More passenger records are on the horizon for Harry Reid International Airport — a feat that would likely propel officials to build a reliever airport south of Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s aviation consultant, Ailevon Pacific Aviation Consulting, told board members Tuesday that the airport can anticipate higher traffic in 2023, after record capacity in 2022.

Joel Van Over, senior director at Ailevon, said capacity in March could be close to the record capacity — around 97,000 inbound seats — recorded in October 2022.

The high level of capacity resulted in record passenger arrivals that month with 5.2 million passengers. It marked the first time the airport welcomed more than 5 million people in one month.

Clark County Aviation Department Director Rosemary Vassiliadis, who also attended the meeting, said the challenge now is balancing the scheduling of arrivals and departures. She said the airport is working with its growing list of airlines serving the airport to “smooth out the peaks” of arrivals.

“The success of all of these events that have been coming back to Las Vegas or coming to Las Vegas for the first time yielded some remarkable highs for us and for the industry,” Vassiliadis said. “It’s an absolutely phenomenal story. It’s wonderful that the team is getting seats in, but, no offense, it’s better that they’re filled, and they’re filled with people flying in and out of the destination.”

She noted a…