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Written by Nick | March 29, 2019

Detroit Metro Airport to begin $256 million reconstruction on 70-year old runway

A nearly 70-year old runway at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport is scheduled to get a major face-lift. The $256 million reconstruction project on the 8,500-foot primary departure runway will start April 1, according to a Thursday news release.

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Written by Nick | March 29, 2019

Board OKs Terminal Design for Pittsburgh Int’l Airport

As part of a special board meeting and the annual State of the Airport event on Feb. 20, the Allegheny County Airport Authority Board of Directors approved a visionary concept design for the Terminal Modernization Program at Pittsburgh International Airport. The concept design for the new terminal to be built adjacent to the current Airside

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Written by Nick | March 29, 2019

Architect Jeanne Gang’s team chosen to design O’Hare’s new ‘global terminal’

After a secretive City Hall selection process, a team that includes renowned Chicago architect Jeanne Gang was chosen Wednesday to design the new, $2.2 billion global terminal at O’Hare Airport that is the centerpiece of an $8.7 billion expansion project. Studio ORD had been one of five teams chosen as finalists to design the new

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Written by Nick | March 28, 2019

Evers approves $135,000 for Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport upgrades

Rhinelander’s 40-year-old airport terminal will get some changes in the next year. …Governor Evers approved a total of $135,000 for the project on Wednesday. Most of the funding — $121,500 — comes from FAA money, with the state, city, and county chipping in $6,750 each.

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Written by Nick | March 28, 2019

Big changes are coming to Boise’s Airport. We now know more about what and when

Boise’s Airport is bustling, with the number of passengers increasing by nearly 50% in just the last six years. As BoiseDev was the first to report in September of 2018, the airport is planning a number of changes and expansion that will have a big impact on the traveling public … Hupp estimates the upgrades

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Written by Nick | March 25, 2019

Kansas City Joins U.S. Airport Boom With $1.5 Billion Renovation

Kansas City Mayor Sly James will be on hand Monday to celebrate the symbolic destruction of an unloved landmark: his city’s nearly five-decade-old airport, whose brutalist-style, poured-concrete terminals make it appear like a relic of a bygone age. The $1.5 billion, four-year renovation is the largest public works project ever in Missouri’s biggest city and

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Written by Nick | March 25, 2019

Construction begins on new Terminal 5 gates at Chicago O’Hare

The Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) has begun construction on the first phase of a significant expansion of Terminal 5 at O’Hare International Airport, which will provide ten new much needed gates. Muller & Muller, Ltd (M2) and HOK are leading the design of more than 300,000ft2 of new space in Terminal 5. This will

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Written by Nick | March 25, 2019

Construction to begin soon on new Bradley Airport structure

A new $210 million ground transportation center at Bradley International Airport that will consolidate all car rental services in a building opposite the passenger terminal will begin construction later this year, airport officials said. The Connecticut Airport Authority said it expects financing for the project to be in place in the next couple of weeks.

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Written by Nick | March 20, 2019

Sea-Tac Airport pushing forward with expansion plans

Sea-Tac International Airport is pushing forward with plans for expansion to accommodate more passengers. Some projects are already underway. Tuesday morning, Sea-Tac Airport officials went before the Washington State Transportation Commission to lay out several projects they want to accomplish — both long-term and short-term — to be able to accommodate 56 million passengers forecasted