for this flight
we'll take a look at the las vegas
sectional chart
we flew to las vegas mccarran on an
inbound heading of 280
and entered a right base runway 1-9
right
the las vegas vortac is located on the
field
this is a class bravo airport since
mccarran is busy
please be courteous of the controller's
workload if trying to fly in for a
recreational flight
the field elevation is 2181 feet
there are four runways runway zero seven
left
two five right is 14 512 feet long and
150
feet wide runway zero seven right
two five left is ten thousand five
hundred twenty five feet long
and one hundred fifty feet wide runway
zero one right one nine left is nine
thousand seven hundred seventy one feet
long
and 150 feet wide runway
zero one left one nine right is eight
thousand
nine hundred eighty eight feet long and
150 feet wide
all aircraft departing full length
runways zero one left
and zero seven left must hold short at
the same hold line as there is not
enough room
for aircraft to fit between runways and
must be aware that they are on the
correct runway when departing
intensive helicopter operations are in
progress on the west side of the airport
when you have runway one minute right
inside one on the right side
hotel papa that east of the is
resume on navigation to runway make your
approach to runway one on the right
if you see this trash here make the
approach one nine right say okay
use caution for gliders around the area
they will not be inside the terminal
airspace but can be found up to flight
level one eight zero
start of the five hotel power contract
tower 118.75
the approach to mccarran gives pilots a
one-of-a-kind view of the strip when
flying in
and is most spectacular at night the
glass hotels
on the strip may reflect into the
cockpit at all hours of the day
and at all angles
100 low lead and jet a plus are
available
you