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Kansas City International Airport New Terminal

1 KC Terminal Way, Kansas City, MO 64153

SOM's replacement for Kansas City's three 1972 terminals opened on February 28, 2023. The single I-shaped building has departures above arrivals and opened with 39 gates, with capacity to expand to 50.

What got built

Current photograph of Kansas City International Airport New Terminal in Kansas City.
Photograph by elisfkc2, 2023-08-23. Source. CC BY-SA 2.0.

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What changed

  • The project replaced three circular terminal buildings dating to 1972 with one consolidated 1.1 million-square-foot terminal.
  • SOM presented revised renderings to the Kansas City City Council in September 2019 for the approximately $1.5 billion project.
  • After the old terminals handled their final flights on February 27, 2023, the new terminal opened February 28 with 39 gates; 50 is its designed expansion capacity, not its opening gate count.
  • The design includes 27 public artworks and extensive accessibility features documented by the project team.

Why there is nothing to explain

The built terminal follows the SOM design shown in the 2019 renderings, including the accessibility standards and material choices called out at that stage.

Details

Status
Built, and it follows the rendering.
Where
Kansas City, MO
Neighborhood
Platte County / KCI Airport
Developer
City of Kansas City, Missouri, delivered with development partner Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate
Architect
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM)
Rendering credit
© SOM
The built result
Photographed by elisfkc2, 2023-08-23

Sources

  1. ArchDaily: 2019 rendering release archdaily.com
  2. SOM: Kansas City International Airport (Harry S. Truman Terminal) project page som.com
  3. Edgemoor: terminal opening announcement edgemoor.com

Research checked . Status and figures are updated when a source changes.

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