Ivanpah Airport

Ivanpah Airport is the planned relief airport for McCarran International Airport since only limited space for expansion remains at McCarran.

In order to allow for growth in air travel to Las Vegas, Clark County is buying 6,500 acres (26 km²) of land in the Ivanpah Valley from the Bureau of Land Management about 30 miles (50 km) south of McCarran International Airport for the Ivanpah Airport. This location is between Jean and Primm.

History

Legislation was signed on October 20, 2000 allowing Clark County, Nevada to purchase land for a new commerical airport.

Construction

All dates for construction and availability are fluid at this time. However the official Department of Aviation statements point to starting construction in 2010 with an opening date of 2017. These dates are based on McCarran reaching 90% (49.5 million passengers) of its capacity of 55 million passengers in 2017.

Based on current passenger growth at McCarran of 14.3% from 36.266 million passengers in 2003 to 41.442 million passengers in 2004 the planned dates above may need to be changed.