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DFW Airport Opens the First 15 Gates of Terminal F
Terminal F, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, TX 75261, United StatesDallas Fort Worth International Airport
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsDFW's own newsroom says "the first phase of the Terminal F expansion program is anticipated to open with 15 gates in 2027", giving a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.[1]Phase one of DFW's sixth terminal opens with 15 gates, two and a half years after construction began in November 2024 and on a frame built from six prefabricated modules rolled into place by August 2025. DFW and American Airlines have since scaled the programme up to an eventual 31 gates at about $4 billion, with the rest of the terminal following by 2031.0.70Phoenix Sky Harbor Starts Building Its Third Terminal
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsThe airport's own schedule lists "Construction 2029 - 2033" with no start date, so the pin uses the start of 2029.[1]Sky Harbor's West Terminal, the airport's first new terminal since Terminal 4 opened in 1990, is scheduled to go into construction in 2029 and open in 2033, with the number of concourses and gates still to be decided. The airport puts the likely cost at around $4.5 billion, paid for with passenger facility charges, bonds and airport funding rather than tax dollars.0.64Western Sydney International Airport Opens
SCHEDULED86% CONFIDENCEin 32 daysGiven as scheduled, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…July 2026,[6] with passenger operations scheduled to commence on 25 October 2026.[7][8][9] Operated…"Sydney's second international gateway at Badgerys Creek begins commercial flights, built with a 24-hour curfew-free runway. Estimated date.A$5.3B0.63MARTA Opens the Rapid A-Line, Its First Bus Rapid Transit Route
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE158 days agoMARTA's own project page states that "The first phase of service began April 18, 2026," with construction to be completed and final revenue service to begin in Fall 2026.[1]MARTA started service on the Rapid A-Line, a five-mile route with 14 new stations linking downtown Atlanta to Capitol Gateway, Summerhill, Peoplestown and the BeltLine's Southside Trail, much of it in dedicated bus lanes. Construction continues along the corridor, with temporary stops standing in at five stations until final revenue service in the autumn.0.63Fraport Presents Frankfurt Terminal 3's First Sky Line Train
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.9 years agoFraport's[2] press release 'Terminal 3: First Vehicle for New Sky Line Presented' states the vehicle was presented on November 3, 2022.Fraport presented the first vehicle of its new automated Sky Line people-mover for Frankfurt Airport's €4 billion Terminal 3, a key milestone as the terminal neared completion.0.63Sound Transit's 1 Line Opens to Federal Way
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE291 days agoSound Transit's[1] opening-day release, dated 6 December 2025, says riders can board the extension "starting today".The nearly 8-mile extension runs south from Angle Lake along I-5 and adds Kent Des Moines, Star Lake and Federal Way Downtown stations. Sound Transit moved the $2.5 billion project's opening up from an earlier target of March 2026.$2.5B0.63The de Havilland Comet Opens the World’s First Jet Airliner Service
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE74.4 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "On 2 May 1952, as part of BOAC’s route-proving trials, G-ALYP took off on the world’s first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers and inaugurated scheduled service from London to Johannesburg."BOAC’s G-ALYP took off from London for Johannesburg with fare-paying passengers, the first scheduled jetliner service in the world. Comet flights were about twice as fast as advanced piston airliners and cut London–Johannesburg to 21 hours 20 minutes.0.62Austin-Bergstrom Opens Concourse B and Its Passenger Tunnel
Concourse B site, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, 3600 Presidential Boulevard, Austin, TX 78719, United States
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
DELAYED3 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsThe airport's own programme page says Concourse B and its tunnel are "estimated to open in the early 2030s", a span rather than a date.[1]The airport's second concourse is a standalone midfield building south of the Barbara Jordan Terminal, reached by an underground walkway with moving walkways, and carries a new integrated baggage system. It is meant to open alongside the $865 million Arrivals and Departures Hall under the Journey With AUS programme.$1.1B0.62Denver's East Colfax BRT Opens Its First Center Bus Lanes
East Colfax Avenue between Broadway and Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CORegional Transportation District
SCHEDULED77% CONFIDENCEin 4 daysRTD's service-change notice says "the initial service on East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) will begin along Colfax Avenue starting Sept. 27."[1]Routes 15 and 15L move into new center-running bus-only lanes on East Colfax Avenue between Broadway and Colorado Boulevard, with passengers boarding at new island stations sheltered by steel arches. It is the first stretch of RTD's 8.5-mile bus rapid transit corridor from downtown Denver to I-225 in Aurora to carry buses, with full BRT service planned for late 2027 or early 2028.0.62London's Docklands Light Railway Opens
Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE39.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "opened on 31 August 1987 with 11 trains servicing 15 stations".The driverless Docklands Light Railway opens to passengers, giving London's redeveloping docklands a low-cost automated metro built largely on disused rail viaducts.£77M0.61Munich Airport Opens as Franz Josef Strauss International Airport
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE34.4 years agoMunich Airport's own history page and Wikipedia[3] both give 17 May 1992 as its opening date at the current site.Munich Airport opened at its current site on 17 May 1992, replacing Munich-Riem, and is one of only two European airports to hold Skytrax's 5-Star rating.0.61O'Hare's Satellite Concourse 1 Is Finished
Satellite Concourse 1, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, IllinoisChicago Department of Aviation
DELAYED3 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 2.0 yearsSatellite Concourse 1 "began vertical construction in April 2026 with a targeted completion date of late 2028" - a season rather than a day, and one that has already moved.[1]The first of two satellite concourses west of O'Hare's terminal core, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Norviska and designated Concourse D, is reached by an underground tunnel from the terminals. Vertical construction started in April 2026; the $1.45 billion concourse is the first piece of the O'Hare 21 rebuild to be delivered, a programme approved in 2018 at $8.5 billion and now put at roughly $12 billion in current dollars.$1.4B0.61
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