Las Vegas McCarran Airport Tour - What It's Like Flying in Vegas Right Now!
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2024
- Las #Vegas #McCarran International #Airport is one of the busiest airports in the country during normal times. It serves its purpose bringing people to/from the largest tourist destination in the United States and in my opinion is one of the easiest and nicest domestic airports.
McCarran is also my home airport and one I spend A LOT of time in. During normal times I am in an airplane very very often and thus I have grown to love my home airport including its lounges, quirks and ease of getting in and out of. In this Las Vegas airport tour you’ll not only see what it is like right now plus what it is like to fly, but I’ll also show you around to some of the cooler areas including the brand new Resorts World model, smoking areas and the international flex gates which recently opened. There was a ton going on at McCarran International Airport for my Sunday morning flight so I think you’ll enjoy it.
00:00 Arrival and Check-in
1:05 Public common areas and casino
1:40 Baggage claim and Resorts World model
2:43 Clark County Aviation Museum & artifacts
3:26 Covid PPE vending machine & costs
4:08 Going through security & connecting between gates
4:54 D Gates People Mover tram
5:40 Touring the D Gates
8:30 Smoking areas still open and PACKED!
10:00 McCarran kids area with unique entrance
11:49 People mover tram to C gates
12:42 Tour of C Gates & massive construction
14:20 Behind the construction walls
16:21 Southwest Boarding process during COVID
17:59 Taking off and Vegas from the sky
19:26 Landing in Tucson and shuttered airplanes
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What do you love or hate about McCarran International Airport?
Considering the volume of people that fly in and out pre-Rona, they've always been an efficient airport. Or so I think.. Flew in and out many times with little hassles.
Flew into Lake Tahoe Airport . . had slots, in the Airport. They don't wait, do they ? 😎
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I missed saving the Monorail from a Legion spy, good times indeed
I was stuck there for 13 hours today😩 long story short I went to the museum in there today which brought me here. I wanted to learn more history about the airport
So many Vegas memories start and ended at that airport for me. Can't wait to be there again.
best feeling in the world..cant wait for 2021 summer
The best airport! Well designed easy to get around. My favorite!
I love it too!
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UA-cam has not allowed me to give any "Likes" for over a week now. Sorry, still watching your video's!
Yikes that stinks! Thanks for watching and commenting though! The comment helps!
Thank you so much for this video. I am a Las Vegas native, but haven't flown in 17 years. I have a flight in September and it is nice to get a feel for what is going on there. Nice shots of the stadium. Great work.
Very nicely put together video and very entertaining as well. Thanks for posting this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Shawn; this was great! When I fly into McCarran I only go straight to where I need to be, so the tour was very much appreciated. Yes, I love the new floors in baggage claim. I couldn't help but laugh as I remembered when I was a teen, and remember the carpet, the slots, the music, the stretch limos and the Drivers holding the sign with the person's name on it. I KNEW I was in Vegas! Love those days! Glad you had a great flight to Tucson. CAB :)
Thanks CAB!
Thanks for all the Vegas scenes
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for making this video. Im an AvGeek and a Vegas Nerd so watching this was heaven! Desperate to get back as and when we are allowed!
As a tourist from the UK (8 trips since 2000) McCarran is one of the easiest, most hassle-free airports to navigate and get through anywhere in the world. As a smoker I find it amazing that they still have a bar where you can actually light up indoors! I also like the small historical display area. My favourite part is always the 'Welcome To Vegas' video that plays in the main hall where you go down the escalator to the exit - just makes me happy to be back.
dont smoke Steve its not good for you or your wallet
There definitely is a "vibe" when you arrive here and it is a good one!
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This was awesome-- great job.
Thank you very much!
You know you’re in Vegas when you see the slots!!I I love landing at this airport, it’s so clean and spacious !! Good video and info as per usual 🇬🇧
Thanks Keith!
Wow, so much I didn't know... Nice job 👌
Thanks! 😃
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Coomer! Keep up the great work!
Thanks! Will do!
I was there only once and was so impressed. Just like Vegas bigger than life. I remember all the expensive shops. Just like the strip.
Nice video! I love the E gates (I'm a JetBlue frequent flyer). I feel like I'm in a modern international airport. On your ascent, you can still see the outline of the old terminal 2 in the concrete by the A gates.
You are right that you can see the old Terminal 2 building. I think eventually they'll use that space to add more gates to Terminal 1 if they need them. As for the E gates, they are definitely the best at McCarran. I'll hopefully do them along with A&B in a future video!
I love taking off on runway 26 heading west. That's my favorite. 18:25
Especially at night!
I love the Vegas Airport i always did when i come to Vegas i might hang there a little bit and grab something to eat play a little hope i can come by myself and not be rushed hope you make it on your trip safe and have a ton of fun im learning alot about the airport its still Vegas i love it alot i didnt know im still learning about Vegas Airport
I think it is definitely one of the better airports in the country!
@@Milestomemories Thanks i hope you have a great trip and have a ball
LAS is amazing and was ranked in our Top 10 Airports in the US! PLEASE give a watch on our channel to see if you agree with our list!
I am impressed you do know your facts
Thanks Stephanie!
Many thanks, Sean. How well I remember McCarran. I was at LV in March during the “Grand Closure.” 500 flights were canceled one day including mine owing to an ATC employee testing + for Covid.
Thanks Fred! That must have been a mess of a day!
@@Milestomemories it was a mess. When I was working, I had a traveling job. I attempted to go somewhere, LA, Phoenix, Dallas, St Louis. Nada. I rented a car one way drop.. couldn’t go back to the (closed)‘hotel.
Yeah that was a fun time. I work for spirit here and I remember a lot of flights being cancelled coming in and some being cancelled going out. We made bets everyday on how many flights we would be doing that day.
LAS is amazing and was ranked in our Top 10 Airports in the US! PLEASE give a watch on our channel to see if you agree with our list!
WOW, this was my first look inside this airport. Very nice, way bigger than i thought, love the lil museum and the planes hanging overhead.
Glad you enjoyed it! I hope you get to see the airport at some point!
LAS is amazing and was ranked in our Top 10 Airports in the US! PLEASE give a watch on our channel to see if you agree with our list!
Coming from someone who’s worked at the Airport for the past 4 yrs., I’ll offer two travel tips based on my experiences working there.
Travel tip 1: If you are flying out of the D gates and you are traveling with a CARRY-ON bag only, and you have your boarding pass, it is 10x more convenient to go through the Terminal 3 security check point. Both terminals have a tram that goes to the same D gates. If you get dropped off at terminal 3, departing flights, door 43 you are literally at the security check point. Once you pass through security, the escalator down to the D gate tram is right there at the check point. This will save you a lot of walking and a lot of time. Remember.... it only works if you have no need to drop a checked bag at your airlines ticket counter. Also, make sure your airline flys out of the D gates.
Travel tip 2: Make sure your friend or Uber driver is dropping you off at the the correct terminal. Don’t just assume they know where they are going. On a daily basis Uber drivers routinely drop passengers off at Terminal 1 when they should be dropped off at terminal 3. Every airline has an electronic curbside sign adjacent to there inside ticket counter. If your driver is dropping you off and you don’t see your airlines electronic curbside sign... you are probably at the wrong terminal!
Good tips. I am team carry-on and ALWAYS use Terminal 3 instead of Terminal 1. Heck it is closer to the D gates technically and I'm generally through security in less than 5 minutes plus the drop off/pickup is less hectic.
Very nice video!
Thank you very much!
This is a nice looking airport, can't wait to be there in August.
I hope you have a great trip!
LAS is amazing and was ranked in our Top 10 Airports in the US! PLEASE give a watch on our channel to see if you agree with our list!
I haven’t flown in 8 years and was looking where to find Uber/Lyft parking. 2:48 This was very helpful. Thank you!
Haven’t been to McCarran since I lived in Vegas. Now I just drive a few hours up the road. I do remember people getting off the planes and sitting down in front of the first slot machine they saw 😂
Some people just can't wait! 😂
I work at McCarran for Spirit and it baffles me they didn’t do that construction or at least start it during those 3 months (April, May, June) when it wasn’t so busy. Now we are jammed up between Allegiant at A gates across from us and Southwest at the old B gates we used to use.
Ugh that stinks! Hopefully they finish it soon.
I was really impressed with the Uber/Lyft situation that McCarran has inside the parking garage
Yes and they have continued to improve it. It is insane how many cars can be in that area during peak times!
LAS is amazing and was ranked in our Top 10 Airports in the US! PLEASE give a watch on our channel to see if you agree with our list!
Hopefully I will see this place again in March
I hope you are able to come here!
the floor looks great! The airport is different from when I last saw it!
I agree. They've been slowly making updates and improvements.
LAS is amazing and was ranked in our Top 10 Airports in the US! PLEASE give a watch on our channel to see if you agree with our list!
So glad i don't have to worry about messing with the crowds now in the airport. Flying private helps out a lot now.
Flying private is nice for sure.
Thanks Shawn. I've always liked Mccarran. I'm not really sure why, I just like it.
You and me both!
Las Vegas is definitely one of my favorite airports out there
I have family down there and I have many memories flying in and out
It's a beautiful airport! My only complaint is that its so dang hot!!
It's one of my favorites too, but as you point out that hot air you encounter when landing here is not fun at all!
I so miss flying to Vegas! I normally would visit twice a year.
I hope you are able to come back soon!
Beautiful floors!
They are!
dear friend I'm from Bangladesh. Usually I see your you tube channel, Nice video. I love your video
I went through the airport recently as well (arriving on United on the 7th and departing on the 10th). For departure, the TSA Pre-check wasn't open and this wasn't too early (around 9am), so I wasn't happy about that! I have Priority Pass and was glad that The Club LAS was open as the United Club is still closed. Overall I agree that the airport wasn't too busy but certainly not desolate.
Thanks for the info! That is strange for TSA Precheck to be closed. I've found them to be one of the airports that consistently has it open, but alas COVID no doubt has changed that fact. The new Club is very nice. I snuck in a shot of the entrance to the old Club at LAS (a stone table blocking the door right before the kids area shot) which was slightly bigger than a closet!
@@Milestomemories At security, those of us with precheck were given the white card so we didn't have to take our shoes off, otherwise the same treatment as everyone else. I last visited the Club prior to COVID when there was a hot buffet. Now it was just prepackaged items and not self serve - an attendant would get what you requested. Still it's a nice space, wasn't crowded at all and I got to enjoy a pre-flight mimosa. :-)
That Hacienda Cessna, always get my attention.
It's a cool little artifact to have hanging in the airport!
Love to be there but unfortunately we're from Scotland 🏴, but once the borders r opened we're gd to go.... Hopefully 2021.... Kp up the gd work.....
Thanks Thomas! Hopefully this will be behind us soon and you can return!
@@Milestomemories 😎👍
was there back in August kinda dead but somewhat busy in Concourse C slot machines 50% capacity view of the Vegas Strip also once you step off the plane you know you are in Nevada
I have subscribed your video.
Las Vegas love this Roman still , very special,
Fabulous looking different us I'm remember, all my best personal regards,
baggage claim area was dead back in August but people do make connections here if flying Southwest
Yup absolutely.
EXCELLENT INFORMATIVE VIDEO ABOUT MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
I STILL WONDER HOW SECURITY ALLOWED YOU TO DO THIS VIDEO, AND EVEN I WONDER MORE HOW DELTA PERMITTED FILMING INSIDE THEIR AIRLINER. EITHER YOU ARE A VERY LUCKY VIDEOGRAPHER OR YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN HIGH PLACES.
Thanks Charles. There are no rules against filming your own POV in an airport so I just did it. The only thing I avoided was filming TSA or any security checkpoints. As for the airline, they do allow filming personal events, but I was asked to stop filming walking down the aisle and I complied.
@@Milestomemories Many thanks for your clarification. I noticed that you had announced approaching the
checkup area, but you didn't actually filmed the area, and I understood why that might have been.
I hope you're back to LV from Tucson, AZ to continue showing us your amazing videos. I certainly will be watching, friend.
nice vedio, let us know Vegas recent situation.
Thanks Charles! Tons of on the ground videos coming very soon!
we really miss Vegas, from Canada
I hope you can make it back soon!
Thank you. Can you do a tour of the Janet Terminal please 🙏
Was that Mark Anthony from his UA-cam channel the Vegas Tourist sitting down wearing a brown hat and brown shirt at the 16:33 mark?
I grew up "over the hump", but have not been to McCarran in about 33 years. That tram is new, Meanwhile, San Diego International contimues being an utter joke.....I came here via the US Navy upon graduating PVHS in 1984, to a city with no foresight......it is either SAN or LGW (London Gatwick) which holds the title of "Worlds busiest single runway Airport in the *world*
Is this the airport going to Las Vegas???
Thank you. Great Video!
It's the airport in Vegas
@@briangulley6027 Thank You for the reply.
This is the major airport in Las Vegas!
@@Milestomemories Thank you for your reply!
Yes Dave
Me and my wife got married there a couple years back. I only ever got to see the construction there at McCarran. We hope to go back next Summer for our anniversary if all this stuff blows over!
We flew out of Orlando to McCarran several times on Southwest. Orlando is definitely nicer, but I do like that McCarran is constantly improving.
That’s interesting. I have never minded Orlando but I know a lot of people hate it because of the lack of airside connections and security lines.
@@Milestomemories We had a connection to Midway on one return trip to Orlando and it was loaded up with eager and excited Chicago kids heading to see Mickey Mouse. Not a fun flight....
The floor is nice.
I agree!
I’m flying by myself for the first time so I’m heckin nervous on where to go or what to do
I hope you end up having a great trip. Once I get on board the worries tend to fade away.
Do they ask u if u got check for the virus because I’m going on December 24 from Miami
No we don't have any virus test rules.
Miss Las Vegas special desert drive to the man lacks in the morling see the ☀,,
What if I’m an immigrant and I wanna travel in the US would they ask me for papers or anything such thing like that ?
Only need an ID for now or unless your under 18 you can use your birth certificate
Does the Airport Monorail take you directly to the strip? If so, I can see the Taxi Unions screaming bloody murder!!!
Nope it doesn't, but the new Vegas Loop tunnel system that is being voted on soon will have stops at the airport and the Strip. The taxi companies seemingly lost a lot of pull back when Uber/Lyft finally won the right to operate here.
This piece talks about the airport as if all was normal. Nothing is normal, almost no international flights, and COVID s far as the eye can see in Nevada.
I always seem to get abuse when I go through security at LV. tHERE IS 1 WOMAN THERE WHO KEEPS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE YOU STAY, WHAT YOU ARE THERE FOR ETC. As soon as you start to answer her question she tells you to shut up and stop talking to her. FECKING CRAZY WOMAS
Wow I’ve never encountered her. Doesn’t sound like fun.
"ELVIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT".
Haha there you go!
Career commitments required that I reside in Las Vegas for twenty years. I was finally able to escape in early 2008 and although I have family still residing there, I have only returned on two occasions and that was more than I really wanted. The only fond memory I have was our custom Mediterranean 4000sqft home on a private cul de sac fourteen miles from the strip which I never visited. The place is so phony, superficial and a collection point for low life scum from all over the country. I hated living there and had no vision of the city’s phenomenal growth and was not interested in buying acreage which was a mistake. Our 1/2 acre lot for which we paid 37,000 in 1993 had similar lots nearby selling for $547,000 in 2008.
I don't tend to agree with your characterization of Vegas, but it does hold some truth. Thanks for sharing your opinion and as you point out real estate prices have gone quite crazy lately.
Flying is horrible now!
It has turned into a true shit hole just flew out of their men’s bathroom was atrocious half of it was shut off taped off smelled of Third World dish use really embarrassed for Las Vegas. Insect you never know what you’re paying for in Vegas anymore everything‘s an add-on it’s my last go to that city ever. Not only is crime out of control but you’re being fleeced by businesses that add on little Extras that you can’t even understand what they’re for. From my car rental just a couple of my just drink bills had an add-on. Good on you Las Vegas you’ve seen the last of me and my dollars there’s so many wonderful casinos if you wanna go gamble that appreciate your business! Maybe you guys should get rid of the Democrats get rid of your crime when you do