St. Pete-Clearwater Airport prepares for exponential growth
St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) officials have secured funding to complete a $110 million terminal expansion they expect to accommodate one million new passengers.
Tom Jewsbury, executive director, said recent state and federal grants would allow the airport to complete the momentous project without incurring debt. He shared the news with Pinellas County Commissioners at an April 4 work session.
Jewsbury said PIE also decided to build a $40 million, 1,000-space parking garage rather than expanding a surface lot. He said the airport has $17 million “in the bank” for the project and will use rental car revenues to offset the remaining cost.
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27 destinations and 2 million passengers served since 2021 in New Haven. At the rate ORH is going we might hit 2 million passengers sometime around 2035. There’s clearly a reason airlines don’t want to expand or start new service at ORH and I’m not buying the nonsense that the airport only has the capacity for “x” number of passengers. Have you seen what Tweed Airport in New Haven looks like? They’re finding a way to make it work. Wish there was that kind of effort being put in to make ORH better.