Just as the biggest airport in New York got a major renovation in 2026, New Jersey’s busiest airport is also getting a long-overdue makeover. On May 20, 2026, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners approved a $75 million investment to upgrade Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport. This is the first part of a larger, three-year investment plan totaling $200 million, part of the Port Authority’s 2026-2035 Capital Plan approved in 2025. These renovations are aimed at modernizing and improving the terminal facilities that passengers utilize most until an entirely new Terminal B is built with a scheduled opening date in the mid-2030s.
The upgrades are aimed at fixing the immediate requirements of the terminal, including creating more space at gate areas, new bathroom facilities, refurbished escalators and elevators, improving the highest traffic areas of the terminal with new lighting and more space, and upgrading passenger boarding bridges to the aircraft.
Terminal B opened in 1973 and, at 53 years, is the airport’s oldest terminal. It has been described as overcrowded, with broken elevators and escalators, old bathroom facilities, and small waiting areas at the gates. The terminal was meant to serve 6.8 million annual passengers at the time, and it now serves almost double that, about 11.5 million passengers annually. This upgrade is long overdue for the four-story terminal that serves as a U.S. Customs entrance and exit, along with airlines like JetBlue, Allegiant Air, Delta, United, and international carriers…