Kansas City International's New .5 Billion Terminal Opens
Kansas City International Airport (MCI) opened its new, single passenger terminal, shutting down the two terminals that had been handling all of th...
Kansas City International Airport (MCI) opened its new, single passenger terminal, shutting down the two terminals that had been handling all of the airport's flights. The $1.5 billion, 1-million ft. 2 terminal is 'the first major update since the airport's opening in 1972,' MCI says in a statement. The terminal was 100% debt financed, the airport adds. Kansas City residents voted by a 3-to-1 margin to build the new terminal in a 2017 ballot referendum. Southwest Airlines, MCI's market share leader at nearly 50%, operated the first flight handled via the new terminal.