Las Vegas Forges Onward and Upward
Nearly 3.6 million people pass through Vegas airport last month

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A rush of late-season travelers to Las Vegas powered another surge in monthly passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport last month.
Nearly 3.6 million people traveled through the nation's sixth-busiest airport in August, up 12.2 percent from the same month a year ago.
McCarran's August and year-to-date passenger growth of 27.77 million easily exceeds national averages tracked by the Air Transport Association of America.
The Washington-based trade group's 14 reporting carriers enjoyed four percent passenger growth last month.
Dallas-based Southwest remained McCarran's top carrier in August with nearly 1.2 million passengers, a 12.6 percent increase and its sixth consecutive month with more than 1.1 million local customers.
Year-to-date, Southwest's 8.7 million passengers was up 10 percent from 2003.
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