From Alamo Field to Harry Reid International Airport, the airport has undergone many name changes in its 80-year history.

Opened in 1942 as Alamo Field, the airport had 12 daily flights. But it grew to 1 million passengers by 1960 and more than 2 million by the next decade.

It took 75 years for McCarran Field to serve 35,000 passengers on four airlines in 1948 to more than 50 million at what is now Harry Reid International Airport.

The airport was first named Alamo Field in 1942 before officials named it after another U.S. Senator from Nevada, Pat McCarran, in 1948. McCarran was a big influence on aviation in both Nevada and the ...

mccoy. 10. O'Hare, Chicago "“ Originally it was Orchard Place Airport/Douglas Field, which is why we call it ORD (where the "R" comes from, I don't know). Douglas Aircraft Company's contract was ...