Las Vegas airport breaks monthly passenger traffic record
More passengers used Las Vegas' main airport in October than at any other time in the month. Harry Reid International Airport reported nearly 5.5 million passengers arrived or departed from Sin City last month.
This is 10% higher than the previous record of 5.2 million passengers set in October 2022, and also exceeds the airport record of 5 million passengers set in May this year.
Almost all of these numbers are generated domestically, with Southwest leading the way among airlines, carrying 1.9 million passengers to and from Harry Reid.
International travel numbers were much lower in October, at 315,147, although this was the largest monthly international travel number ever and a nearly 30% increase from October 2022.
"As 2023 passenger traffic continues to exceed 2022 levels, we see the growth of our community and its evolution into the world," Clark County Aviation Director Rosemary Vassiliadis said in a statement. The impact of a sports and entertainment capital.”
None of the records will persist
Monthly records for October are expected to run for 30 days until Harry Reid releases November figures.
Although it was a typically slow month, the inaugural Formula One Grand Prix from November 15 to 18 attracted more than 105,000 spectators to the Las Vegas Strip, the vast majority of whom are believed to have flown in from Europe of.
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