An aircraft approaching McCarran International Airport flies near the Las Vegas sign on the Strip. The airport’s passenger total reached a yearly high in May. (Image:
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The 3.5 million arriving and departing passengers in May exceeds April’s 2.9 million total, according to the Clark County Department of Aviation. However, the May figure is 23.3 percent below the 4.5 million passengers who used the airport in May 2019, 10 months before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
Airport officials use 2019 numbers to show how the Las Vegas Valley is recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. In April 2020, only one month after COVID-19 cases surfaced in the state, fewer than 153,000 passengers used the airport.