29 October 1940" by Executive Order 8578.

Western Air Express Field / McCarran Field

Following "difficulties in securing the use" of the airfield north of Las Vegas for a Nevada World War II Army Airfield., the City of Las Vegas purchased Western Air Express Field, unofficially "Las Vegas Airport," on 2 January 1941, splitting it for Army and civilian use. Part of the field was renamed McCarran Field, becoming the city's municipal airport, and the other portion of the

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