The massive transformation of terminals at Los Angeles International Airport hit two key milestones in recent weeks.
A groundbreaking was held on June 28 for the $400 million Midfield Satellite Concourse – South addition to the West Gates on the tarmac behind the Tom Bradley International Terminal. When completed around 2025, this concourse will add 8 gates to the already operating 12 gates at the Midfield Satellite Concourse – North.
Meanwhile, Delta Air Lines and Los Angeles World Airports held an opening ceremony on May 31 of a new entry area and check-in ticketing lobby at Terminal 3, the second-to-last major phase of the $2.3 billion Terminal 3 renovation project that’s now expected to wrap up by summer’s end.
The 150,000-square-foot Midfield Satellite Concourse (MSC) – South will be an L-shaped structure tacked on to the $1.6 billion, 750,000-square-foot MSC – North complex that opened two years ago.
The south concourse complex was originally envisioned as a nearly identical extension to the north MSC complex, but was scaled back in 2019 in order to bring the extra gates online more quickly.
Another time-saving technique is the first-of-its-kind – for LAX at least – offsite construction process, where nine segments of the MSC-South concourse will be built at a site nearly 1.5 miles away and then transported and assembled in place.
“It is a testament to LAWA’s consistent focus on innovation that LAX’s new Midfield Satellite Concourse South is being delivered with a first-of-its-kind offsite construction and relocation technique that will enable an accelerated project timeline, save money, and be flexible enough to adapt to meet future needs if required,” Justin Erbacci, LAWA’s chief executive, said in his groundbreaking remarks.
When completed, the concourse will have eight gates designed for narrowbody (single-aisle) aircraft, the type used for most domestic flights.
Design work for the concourse has been led by the downtown…
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