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LAS Meaning

LAS Airport Meaning

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LAS Meaning:

LAS stands for McCarran International Airport


Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, LAS (McCarran International Airport) is classified as a large hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of LAS's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


McCarran International Airport (LAS) Characteristics:

      City: Las Vegas
      State: Nevada
      FAA: McCarran International Airport
      IATA: LAS
      ICAO: KLAS
      Role: P-L

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


LAS is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding LAS, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

LAS meaning is McCarran International Airport.

McCarran International Airport can be abbreviated as LAS.

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