Why is this airport great? The view! You literally fly over the strip, getting a great view of the huge hotels & casinos (especially at night).
I love coming into this airport, you take a quick tram to the main terminal and are immediately surrounded by great places to eat and drink. Everything is clean and shiny.. the huge welcome to vegas sign is really nice (Check out my photo)
The baggage claiming is surprisingly good due to its HUGE size (larger than the one in New York City) and works like a charm.
What sucks?
- No free recharging! The wall sockets are limited to those that are "pay per charge" and are very expensive.
- Very limited selection of shops pre-checkin and NONE that are open at night.
- It gets insanely cold at night.. the cold air blows into the building itself and really really chills down the pre-checkin area!
- The rental car area is offsite, you need to catch a bus to another building. IMPORTANT: Not all rental companies are open 24/7! The last two rental cars were from Sixt & Fox and both are offsite.. Sixt is only 400m away, but closes at 24:00!
I once spent a night on this airport due to a delayed flight and I had to starve and freeze! Seriously, it gets so cold in this place that you start shivering, there are no lounge seats or anything comfortable for that matter. Which leads to everyone sleeping on the floor! Now I'm the last guy that starts moaning about, I've slept in pretty crappy places before.. but this place is seriously the WORST airport when it comes to spending the night... if I ever have the same situation, I'd rent a hotel room (even for a few hours).
Why only 3 stars? Minus ONE for the lack of shops pre-checkin. And Minus the second for the crappy rental car area. The airport itself is great.. and I'd give them 5 stars straight away if they changed those things.