Chris Carlson / associated press file (2012)
Visitors crowd Terminal 3 at Harry Reid International Airport, formerly known as McCarran International, in Las Vegas.
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023 | 5:06 p.m.
Harry Reid International Airport has broken its annual passenger record for another consecutive year.
Harry Reid in 2023 has seen 52.8 million passengers — more than ever before — through the month of November, the airport said in a release today. That number will grow even larger once the passenger count from December is added.
“With 4.8 million passengers during the month of November, Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) has already broken the previous annual record set in 2022,” Rosemary Vassiliadis, Clark County director of aviation, said in a statement Thursday.
The new record comes on the heels of the previous mark just set in 2022, when 52.6 million passengers passed through Harry Reid airport over the whole year.
The milestone isn’t a total surprise, as it comes on the heels of Harry Reid’s busiest November ever. The airport served a record 4.8 million passengers last month, for a more than 6% increase from the same number in November 2022.
Formula One’s Las Vegas Grand Prix made its debut on the Las Vegas Strip in November with over 300,000 people in attendance, according to official figures.
“LAS connects the world to Las Vegas, whether that be for work, vacation, visiting loved ones, or attending a sporting or special event,” Vassiliadis said in a statement. “While we will not have a final 2023 total until next month, the LAS team is already focused on a busy start to 2024.”
The annual National Finals Rodeo took place in Las Vegas earlier this month, with about 173,500 fans forecast to attend. And city and county officials said Dec. 20 that they expect more than 350,000 people to visit the Strip and downtown Las Vegas for New Year’s Eve this weekend.
“In the coming weeks our community will be hosting CES, and other major conventions, all the while preparing to host the first Super Bowl in Las Vegas’ history,” Vassiliadis said in a statement.
