[911Gil]

The last few times I've traveled to Vegas from L.A I've flown rather than driven (it seems that with enough advance notice you could get a pretty good deal). There's a thing that I've been wondering about the flight path to Vegas, why does the plane travel toward the west of Vegas turns east passes parallel to the airport, nears lake Mead, then doubles back, and lands facing west? You would think if it flew to the east of the airport then turn west and then lands, it would save about 10 to 15 minutes and some fuel. I'm sure there's a logical explanation I'm just wondering.