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LaGuardia Airport's $8BN Redevelopment Fully Wraps Up
ESTIMATED64% CONFIDENCE1.7 years agoEstimated: the sources put Terminal B's completion in January 2022, Terminal C's substantial completion in June 2022 and its "final gates completed in 2024"; none dates the overall wrap-up more precisely than 2024, so the pin sits at the end of that year.[1]The full rebuild of LaGuardia Airport's terminals, once mocked as America's worst airport experience, was completed.$8B0.71Heathrow's £49BN Third Runway Plan
ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsA target, per the source[1]: consent is only aimed for "before 2030", after which "a third runway would then open by 2035".Heathrow Airport has set out a £49BN expansion plan, including a long-sought third runway and a new terminal complex, and has approved work on a planning application after decades of UK government indecision.£49B0.68Hong Kong Airport's Three-Runway System Reaches Full Operation
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE1.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "all three runways will be operating under the system starting November 28."Hong Kong International Airport's HK$141.5BN Three-Runway System expansion reached full three-runway operation, capping an eight-year project to add capacity on reclaimed land.HK$141.5B0.67Melbourne Airport Rail Link
Melbourne Airport, Victoria, Australia
DELAYED4 years late67% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsDate has moved, per the source[1]: originally due by 2029, "that deadline is now looking a lot more like 2033"; Victoria’s own project page confirms the later date.A AU$12BN rail line to finally connect Melbourne Airport to the city, alongside a AU$4.5BN airport overhaul that adds a third runway and expands the international terminal.A$12B0.66Portland International Airport Opens New Main Terminal
Portland International Airport, 7000 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97218, United States
DELAYED4 months late44% CONFIDENCE2.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The opening was delayed from the originally scheduled spring opening by four months due to workplace safety issues in April."After a four-year, $2 billion rebuild, Portland International Airport opened its overhauled main terminal, built around a nine-acre mass-timber roof sourced entirely from within 300 miles of the airport.$2.000.65Al Maktoum International Airport New Terminal
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ESTIMATED67% CONFIDENCEin 5.7 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…r year in 2013.[needs update][11] It is expected to handle 150 million passengers by 2032.[13] The p…"Dubai's $35 billion replacement hub, designed to eventually handle 260 million passengers a year. Estimated date.AED 128B0.65SFO's Terminal 3 West Expansion Opens
Terminal 3, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 94128San Francisco International Airport
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 343 daysThe builder's announcement says the expansion "is scheduled to open in the fall of 2027", a season rather than a day.[1]Turner broke ground on 5 September 2024 on the $2.6 billion modernization of SFO's Terminal 3: a 200,000-square-foot expansion, 650,000 square feet of renovation and a new six-story building holding airline lounges and operational offices. The eastern addition follows in 2029.0.65Al Maktoum International Airport Phase 1
SCHEDULED78% CONFIDENCEin 6.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per Dubai's Crown Prince and the source[1]: "Phase 1 scheduled to begin operations in 2032."The first phase of Dubai's US$35BN Al Maktoum International Airport expansion, ultimately sized to handle more than 260 million passengers a year and become the world's largest airport.$35B0.64Construction Begins on Frankfurt Airport's €4 Billion Terminal 3
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE11.0 years agoFraport's[2] own Terminal 3 press kit states 'the groundbreaking ceremony for Terminal 3 took place on October 5, 2015.'Fraport broke ground on Terminal 3, a roughly €4 billion expansion of Frankfurt Airport that would add three passenger piers and a 69-meter control tower.0.64Congonhas Airport's New Terminal Due to Finish in June 2028
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 1.8 yearsAena's[1] release says the new terminal is "scheduled for completion in June 2028", a month rather than a fixed day.Aena is doubling the boarding and arrivals area to 105,000 square metres and replacing the airport's 12 airbridges with 19, so that 70 per cent of boardings are direct to the aircraft. A new 215,000-square-metre apron takes commercial aircraft stands from 30 to 37 and lifts capacity to 29.5 million passengers a year; work began in 2024.R$2B0.64Gatwick's Northern Runway Enters Full Use as a Second Runway
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsThe report says the cleared scheme will "bring the airport's standby northern runway into full use from 2030", a year rather than a fixed date.[1]The privately financed project shifts Gatwick's standby northern runway 12 metres north so it can take departures alongside the main runway, adding room for around 100,000 more flights a year. The Court of Appeal dismissed the last legal challenge on 4 August 2026, and the work also covers terminal extensions, new airport buildings and a flyover at the South Terminal roundabout.£2.2B0.64Long Thanh International Airport Holds Its Technical Opening
Long Thanh International Airport, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE278 days agoThe 19 December 2025 ceremony itself is confirmed, but it was a technical opening rather than the completion of Phase 1: Wikipedia[2] records it as a ceremonial 'technical opening' with full commercial operations scheduled for December 2026, and the government's own report counted only three of 15 construction packages finished, with 12 still under way.Vietnam marked a ceremonial 'technical opening' of its US$4.6 billion first phase at Long Thanh International Airport near Ho Chi Minh City with the first landings, while most of Phase 1 was still under construction.$16B0.63
