Travelers used curbside checki-in for their luggage at the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport, which opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.
Tammy Ljungblad
tljungblad@kcstar.com
The new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City Airport opened for business Tuesday after being under construction for the past four years. See photos of the first day of operations at the new terminal.
The new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
The new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Ieisha Bailey, left, helped a customer at Turn the Page KC, a new shop at the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport which opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Former Kansas City Missouri city councilman Jermaine Reed videotaped the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport after he arrived on the first flight in from Chicago on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
City Market and Boulevard Brewing are represented at the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport, which opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Jessica Woolery of Olathe read to her daughters Brooklyn, 7, and Hayden, 4, right, at the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. “It was so easy,” said Jessica Woolery. “It’s beautiful, amazing.” Woolery and her husband Chris Woolery were taking the girls to Orlando. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Gary Morsch eyes a glass of champagne as he deplanes a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago which was the first to land on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
A water cannon greeted a Southwest Airlines jet, the first flight to land at the new $1.5 billion single terminal on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2022, at Kansas City International Airport. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Ground crews greeted a Southwest Airlines jet, the first flight to land at the new $1.5 billion single terminal on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2022, at Kansas City International Airport. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
A Spirit Airlines jet sits at a gate at the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport, which opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
All gender bathrooms at the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport, which opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Jere Sellers of Prairie Village wore a commemorative shirt when he arrived Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Ground crews greeted a Southwest Airlines jet, the first flight to land at the new $1.5 billion single terminal on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2022, at Kansas City International Airport. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Ramp crews waited to unload the Southwest Airlines plane, which flew the first flight into the new $1.5 billion single terminal, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2022, at Kansas City International Airport. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
LIsa DeLano, an agent for Southwest Airlines checked travelers in for the 5 a.m. flight to Chicago, the first flight departing from the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Southwest Airlines travelers including Skye McAdoo-Spearmann of Kansas City, Kansas, began boarding the first flight out of the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Travelers cheered as boarding began for the first flight, a Southwest Airlines flight, from the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Traveler Matt Miller of Oskaloosa, Kansas, celebrated as he began boarding the first flight to depart from the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Southwest Airlines had the first flight out at 5 a.m. of the new airport to Chicago. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Southwest Airlines agent Kerry Weighill began boarding the first travelers to depart out of the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. The flight was heading to Chicago. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Travelers including Chris and Jessica Woolery of Olathe waited for a flight to Orlando with their daughters Brookly, 7, and Hayden, 4, at the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. “It was so easy,” said Jessica Woolery. “It’s beautiful, amazing.” Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Crews from Edgemoor and Clarkson Construction Company had a photo taken in front of Southwest Airlines plane dubbed Missouri One, the first flight out of the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. The flight headed to Chicago. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Southwest Airlines plane dubbed Missouri One was loaded at the gate at the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. The flight headed to Chicago was the. first flight to depart the new terminal. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Travelers began boarding a flight from the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
A traveler walks into the new $1.5 billion single terminal from the parking garage at Kansas City International Airport, which opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Travelers began departing and arriving from the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Travelers began departing and arriving from the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
LIsa DeLano, an agent for Southwest Airlines greeted the first travelers boarding a 5 a.m. flight to Chicago, the first flight departing from the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Travelers wait to board beneath People of KC, artwork by Kwanza Humphrey, installed in new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Travelers began departing and arriving from the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Travelers weaved their way to the security check in at the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport opened to travelers Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Travelers began departing and arriving from the new $1.5 billion single terminal at Kansas City International Airport which opened Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. A large sculpture greets visitors in the terminal. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com
Southwest employee Kerry Weighill, scans the first passenger boarding passes at Kansas City International Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Southwest Airlines was one of the first airlines to depart from Kansas City International Airport’s new terminal. Emily Curiel ecuriel@kcstar.com
This story was originally published February 28, 2023 at 7:56 AM.
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