AR: $450M in Improvements Eyed at Little Rock Airport Over Next 20 Years

May 16, 2018

A reconfigured passenger terminal at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field that includes an arrival hall is the centerpiece of $450 million in capital improvements that officials at the state's largest airport envision building over the next 20 years.

The arrival hall, construction of which wouldn't begin until 2027 or 2028, would include space for a federal inspection station, and two additional gates to accommodate U.S. Customs and Border Protection and international passenger arrival services.

The new design for Little Rock's airport also envisions reworking the roads to the facility to eliminate the winding route around the terminal and replace them with a straight avenue that passes by both -- called the ticket lobby and the new arrival hall.

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Photos by Ingrid Barrentine & Joe Nicholson, Alaska Airlines