City officials in McKinney hope to make the airport the third commercial airport in DFW, after DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field.
City officials in McKinney hope to make the airport the third commercial airport in DFW, after DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field.
City officials in McKinney hope to make the airport the third commercial airport in DFW, after DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field.
MCKINNEY, Texas — The $72 million project to expand an airport in fast-growing Collin County is “cleared for takeoff” after the McKinney City Council this week approved a slate of construction contracts.
Construction on the McKinney National Airport expansion is set to begin in June, with the first commercial flights set to take off from the airport in 2026. City officials have said they hope the McKinney National Airport becomes the third commercial airport in DFW, following DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field.
“We are cleared for takeoff,” said McKinney Mayor George Fuller in a statement. “This project has been years in the making, and now, with this milestone, McKinney is positioned to deliver the convenience of commercial air service to our community and region. We’re building more than a terminal, we’re building opportunity for the future.”
Among the contracts the McKinney City Council approved this week was a nearly $58 million contract with Swinerton for design and construction of the McKinney National Airport commercial terminal and a nearly $2.8 million contract with Garver for architectural and engineering services for the project.
McKinney voters rejected a $200 million bond proposal to fund the airport expansion in 2023, as our content partners at the Dallas Business Journal reported.
The funding for the project will come from a variety of sources — including sales taxes from the McKinney Economic Development and Community Development Corporation funds, the city’s utility construction fund.
Fuller said funding for the airport has also come from federal, state and county investments. He said the city’s received $88 million in federal, state and county investment, with an additional $30 million under consideration.
“The voters said no to $200 million in property tax back debt for a larger terminal. We listened, we asked staff to find another way for us to develop commercial service, and come up with a strategy that would allow us to mitigate risk by proposing dual-use improvements on the east side funded by sales taxes – all with strong opportunity for federal and state reimbursements,” Fuller said during the meeting Tuesday. “Make no mistake, this is not all on the backs of McKinney taxpayers.”