Airport officials and project partners gathered to celebrate the official groundbreaking at the site of the new terminal, which will feature a double-loaded concourse with 15 gates and modernised customer amenities.
“The new Terminal F will expand the airport’s footprint with state-of-the-art facilities that align with our first-in-class customer experience and operation as we support the historic rise in air travel to and from the North Texas region,” said Sean Donohue, DFW’s chief executive officer. “By utilising modular construction techniques that we first pioneered with the High-C Gates, we will deliver Terminal F using technology at a scale that’s unique among airport development projects.”
DFW’s $1.6bn Terminal F programme will deliver an all-new experience for customers, featuring a 400,000sq ft concourse. An expansion of Terminal E is also included in the programme. It that will add more than 100,000sq ft of new check-in, security and baggage claim facilities dedicated to customers flying to or from Terminal F. Customers using Terminal F will check in at Terminal E and connect between both facilities with a quick one-terminal transfer via the airport’s Skylink system, which will welcome a new station above Terminal F when the terminal opens.
Terminal F has been strategically designed for the future, giving DFW the ability to expand Terminal F with additional gates and other supporting facilities. Combined with other ongoing expansions in Terminal A and Terminal C, DFW’s construction programmes are set to deliver 24 net new contact gates to prepare the airport and its airline partners for continued growth.
The design-build team for the Terminal F concourse and Skylink station is Innovation Next+, a joint venture comprised of Archer Western Construction, Turner Construction Company, Phillips May Corporation, H J Russell & Company and CARCON Industries, with PGAL, Gensler and Muller2 as design team members.
