Las Vegas airport traffic falls in January as international travel weakens

Passenger traffic at Harry Reid International Airport declined at the start of 2026, with January totals indicating lower domestic and international volumes compared with a year earlier.

The airport reported 4,021,130 travelers in January 2026, down from 4.36 million in January 2025. The year-over-year decrease amounted to nearly 8%, or roughly 350,000 fewer passengers passing through the Las Vegas gateway.

International traffic accounted for a significant portion of the decline. The airport recorded 272,145 international passengers in January, a 19.2% drop from 336,734 in the same month last year. Domestic passenger counts totaled 3.68 million, compared with 3.95 million a year earlier, marking a 6.8% decrease.

Traffic from Canada continued to contract. WestJet reported a 28% decline in passenger numbers over January 2025, while Air Canada recorded a 34% drop over the same period.

The January figures follow a year in which the airport handled nearly 55 million passengers in 2025, the third-highest annual total in its history. Despite that ranking, the annual count was 5.9% lower than in 2024, when approximately 58.45 million travelers moved through the airport.

The airport released its January passenger data on Thursday, ahead of scheduled updates from other tourism and gaming authorities. The Nevada Gaming Control Board published January gaming revenue figures on Friday.