RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Rapid City Regional Airport is giving travelers an early look at its terminal expansion, opening new airline ticket counters and a new inline baggage system designed to streamline check-in and improve passenger flow.
Passengers will now check in on the east side of the terminal in a newly built addition. The project replaces the old saw-tooth counters, where bags were screened behind each counter, with a linear belt that sends all bags to one central screening area in a new back addition.
“Under the new design, what we’ve got is a linear bag belt that sends all the bags to the back, where they can go to one spot for screening,” said Patrick Dame, executive director of Rapid City Regional Airport…