Provo · November 11, 2026
Provo Airport hit a big construction milestone Tuesday, as airport and city leaders gathered for a topping out ceremony on the terminal expansion that will take the airport from four gates to ten, ABC4 reported.
A topping out ceremony marks the completion of a major phase of construction by installing a building's final beam, according to Provo City as quoted by ABC4. Organizers said the event also recognized the crews doing the work. The ceremony celebrated progress on phases 2 and 3 of the airport's Terminal Expansion Project.
When the new gates open
Airport Director Brian Torgersen said at the ceremony that the first new gates are expected to open in November 2027, ABC4 reported. Three gates are slated to open in 2027, and the rest will open ahead of the project's full completion in 2029.
Torgersen noted that the airport finished its brand-new terminal in July 2022 and started expanding it about three and a half years later, which he said shows the opportunities that now exist in Provo.
"Infrastructure is number one issue with our residents and our community. We continue to grow. We continue to need new infrastructure. And the airport has kept up," Utah County Commissioner Skyler Beltran said, according to ABC4.
How the build is phased
Construction on the expansion began in 2025. In June, airport communications manager Jenna Ahern told the Lehi Free Press that the second phase, the North Concourse Addition, would add three gates and bring the total to eight. The South Concourse Addition would then add two more to reach the full planned ten gates, along with shell space for a future U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, with completion targeted for 2029. Crews are staging the work so commercial flights can keep operating throughout, she said.
Project-tracking service ConstructConnect lists the city's Airport Terminal Expansion Phase 3, covering demolition, site work and the addition that reaches the ten-gate capacity, at an estimated $83 million in the conceptual stage.
Why Provo is building
The expansion is funded through a partnership of Provo City, Utah County, the Utah Legislature and federal FAA grants, the Lehi Free Press reported. Ahern said the airport has served more than 3.5 million passengers since the new terminal opened in July 2022, far beyond original projections, which led it to add a fifth operating gate and drove the current ten-gate plan.
Sources: ABC4; Lehi Free Press; ConstructConnect. Header image is an AI illustration, not a photo or rendering of the actual project.