvertonOverton, NevadaOverton is an Unincorporated Town located in Clark County, Nevada. The town is on the north end of Lake Mead. The town is home to Perkins Field airport and Echo Bay Airport....
- Jean Sport Aviation CenterJean AirportJean Airport , also known as Jean Sport Aviation Center, is a small public airport located in Jean, in Clark County, Nevada, USA. The airport is mainly used for sports aviation like gliders and sky diving and is operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation.- Facilities :Jean Airport covers ...
, JeanJean, NevadaJean is a small commercial town in Clark County, Nevada, located approximately north of the Nevada-California state line along Interstate 15. Las Vegas is located about to the north...
- Ivanpah Valley AirportIvanpah Valley AirportIvanpah Valley Airport is a planned relief airport for McCarran International Airport serving the Las Vegas area to be located near Primm, Nevada. Since there is only limited space left for expansion at McCarran a new airport is the only alternative to increase capacity by a significant amount...
, JeanJean, NevadaJean is a small commercial town in Clark County, Nevada, located approximately north of the Nevada-California state line along Interstate 15. Las Vegas is located about to the north...
- planned future relief airportRelief airportRelief airport is used to describe any airport that is built or designated to provide relief or additional capacity to an area when the primary commercial airport reach capacity. In some cases a relief airport is an existing one that is designated to handle a specific class of aircraft such as...
for McCarran - Mesquite AirportMesquite AirportMesquite Airport is a public airport located two miles north of the central business district of Mesquite, a city in Clark County, Nevada, USA. The airport is operatd by the Clark County Department of Aviation.- Facilities :...
, MesquiteMesquite, NevadaMesquite is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the Arizona state line and northeast of Las Vegas. As of the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 15,277. The city is located in the Virgin River Valley...
Other airports
- Boulder City Municipal AirportBoulder City Municipal AirportBoulder City Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located one mile southwest of the central business district of Boulder City, in Clark County, Nevada, United States.- History :...
, - Echo Bay AirportEcho Bay AirportEcho Bay Airport is a public airport located in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 14 miles south of the central business district of Overton, a town in Clark County, Nevada, USA. The airport is situated near Echo Bay on Lake Mead.- Facilities :...
, OvertonOverton, NevadaOverton is an Unincorporated Town located in Clark County, Nevada. The town is on the north end of Lake Mead. The town is home to Perkins Field airport and Echo Bay Airport....
- Kidwell AirportKidwell AirportKidwell Airport is a public-use airport and residential airpark located in Cal-Nev-Ari, Clark County, Nevada, United States. The airport is privately-owned by Nancy Kidwell.- Facilities and aircraft :...
, Cal-Nev-AriCal-Nev-Ari, NevadaCal-Nev-Ari is a census-designated place and town in Clark County, Nevada, United States, near the state's southernmost point. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 278...
- Searchlight AirportSearchlight AirportSearchlight Airport is a public airport located two miles south of the central business district of Searchlight, in Clark County, Nevada, USA...
, SearchlightSearchlight, NevadaSearchlight is an unincorporated town in Clark County, Nevada, at the topographic saddle between two mountain ranges.-History:According to Nevada Senator Harry Reid, who has written extensively about his hometown, the most likely story as to how the town received its name was when George Frederick...
- Sky Ranch AirportSky Ranch Airport (Nevada)Sky Ranch Airport , also known as Sky Ranch Estates, is a privately-owned, public-use airport located two miles southwest of the central business district of Sandy Valley, a town in Clark County, Nevada, United States....
, Sandy ValleySandy Valley, NevadaSandy Valley is a census-designated place in the Mesquite Valley in west-central Clark County, Nevada, United States. Sandy Valley has variant name of Sandy, Nevada. The population was 1,804 at the 2000 census. Sandy Valley is bordered on the East by the southern extension of the Spring Mountains...
Past airports
- Anderson FieldAnderson Field (Nevada)Anderson Field was the first airport to serve Las Vegas, Nevada. The north boundary of the airfield was the present day Sahara Avenue, with the present day Paradise Road serving as the western boundary.- History :...
- the first airport to serve Las Vegas
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