Contractors broke ground on McKinney National Airport’s commercial passenger service terminal. The 46,600-square-foot terminal is expected to open in 2026. The town still needs to secure a commercial carrier for the new terminal.
Community Impact reports the facility will include four gates, with the option to expand to six gates in the future. Initially, the terminal is expected to serve 200,000 passengers a year, but expanding the gates could support more than one million travelers each year.
Construction costs approved by council members in May total about $61.36 million. The contracts are funded by various sources, including sales tax revenue bonds provided by the McKinney Economic Development Corporation and funds from the city’s Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 2…