Transportation

Why McCarran can handle extreme heat that causes grief for pilots elsewhere

A Southwest Airlines jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

The soaring temperatures that Las Vegas is experiencing this week could cause grief for pilots at other airports, because heat thins the air and makes it more difficult for aircraft to lift at take-off. To deal with that, pilots need to gain more momentum as they roll down the runway before reaching liftoff speed.

11 July 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Overnight bridgework to close portion of I-15

A stretch of northbound Interstate 15 in the northern valley will be shutting down nightly this week, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation. Northbound I-5 will be closed and traffic detoured between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. from the Lake Mead Boulevard exit to the Cheyenne Avenue exit, said Michelle Booth, a public information officer with the Nevada Department of Transportation. Work will continue Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, she said.

10 July 2012
By Cristina Chang

Clark County pedestrian deaths rise dramatically

Metro investigates a fatality after a pedestrian was hit by a pickup truck near Eastern and Cedar avenues and died at the scene Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.

Drunken driving traffic deaths have fallen in Clark County for the first six months of this year, but pedestrian fatalities have risen dramatically.

9 July 2012
By Cy Ryan

Allegiant Air projecting double-digit capacity growth

An Allegiant Air jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

Allegiant Air’s ability to find profitable routes and willingness to ditch unprofitable ones is leading the airline to project double-digit capacity growth in the third and fourth quarters of the year.

9 July 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Dispirited: A la carte airline travel experience not ideal, but a market is there

Spirit was the fastest-growing airline at McCarran International Airport last year. The company is trying to make Las Vegas its largest western outpost.

9 July 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

JetBlue pilot on disrupted Las Vegas flight not guilty by reason of insanity

Authorities board JetBlue flight 191, which was headed from New York to Las Vegas, after an emergency landing at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport in Amarillo, Texas, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, when an unruly pilot caused the Las Vegas-bound flight to be diverted. Passengers said the pilot screamed that Iraq or Afghanistan had planted a bomb on the flight, was locked out of the cockpit, and then tackled and restrained by passengers. The pilot who subsequently took command of the aircraft elected to land in Amarillo at about 10 a.m., JetBlue Airways said in a statement.

A federal judge in Texas has found a JetBlue Airways pilot who left the cockpit during a flight and screamed about terrorists not guilty by reason of insanity.

3 July 2012
Associated Press

Southwest plane makes emergency landing after leaving Las Vegas

A Southwest Airlines flight leaving Las Vegas for San Jose, Calif., made an emergency landing on Tuesday.

3 July 2012
By Cristina Chang

Allegiant Air pilots to vote on joining Teamsters union

An Allegiant Air jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has filed an application with the National Mediation Board for a union representation vote of the pilots of Allegiant Air.

2 July 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

May passenger traffic at Las Vegas airport up slightly

Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport showed a fractional increase in May over last year with 3.7 million people passing through terminal gates.

29 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Congress OKs funding for Las Vegas interstate, freezes student loan interest rates

Congress passed a triple-pronged measure Friday to freeze student loan interest rates, extend flood insurance and pump $120 billion over two years into the nation’s transportation system. “This is a massive bill,” Sen. Harry Reid said just prior to the Senate’s 74-to-19 vote. “It’s so good for our country.”

29 June 2012
By Karoun Demirjian

Southwest Airlines adding wireless TV to its jets

Southwest Airlines launched its version of an in-flight entertainment system by installing wireless television access on five Boeing 737 jets with plans to expand the service to 20 planes by mid July.

29 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Allegiant's inaugural nonstop flight to Hawaii takes off

After more than a year of planning and acquiring the necessary operating certificates, Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air launched its first nonstop flight to Hawaii from McCarran International Airport this morning.

29 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas to Phoenix interstate, seen as a 'game-changer,' is step closer to reality

Traffic leaving town gathers on U.S. 93 near the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge outside Boulder City on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011.

A measure applauded by local business leaders as a key to future interstate and international commerce is one step closer to passage after a congressional committee inserted language designating a route between Phoenix and Las Vegas as Interstate 11. The agreement reached Wednesday lists I-11 as a route designation in the amended Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

29 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Authorities trying new ways to curb taxicab long-hauling

A sign warns taxis of a Taxicab Authority Police long haul checkpoint near the entrance to the airport tunnel exiting McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Friday, June 8, 2012.

With the long-hauling of unsuspecting taxi customers still running rampant, enforcement officers with the Nevada Taxicab Authority have begun new tactics to stop the illegal practice.

29 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

McCarran's new Terminal 3 begins ascent, but it almost wasn't to be

McCarran's new Terminal 3 is seen Saturday, June 2, 2012.

Sen. Harry Reid hasn’t seen the inside of McCarran International Airport’s new Terminal 3 yet. But if it weren’t for some of his political maneuvering during the Great Recession, there may not have been a Terminal 3 to see.

27 June 2012
By Richard N. Velotta
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