2024-11-08T17:17:50-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150140002/miami-international-airport-secures-up-to-5-billion-for-modernization-projects Alexander Walter 2019-06-05T16:12:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8c/8cd7c7db4a264db6e2a021ba1330d537.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Big changes will be coming to Miami International Airport over the next decade or so to meet the demands of the future. On Tuesday, the Miami-Dade commission approved a capital improvement plan for the airport which would fund up to $5 billion in modernization projects over the next five to 15 years. The changes are needed as MIA is projected to reach 77 million travelers and more than four million tons of freight by the year 2040.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Miami International Airport, which celebrated its 90th anniversary last year, laid out some details in a statement released yesterday: "The comprehensive program is designed to address all of the airport's future capacity and operational needs through five sub-programs that include: a redevelopment of Central Terminal concourses E and F; an expanded South Terminal (concourses H and J); renovated Concourse D gates to accommodate additional wide- and narrow-body aircraft, as well as larger regional jets; two new hotels (one which will include a business and conference center with exhibition space) and other miscellaneous landside projects; and expanded aircraft parking positions and warehouses for cargo operations."</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7e/7e0d4d29fada75da012df5854ed9d995.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7e/7e0d4d29fada75da012df5854ed9d995.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Miami International Airport</figcaption></figure>