SA Airport’s 20-year strategy takes off From the cover
The overview
The airport’s master plan, which helps guide future development, forecasts an average of 13 million passengers a year by 2030 and over 16 million passengers by 2040. “We’re projected to continue to keep setting record numbers,” said Tim O’Krongley, San Antonio Aviation Department’s deputy director of development. Terminal C, the new terminal, will add an additional 17 gates by mid-2028, with larger gate hold rooms for passengers, 410,000 square feet of new concession space, roadway improvements, an extended runway and a modern federal inspection station for international travel. “[The work will] enhance the customer experience, the level of service, the offerings that we can offer to the airlines and ultimately growth for the airport and our community,” O’Krongley said.
Total number of passengers traveling through SA Airport
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16 million annual passengers projected by 2040.
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Terminal development project construction cost estimates
Funding the project
“The new terminal [will] make it easier to get in and out of San Antonio. ... The airport experience will be that much better, and that can create business for our city.” MARC WHYTE, DISTRICT 10 COUNCIL MEMBER
New 17-gate terminal: $1.22B-$1.47B Fuel & hydrant systems: $169M-$187M Central Receiving Distribution Center: $125M-$150M Curbside & ground transportation center: $116M-$133M Terminal A & B reconfiguration, A & B connector: $48M-$59M
Projected to be 30% larger than both current ter- minals combined, the new terminal’s construction is funded through a mix of revenue bonds, federal grants and airport revenue. “The airport [terminal development project] is unique because that’s being funded through air- port revenue and through federal money, so [the cost is] not going to be on the back of San Antonio taxpayers,” Whyte said. Airport officials said most projects will be funded through General Airport Revenue Bonds, which are recovered through rents, rates and charges. Additional funds will come from facility charges and federal grants from the Federal
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the FAA. O’Krongley said the airport will fund the bonds through two streams of revenue, non-aeronau- tical, such as concessions and parking fees, and aeronautical which provides a percentage from general airplane operating expenses, such as runway fees and a fuel.
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