As the developer of the new terminal project, I’ve had the privilege of working alongside the outstanding men and women of this project team for more than five years. I want to thank the community because this asset is yours and our staff appreciates you,” said Pat Klein, Director of Aviation. “I want to thank every stakeholder that had a piece of this project in the last ten years. Because of this project we will build generations more of exceptional memories here at KCI. Because of this project we will bring millions, if not billions, of dollars in new economic development to Missouri and Kansas. “Because of this project thousands of Missourians and Kansans have gotten jobs and built new careers. We are on time, in fact a day early, and on budget,” said Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas. “This terminal is a new front door to the people of Kansas City, to everyone in our region, in Missouri and Kansas. And I look forward to continuing our work to transform airports around the country for the better.” “I’m grateful for the tireless work all the leaders here have put into making this project possible for Kansas City. Not only did you deliver the largest infrastructure project this city has ever seen-you did it on time and on budget, while supporting over 5,000 construction jobs and working with over a hundred women and minority-owned businesses,” said U.S. “In so many ways, this airport is a model for similar efforts across the country.

The Kansas City Fire Department Aircraft and Fire Fighting unit greeted the first arriving flight on February 28 with a “water salute”.

Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Kansas Lieutenant Governor David Toland, Kansas City Director of Aviation Pat Klein, and Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate Senior Managing Director Geoff Stricker. The opening was commemorated in advance by a ribbon-cutting on February 27 led by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and featuring U.S. Design and construction efforts for the New Terminal began in 2018 and the project broke ground in March 2019. At just over one million square feet and a budget of $1.5 billion, the New Terminal is the largest single infrastructure project in the city’s history.

Today, February 28, 2023, the 40-gate New Terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened for commercial air service a little more than 50 years after the airport and its three-terminals began serving Kansas City.

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