Harry Reid International Airport拟增26个登机口至约65个 Clark County公布数十亿美元现代化计划
Las Vegas——位于内华达州克拉克县的拉斯维加斯市，Clark County航空部门近日向Clark County委员会汇报Harry Reid International Airport现代化计划：机场将分阶段投入数十亿美元改造，把Terminal 1的登机口从39个增至约65个，在不关闭机场的情况下逐步更换老旧设施。据Las Vegas Review-Journal报道，县航空局局长 James Chrisley 在委员会上表示，机场不少设施是按1990年代和2000年代初的客流量与机型设计的，Las Vegas如今已是全球性的体育与大型活动目的地，设施必须跟上今天的流量与未来的增长。
计划中最大的一项是Terminal 1改造：除在已拆除的旧Terminal 2原址新建一座约11个登机口的翼楼外，现有的A、B登机口将由两座独立的卫星楼改建为一条直线式指廊，登机口由23个增至约33个。Terminal 3将改称Terminal 2，之后还将新建行政大楼与停车楼。出租车与网约车候客区将迁移，高峰时段可新增约330个车位。
一批较近期的项目已经排定：连接各航站楼的自动电车在十年间已运行约200万英里，定于今年年底前更换；Terminal 1将安装新的自动扶梯与电梯，结束旅客在行李提取区与停车楼之间穿越繁忙车行道的步行路线；机场西侧拟新建美国海关与边境保护局（CBP）设施与供Formula 1等赛事期间国际包机使用的停机坪；新的机场消防救援站计划明年开工、2028年完工；A、C登机口区域将增设卫生间与餐饮点。
背景方面，Harry Reid International Airport目前是全美第八繁忙的机场。县政府今年6月公布的时间表曾显示，改造后的Terminal 1预计2034年底完成，并警告机场可能在2033年触及每年6,500万人次的容量上限；规划中的Ivanpah Valley第二机场至少还要十年才能建成，这批改造被定位为通往双机场体系的过渡。县政府尚未公布最终造价与完整时间表，预计明年给出造价估算，并将为大部分工程争取联邦资金。
Harry Reid International Airport Plan Would Grow Terminal 1 From 39 to About 65 Gates in Multibillion-Dollar Clark County Overhaul
Las Vegas — Las Vegas is a city in Clark County, Nevada. Clark County aviation officials have outlined a multibillion-dollar modernization plan for Harry Reid International Airport to the Clark County Commission, a phased overhaul that would grow Terminal 1 from 39 gates to about 65 while the airport stays open throughout construction. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Clark County Director of Aviation James Chrisley told the commission that much of the airport was designed for the passenger volumes and aircraft of the 1990s and early 2000s, and that Las Vegas's rise as a global destination for sports and mega-events requires facilities capable of handling today's traffic and future growth.
The biggest piece is Terminal 1. Alongside a new wing of roughly 11 gates on the site of the demolished old Terminal 2, the A and B gates — now housed in separate satellite buildings — would be replaced by a single straight pier, growing from 23 gates to about 33. Terminal 3 would be renamed Terminal 2, and a new administration building and parking garage would follow. Taxi and rideshare staging is set to move, adding about 330 parking spaces at peak times.
Some changes are closer. The airport's automated trams, which have run about 2 million miles in a decade, are due to be replaced by the end of this year. New escalators and elevators at Terminal 1 are meant to end the walk across a busy taxi lane between baggage claim and the garage. On the west side, the county wants a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility and a charter ramp for international private jets arriving for events such as Formula 1. A new airport fire and rescue station would start construction next year and finish in 2028, and the A and C gates are slated for more restrooms and food and drink outlets.
Reid is now the country's eighth-busiest airport. An earlier county timeline, reported in June, pointed to a redeveloped Terminal 1 in late 2034 and warned the airport could hit its 65-million-passenger ceiling by 2033. A proposed second commercial airport in the Ivanpah Valley, about 30 miles south of Las Vegas, is still at least a decade away, and officials describe the Reid overhaul as the bridge to that two-airport system. There is no finalized timeline or cost estimate yet; the county expects to announce a price tag next year and will seek federal money for much of the work.
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图片来源：图：Harry Reid International Airport连接Terminal 1与D登机口的自动电车。Han Zheng摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，取自Wikimedia Commons。Photo: The automated people mover between Terminal 1 and the D Gates at Harry Reid International Airport. By Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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