As part of its $950 million terminal modernization and expansion project, the Omaha Airport Authority is investing $40 million in a state-of-the-art baggage-handling facility at Eppley Airfield. It will allow more bags to flow through the facility in a shorter period of time. The baggage facility will have 1.25 miles of conveyor belts and much more room for TSA bag screening. The public-facing baggage carousel area will be 50 feet deeper than the current facility, so passengers won’t feel so crowded. There will continue to be six carousels, but they’ll be longer. Two of them will have international flight capability. The upgraded baggage facility will be operational early next year…