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LAS VEGAS McCARRAN INT'L AIRPORT (LAS) The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTA) operated three buses to and from the airport. Route 108 (Paradise) connects the airport to the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Sahara Monorail Station, downtown and the Freemont Street Experience. It operates from 4:55am to 1:28am daily about every 20 to 30 minutes. Route 109 (Maryland Parkway) goes south to The bus stop at the airport the South Strip Transit Center where transfers can be made to buses running along the Las Vegas Strip. Depending on your hotel location, this is most likely the best route to use. The line also goes north to the University of Nevada - Las Vegas and towards downtown via Maryland Parkway. This line runs 24 hours every day at 10 to 30 minute intervals during the day. The Westcliff Airport Express (WAX) is the fastest way to the Strip, but only drops off at Tropicana Blvd near Las Vegas Blvd, in front of the MGM Grand Hotel. It operates 6:20am (7:00am on weekends) until 11:00pm at 30 to 60 minute intervals. Be sure to ask the driver where to pick up the return bus, as it is not across the street from the drop off. Fare is $2.00, and an all-day pass is available for $5.00. If you are going to make a transfer, pay for the two hour pass for $3. Be aware that buses going along the Strip do not accept transfers. All buses stop on ground level zero at the airport. Check out www.rtcsnv.com or call 702-228-7433 for information. Updated April 14, 2011 |
| RIDER FEEDBACK Share your experience using this transportation source, and hear what other people think of it. Send your comments to info@airportgrounddirectory.com and we'll post it. Please include your name and city. April 4, 2011: Freshly arrived at the airport for the first time, I decided to browse on my computer for an alternative to the taxis and high-priced shuttles to get me from McCurran Airport to my hotel “on the Strip.” Local airport workers apparently take the bus routinely to get to their posts and back, and several persons saw me looking bewildered and volunteered to help me understand the transit options (“the slow double-decker bus, or the fast RTC”). On group chimed “follow us, we’re going to the same hotel!” so that made it easy for me to know the stops better. The System strip-map painted on the door of the RTC are hard to follow: sometimes what looks to be a short distance turns out to be a long time, and sometimes a long stretch on the map between stops turns out to be short. I got off at wrong stops twice and had to await the next bus, but that didn’t take a long time. A uniformed transit inspector came around to “card” me for my ticket one time, but no-problem because I had paid my fare in timely fashion. Jim Woods, GLJUG Treasurer |
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