By Benjamin Spillman By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN REVIEW-JOURNAL When the Las Vegas economy was flying high in 2005, folks were so worried McCarran International Airport would run out of room that Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid told airport officials working on a $2.4 billion expansion plan to "sleep less and get it done." Today, with the Clark County Department of Aviation completing some of those expansion projects, local economic indicators are plunging back to Earth and a tourist shortage, not a surplus, is keeping people awake at night.

By Benjamin Spillman By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN REVIEW-JOURNAL Managers of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Tuesday unveiled two additions in a series of upgrades that will help the airport reach its maximum capacity of about 53 million arriving and departing passengers annually.

By Benjamin Spillman By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN REVIEW-JOURNAL Hubris and audacity helped create the current Las Vegas skyline. The people in charge of flying aircraft into Southern Nevada hope common sense makes some contributions to future versions.

By Benjamin Spillman By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN REVIEW-JOURNAL Workers who guide planes into McCarran International and other Southern Nevada airports won a Facility of the Year award from the Federal Aviation Administration.

By Benjamin Spillman By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN REVIEW-JOURNAL Airline cuts in Las Vegas are taking a bite out of traffic at McCarran International Airport, to the tune of a 9.9 percent decrease in August compared with a year ago.