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Harry Reid Airport Modernization

The Clark County Department of Aviation is designing a modernization of Harry Reid International known as the Maximization Plan. The most detailed public account remains the presentation made to Clark County Commissioners on October 1, 2024.

ProposedAirportParadiseReviewed Aug 31, 2026
Rolled construction drawings and a scale rule on a table
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Owner
Clark County Department of Aviation
Director cited
James Chrisley
General contractor
Not disclosed
Reported cost
Not disclosed
Scope
Adds 26 gates to Terminal 1 (currently 39 gates), renumbers Terminal 3 as Terminal 2, adds a flyover roadway
Stage
Design phase; formal approval targeted for 2028, construction around 2029
Status
Proposed
Type
Airport

Where it stands

The plan is in the design phase, was presented to Clark County Commissioners on October 1, 2024, and carries a target of formal approval in 2028 with construction around 2029 (News3LV).

As described, the plan adds 26 gates to a Terminal 1 that currently has 39, renumbers Terminal 3 as Terminal 2, and adds a flyover roadway (News3LV; Airport.online). That October 2024 presentation is the most recent verifiable action we could confirm; nothing more recent is on the record in the sources we have.

Approvals and public record

The plan was presented to Clark County Commissioners on October 1, 2024; no approval action and no case number was confirmed in the sources we have (News3LV).

What is not known

No cost estimate and no funding source for the Maximization Plan has been made public, and no contractor or design team is named. No approval action has been taken on the plan, and no case number exists in the sources we have.

Why it matters

Gate capacity at Harry Reid is the ceiling on visitor volume that every resort and convention project in the valley plans against, so a 26-gate addition matters even at the design stage. What is missing is any cost or funding record, which means the timeline of 2028 approval and 2029 construction cannot yet be planned around.

Timeline

  1. Plan presented

    The Maximization Plan was presented to Clark County Commissioners.

  2. Formal approval targeted

    The plan carries a target of formal approval in 2028.

  3. Construction start

    Construction is described as beginning around 2029.

Sources

  1. News3LV - Harry Reid expansion and flyover roadshttps://news3lv.com/news/local/expansions-harry-reid-international-las-vegas-airport-terminals-flyover-roads-overhaul-clark-county-aviation-jean-supplemental-snsa
  2. Airport.online - Harry Reid expansion planshttps://airport.online/las-vegas-airport/en/harry-reid-airport-expansion-plans

Every figure on this page is attributed to a document or a published report. Where sources disagree we print both numbers rather than choosing one. Where the record is silent we say so.

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