Major addition underway at MidAmerica Airport terminal

Major addition underway at MidAmerica Airport terminal
June 14, 2023 Jasmine Thomas
Rendering of future updates to MidAmerica Airport

This article originally ran on St. Louis Post Dispatch on June 13, 2023.


The recent opening of a major expansion of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport’s terminal was marked at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday attended by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other officials.

The project added more than 41,000 square feet to the terminal, almost doubling its size. The expansion area opened Friday and includes two new gates, increasing MidAmerica’s total to five.

Other highlights include a new TSA screening area, new family restrooms, a nursing room, a relief area for service animals, a larger departure lounge with additional concessions, and a storm shelter.

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