Formerly known as Ivanpah Valley Airport. They're probably going to come up with a better name. I'd heard about it regarding an issue in Primm, right on the border with California. The talk was that the airport would likely provide more business for the hotels in Primm, where one is being shuttered for at least 18 months because business is down. Not sure about the layout as it seems to leave no room for expansion given that it's hemmed in by the freeway and railroad tracks. And they're also planning on widening I-15 to handle the potential traffic to Las Vegas.
The Clark County Department of Aviation (CCDOA) owns and operates various airport facilities in Clark County, Nevada, including Harry Reid International Airport. The airport has experienced robust growth as Las Vegas has become a major leisure destination market and conference venue. The forecast aviation growth cannot all be accommodated at the present LAS site; thus, the CCDOA is planning the construction and operation of the Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport. The Airport is intended to provide long-term aviation capacity for the Las Vegas metropolitan area, primarily serving charter, long-haul domestic, and international flights.
A major step in the process of building a new airport south of Las Vegas to supplement Harry Reid International Airport operations is expected to begin sometime this year.
The Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport in the Ivanpah Valley between Jean and Primm just east of Interstate 15 has been under consideration for decades. For various reasons over the years — the economic downturn of the late 2000s and the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020 among them — the Clark County Department of Aviation has kept plans on the shelf as Reid slowly continued growing.
With a record number of passengers over the past three years, with Reid serving 58.4 million people in 2024, airport administrators knew it was time to get busy on SNSA again.
Its current development timeline presumes a possible opening in 2037 and no cost estimates have been placed on the airport that would have two runways and a terminal building as well as utilities and roadways to the facility and, possibly, a rail line connecting Las Vegas to the new airport.
