Vegas Business
16 October 2026

Big changes are coming to Harry Reid International Airport over the next several years.

It has been about six months since Clark County Department of Aviation planners have updated the Clark County Commission on the airport modernization project.

There’s no set timeline for the work, and a cost estimate probably won’t come until next year.

The plans call for expanding Reid’s A and B concourses from 39 to an estimated 65 gates, reconfiguring existing terminals, improving traffic circulation and making other upgrades designed to increase capacity and improve the passenger experience.

The renovations at Reid will be coordinated as a sequence of projects, allowing construction crews to begin each phase as soon as the previous one is completed, airport officials said.

Among the improvements that already have occurred or are close to starting in Las Vegas are a new warehouse building, a new Customs and Border Protection facility on the west side of the airport, an expansion and renovation of the A and C gate terminals, a revamp of the Terminal 1 circulation plan and a new fire station.

A new 92,700-square-foot warehouse building supporting airport operations and future campus development has been completed east of the terminals...

Harry Reid airport modernization: 26 new gates, terminal upgrades planned | Vegas Business | 16 October 2026

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