Las Vegas Municipal Airport is five miles northeast of Las Vegas, in San Miguel County, New Mexico. The airport was a stop on the first air route between Denver and El Paso that began in 1929. Mid-Continental Air Express first flew the route with stops at Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Las Vegas, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque. Western Air Express acquired th…Las Vegas Municipal Airport is five miles northeast of Las Vegas, in San Miguel County, New Mexico. The airport was a stop on the first air route between Denver and El Paso that began in 1929. Mid-Continental Air Express first flew the route with stops at Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Las Vegas, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque. Western Air Express acquired the route by 1931, replaced by Varney Speed Lines Lockheed Vegas in 1934. In 1937 Continental Airlines flew Lockheed Model 10 Electras followed by Lockheed Lodestars.
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