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My Nevada 5: Top Flights at McCarran Airport

Here's how McCarran went from a dusty stop on the Transcontinental Airmail Route to a major international airport.

Commercial aviation in Southern Nevada has grown from humble beginnings in 1926 to today’s McCarran International Airport where 40 million passenger pass through annually. (Geri Kodey/UNLV Photo Services)

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