Kansas City's New Airport Terminal Now Has an Opening Date, Mayor Announces

Dec. 9—Kansas City's new airport terminal now has an official completion date, almost exactly four years after construction began: March 3, 2023.

In a Twitter post Wednesday, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said the Kansas City Aviation Department had announced the date, and it was shown in a schedule presented to the City Council's Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee during a presentation from the department that day.

Joe McBride, the department's spokesman, confirmed in an email that the terminal is scheduled to be completed on that day, with a grand opening in the following weeks.

The date, he said, has been noted in several project updates.

During the presentation, department officials were seeking authorization of a contract with JBT AeroTech Corp. to build glass boarding bridges at the airport. The authorization was unanimously advanced to full council.

Construction on the new single-terminal airport began on March 25, 2019, and officials predicted then that construction would take four years.

According to the project's website, the 1 million square foot terminal is the largest infrastructure project in Kansas City history.

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