# How much would a regional airport cost to build?

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**Created:** [May 23, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-a-regional-airport-cost-to-build/787310 "2017-05-23T22:23:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-a-regional-airport-cost-to-build/787310/21 "2017-05-25T15:01:45Z")

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> [@BobArrgh](#):
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> Anyway, the proposed cost of converting the airport to a single-terminal configuration is just under 1 billion dollars. I don’t think this includes modifications to the runways, since I believe the runways are adequate, and the reasons for the single-terminal configuration is for passenger convenience, airline code sharing, etc.
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> ETA: The 1 billion dollar price tag should be taken as the upper end of the price range for building a regional airport, with the lower end being around the 3-400 million range mentioned upthread.

The MCI reconfiguration would involve changing the passenger facilities and accesses completely, not a mere remodel, and in some of the proposals simply building a completely brand new terminal complex and eliminating the existing ones.

(Another reason for the change: Security. The original MCI was designed before checkpoints, for you to be dropped at the curb virtually right in front of your individual gate. As it stands today you have to have separate checkpoints for as few as 2 or 3 gates with the restrooms outside the secure area.)

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