See Airport Improvements Happening in Portland International

The $2 billion terminal project is being constructed in two phases so that the old ticket counters and security checkpoints could keep operating until the new ones were ready to go, which meant the airport had to shift all of those operations to their new facilities literally overnight for Wednesday’s grand opening. 

Portland International Airport will open the first phase of its newly renovated terminal in May after five years of construction. The new terminal — part of the airport’s $2-billion rebuilding and expansion — features an airy, wooden ceiling designed to invoke a walk in the forest.