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North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) has broken ground on a $500-million new, longer primary runway aimed at attracting more long-haul widebody passenger and cargo services.
A major rehabilitation of the main runway at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) is nearing completion. Runway 12R-30L, which handles about 40% of the airport’s flight operations, is scheduled to reopen sometime in November after being closed for the last two construction seasons.
Iowa’s Des Moines International Airport has begun construction on a new, $455 million terminal. Gov. Kim Reynolds said the expansion will add more than $6 billion to the area’s economy.
Denver International Airport, expecting to handle 120 million passengers by 2045, is planning a major $2.1 billion expansion to add four new concourses and 100 gates.
DFW International Airport had the 10 busiest days in its 50-year history this summer, CEO Sean Donohue said in a presentation that unveiled details of the Texas airport’s $9 billion expansion plans, underway in partnership with American Airlines. The program will add 15 new gates to Terminal F and add 9 more by expanding corridors
Denver International on Tuesday held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the completion of Taxiway EE, the largest FAA-funded safety project in the nation.
Construction is underway on a 75,300-square-foot terminal at Florida’s Sarasota Bradenton International Airport. The completion deadline is December 2024.