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McCarran International Airport: Harry Reid International Airport: Las Vegas: NV: US Feb 16, 2021: Dec 14, 2021: From 2012 on, there were calls to rename McCarran International Airport. It had been named after U.S. Senator Pat McCarran, who had a reputation for being anti-Semitic and racist.
Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas was named after Senator McCarran prior to December 14, 2021. For some time, many Nevada politicians had supported removing his name from the airport due to his antisemitic and racist beliefs. U.S. Senator Harry Reid said McCarran was "one of the most prejudiced people who has ever served in the Senate."
Harry Mason Reid Jr. ( / riːd /; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015. After earning an undergraduate degree from Utah State ...
Veteran Taylor Morris took a tumble at an airport in Vegas and messed up his prosthetic leg. That's when two airport mechanics took it upon themselves to help. "Fox & Friends" spoke with all three ...
263,000,000. Harry Reid International Airport ( IATA: LAS, ICAO: KLAS, FAA LID: LAS) is an international airport serving the Las Vegas Valley, a metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is located five miles (8 km; 4 nmi) south of downtown Las Vegas in the unincorporated area of Paradise and covers 2,800 acres (11 km 2) of land.
A Spirit Airlines 2005 Airbus A319-132 on the runway at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, on Oct. 24, 2021. (Kirby Lee / AP file )
The university and airport authority believe the name change will also better reflect the airport’s service area, the investment in the economic development of the county and the available ...
The name of the article should be left as McCarran International Airport until then. JRHorse 12:25, 19 June 2021 (UTC) Name Change talking points. Earlier this week I moved the article to Harry Reid International Airport. I made other changes to reflect the name change. Thanks to the other users who helped.