Ivanpah Valley Airport

Ivanpah Valley Airport is a planned relief airport for McCarran International Airport in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, to be located in the Ivanpah Valley of the Mojave Desert, within Clark County, Nevada.Since there is only limited space left for expansion at McCarran, due to being located adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip, a new airport is the only alternative to increase capacity by a significant amount. The project is on hold as of June 2010. The planned location for the airport is approximately 5 miles southwest of the Jean Airport. It is not known whether the Jean Airport would be closed if the new airport is opened. However, this would be likely due to the runways lining up and the interference between the small general aviation aircraft and commercial jets.HistoryLegislation was signed on October 28, 2000, allowing Clark County to purchase land for a new commercial airport. The county was to buy of land in the Ivanpah Valley from the Bureau of Land Management, about 30mi southwest of McCarran International Airport for the Ivanpah Airport. The location is between the towns of Jean and Primm.The airport had been planned to open in 2017. However the Clark County Department of Aviation announced the project was put on temporary hold as of June 2010 due to the Great Recession, until air traffic and tourism demands to Metro Las Vegas returns and increases.