Summary Las Vegas International Airport is one of North America's ten busiest airports, with a history dating back to the 1920s. Senator Pat McCarran's legacy sparked the call for renaming, although he played a vital role in early aviation legislation. Renaming trends like those at LAS reflect societal pushes to remove "historically offensive" names. Located five miles (8 km) south of downtown Las Vegas, its International Airport covers 2,800 acres (11 km2) of land. It has four runways and two terminals. The first iteration of LAS was built on an airfield once known as Anderson Field, which opened in 1920....