FINALLY FAA dedicates LAS airport tower

Posted on 10/19/2016 | About Las Vegas, Nevada

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta joined local and state officials Tuesday in Las Vegas, dedicating the new tower at McCarran International Airport, which took five years to build. Officials say the long-delayed air traffic control tower cost US $111 million.

At 352 feet, the FAA says it's the second-tallest airport tower in the nation.
It replaces a 200-foot Las Vegas tower the FAA started using in 1983.
Work began in May 2011, but was delayed by government shutdowns in 2011 and 2013 and a massive construction error in the tower duct work.
The facility has two top levels for air- and ground-traffic controllers to monitor aircraft at the nation's eighth-busiest airport.
It also has a four-story Terminal Radar Approach Control office building with space for up to 20 controllers at a time.