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LA's $14BN Airport Upgrade
DELAYED3 years late65% CONFIDENCEin 37 daysDate has moved, per the source[1]: "the posted date is now October 2026. That probably won’t happen either" - the APM has already blown past targets of 2023, January 2026 and the June 2026 World Cup.LAX’s $3.34BN Automated People Mover - the driverless train meant to finally connect the airport’s terminals to LA’s Metro system - has slipped years past its original target and still has no confirmed opening date.$3.3B0.73O'Hare 21 Terminal Program Slips to 2034
DELAYED64% CONFIDENCEin 8.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "The Global Terminal's completion is currently targeted for 2032, though the overall program timeline has been pushed to 2034."Chicago's O'Hare 21 terminal overhaul, including a new Global Terminal, has pushed its completion years past its original target as costs climbed.$12B0.72The LAX/Metro Transit Center Opens, Bringing Rail to LAX
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoMetro's[1] June 6, 2025 release says it "celebrated the official opening of the LAX/Metro Transit Center station with a ribbon cutting today", and ABC7[3] reports "The station will officially open to the public at 5 p.m." (17:00 PDT = 00:00Z on 7 June).Metro's $900 million station at Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street joins the C and K lines with 14 bus lines and the LAX shuttles, the first direct train connection to the airport.$900M0.71SFO's Terminal 3 West Expansion Opens
Terminal 3, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 94128San Francisco International Airport
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 342 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 2029.0.70LAX's SkyLink People Mover Starts Systems Testing
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE156 days agoThe article states that "Systems demonstration testing began on April 21, 2026, intending to demonstrate 30 consecutive days of continuous error-free operation."[1]The 2.25-mile automated people mover linking LAX's terminals to the Metro Rail system and the rental car centre began demonstration running without passengers, aiming for 30 consecutive days of error-free operation before it can carry anyone. Construction was originally due to finish in March 2023; Los Angeles World Airports has since agreed to more than $880 million in dispute payments on top of the $4.9 billion, 25-year contract, and has not announced an opening date.0.70LAX Takes Down Its Century Boulevard Pylons for the Roadway Rebuild
ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCE252 days agoLAWA's[1][2] release of Thursday, January 15, 2026 says "This week, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) began removing the iconic ring of 15 pylons" without naming the day, so the pin takes the release date.The ring of 15 illuminated pylons that had welcomed drivers to LAX since 2000 came down to make way for 4.4 miles of new elevated airport roadways, with redesigned pylons to return when the work ends.0.70LAX's New Elevated Ingress Roadways Open Before the Olympics
ESTIMATED71% CONFIDENCEin 1.7 yearsLAWA's[1][2][3][4] project page: "Ingress Roadways completion is anticipated in May 2028. Project completion is anticipated mid-2030"; a month takes its last day.The inbound half of LAX's 4.4-mile roadway rebuild, which separates airport traffic from Sepulveda Boulevard and neighbourhood streets, is due in May 2028, two months before the Games.0.68The Portal Brings Caltrain Into the Salesforce Transit Center
DELAYED9 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsTJPA's[1] project page gives an "anticipated revenue service date of 2035, funding dependent", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.The Portal takes Caltrain, and later California High-Speed Rail, underground from Fourth and King into the train box already built beneath the Salesforce Transit Center, with a new underground station at Fourth and Townsend. TJPA's July 2025 indicative estimate put the capital cost at about $7.57 billion, of which the federal government has pledged $3.38 billion.$7.6B0.68Houston's Rebuilt Terminal B North Concourse Opens
Terminal B, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, 2800 N Terminal Rd, Houston, TexasHouston Airport System
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCE2 days agoHouston Airports says the B North concourses are "expected to be fully finished and operational by fall 2026", a season rather than a day.[1]The new North Concourse at George Bush Intercontinental replaces the 1969-era flight stations with about 765,000 square feet on three levels, 22 gates for United and a 54,000-square-foot United Club, the largest in the airline's network. It is the centrepiece of the $2.5 billion Terminal B Transformation, which closed the old Terminal B lobby in January 2025.0.68LAX's SkyLink Reaches Its December 8 Deadline to Carry Passengers
SCHEDULED79% CONFIDENCEin 75 daysThe Bond Buyer[1] (September 21, 2026): bondholders moved the lender longstop to December, and the best case is to "reach a utility agreement by Dec. 8 and service to the public begins on that date"; Wikipedia[2] gives "the project longstop date of December 8, 2026".The 2.25-mile LAX people mover, 99% complete but years late, must enter passenger service by its project longstop date of 8 December 2026 or its developer LINXS risks a technical default on $1.2 billion of bonds.0.67Phoenix 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.0.67SEA Gateway Project Completes at Seattle-Tacoma's Main Terminal
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE239 days agoThe Port of Seattle's 28 January 2026 release is headlined "SEA Airport and Alaska Airlines Celebrate Completion of SEA Gateway Project".[1]The rebuild of the north end of SEA's main terminal added the airport's first at-scale automated bag drops, a redesigned Checkpoint 6, a new Bridge Level check-in, upgraded baggage claim devices and eight major public art installations. The Port of Seattle and Alaska Airlines marked the finish of major construction, the first of a run of Upgrade SEA projects due to complete before the summer's international soccer tournament.$546M0.66
