Nevada Airports Guide — Travel Information

Las Vegas International Airport (LAS)

Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO)

How Many Airports are There in Nevada?

There are not many airports in Nevada. Despite this, many of them have busy air traffic as they are centered around Las Vegas, where millions of people from all over the world travel all year round. There are 2 international and 54 public-use airports. Because there are so many tourists in the state, the majority of them are well-equipped and convenient. They also provide flights to the most sought-after destinations within the country.

Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) is the largest airport on the Nevada airports map and handles most traffic in the state, welcoming approximately 23 million passengers per year. Its on-time arrival rate is 81.22%, the on-time departure performance rate is 79.24%.

All the other Nevada airports are small and handle regional and domestic flights. The smallest airport in the state is Elko Regional Airport (EKO) with a bit more than 18 thousand passengers per year.

The total air traffic from all airports in the state is 26 million passengers, which contributes 3.04% to the total traffic in the United States.

List of Airports in Nevada

1. Harry Reid International Airport (LAS). The airport was called McCarran International Airport until December 14, 2021. It’s the main public airport in Las Vegas Valley. Moreover, it’s the busiest airport in the U.S. that doesn’t operate as a hub for any of the five legacy carriers in the country.
2. Reno–Tahoe International Airport (RNO). It’s the second busiest among Nevada airports. It welcomed more than 2 million passengers and had around 84 thousand flight operations in 2020. It collaborates with 14 airlines.
3. Boulder City Municipal Airport (BLD). This public airport mainly serves for general aviation and provides aviation services to the City of Boulder. Grand Canyon Airlines is a single airline that operates here and has around 200 thousand enplanements per year.
4. Elko Regional Airport (J.C. Harris Field) (EKO). Despite being the smallest among all airports in Nevada, it has around 21 thousand aircraft operations per year. It’s served by Delta Connection airline. The most popular destination in 2021 was Salt Lake City (8.9 thousand passengers).
5. Henderson Executive Airport (HSH). This public-use government airport welcomes around 70 thousand passengers per year. There are 252 based aircrafts in the airport.

Airlines

The international airports in NV work with such non-American airlines:

Air Canada
Aeroméxico
Air Canada Rouge
British Airways

Condor
Copa Airlines
Edelweiss Air

American airlines that operate in the state’s airports are the following:

Alaska Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Delta Connection
Allegiant Air
American Airlines

Frontier Airlines
JetBlue
Sun Country Airlines
Spirit Airlines

Most Popular Destinations

No statistics are needed to tell that Las Vegas is the most popular destination from the major airports in Nevada. It accounts for 95% of all online flight searches. The other popular destination is Reno (5%).

Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame

Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame (NVAHOF) is a non-profit organization founded in 2008 with an aim to educate people about aviation history and unique contributions of people who pioneered aerospace programs in the state.

Aviation in Nevada has a great legacy: early airmail flights, the first round-the-world flights, and secret World War II programs that were only carried out in Nevada.

The government has made significant contributions to secret aviation and aerospace science.

NVAHOF honors all the unique individuals who pioneered and developed national aerospace programs in the state. It also aids others in their research of Nevada’s aerospace history. It maintains videos and photos that are extremely important for the state’s aerospace history and shares them among historians, authors, students, etc.