Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Las Vegas airport sees more than 4.3M passengers in June

Planes Take Off From McCarran

Steve Marcus

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport June 5, 2017.

More than 4.3 million passengers walked through McCarran International Airport last month.

Local aviation officials on Friday said that's a 2.8 percent increase compared with June 2017.

Domestic flights carried more than 3.8 million passengers. International carriers transported almost 324,000 passengers, and more than 95,000 people used a helicopter.

Southwest Airlines continued to be the busiest carrier at the airport, transporting more than 1.5 million passengers in June.

Of the top five airlines serving McCarran, only American Airlines saw a decrease in passengers over the year.

Data released by the Clark County Department of Aviation show more than 24.5 million passengers have used McCarran in 2018. That's a 3.1 percent increase over the year.

The airport set a record high for passengers in 2017 with 48.5 million.