The Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) is on board.
The FAA has
given its approval to start construction on a second airport in the Las Vegas
area.
This will
be an executive
airport just outside the city. This new airport will service single engine
and multi-engine planes, as well as rotocraft (like helicopters) and
accommodate aircraft that could not normally fit at Harry Reid International, formerly
McCarran Airport, especially on huge tourist days like the Formula 1 race and
the Super Bowl.
Las Vegas
is hoping to lure a national Basketball Association franchise. It recently
hosted its first Grand Prix race. Las Vegas has professional sports
franchises in the National Hockey League and the National Football League and
the Women’s National Basketball Association, and is in negotiations to get the
Oakland Athletics baseball franchise to relocate.
Las Vegas
is already an important tourist city to visit, and it draws almost 41 million tourists
per year. The city also has a plethora of high-profile events. It was estimated
that in 2023 more than 57 million people arrived in Las Vegas by airplane.
Construction
on the new airport is slated to begin later this fall now that it has much of
the approvals in place. It will be located about 30 miles from the city limits.
Robert Lauer, CEO of the
Las Vegas Spaceport said, “This is a major step toward creating a space economy
that will lead to thousands of high-paying jobs in our community, our county,
and our state.”
The Spaceport is a $310 million
project that hopes to attract space tourism. It will be in close proximity to,
but separate from, the new airport.
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