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Cabs wait in line to pick up passengers coming into McCarran Airport Monday, November 8, 2010.
Wednesday
9 January 2013
8:12 a.m.
The arrival of the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show this week helped shatter a year-old record for the most taxis loaded in a single day at McCarran International Airport.
Airport officials said that on Monday, 17,084 taxis were loaded at Terminals 1 and 3. The previous record was 14,495 on Jan. 5, 2011, also during CES.
During the peak of arrivals on Monday, customers waited 30 minutes to board a cab, officials said.
Officials speculate the increase could be attributed to more airport arrivals and a larger loading area at Terminal 3, which opened in June. Shorter wait times for taxis also contributed, because fewer people gave up waiting for a cab for other transportation options, officials said.
McCarran officials also said that for 2012, 3.3 million customers boarded cabs at the airport, 2 percent more than in 2011 and also a record.
There are 16 cab companies that serve Clark County, but some are not authorized to pick up passengers at the airport.
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30 Minutes to board a cab? One Word: Insanity. True Insanity. A City with millions of tourists, traveling between the airport and the Strip, has no mass transportation alternative to offer. How long will it take, until someone extends the Monorail to the Airport? Don't the Casinos realize, that this traffic bottleneck is jeopardizing their future?
A record number of long haulers.
I have been to vegas more than a dozen times, and haven't been long hauled. Taken a cab probably 100 + times. If you are being long hauled, maybe its you!