![]() Operating revenue at the airport is projected to grow by 8.5% over 2023, Saenz said. The airport’s proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2024 is $462 million, an 81% increase over the adopted 2023 budget due mostly to increased spending through the capital improvement program. Other funding requests have been submitted, he added. That’s in addition to the $57 million awarded to the airport for capital projects in the previous three years. Saenz told the council that the airport has received $38.8 million in grants this year. Taxiways H and N along the runways also will get updates within the next 12 to 18 months, a project that accounts for almost $47 million in the 2024 capital budget.Īlso in 2024, SAT will become the first airport in the nation to launch a program known as runway incursion prevention through situational awareness, or RIPSA, a Federal Aviation Administration safety system designed to reduce the risk of collisions on runways.Īnother $15 million will go toward information technology and security upgrades, $7 million for improvements at Stinson Municipal Airport and $3 million for roadway and parking improvements.įunding for improvements will come from federal grants, the issuance of bonds and passenger and airline revenue. In the fiscal year 2024 capital improvement program, about $40 million will be spent on the ground load facility and another $20 million will go toward improving the baggage handling system. It is considered a more efficient way to load and unload passengers, serving to attract more air service with lower airfares. ![]() In a ground load facility, travelers use a system of switchback ramps that lead from the ground to the front and back of the plane instead of a jetway. Work on a ground load facility at SAT is expected to start this year, with the facility set to open in spring 2025, adding additional gate capacity to the three that opened in late 2022 and early 2023. In addition to what airport officials call the enabling projects for the new terminal that will start in 2024, Saenz said a construction manager will be named for the new terminal, and a new airline use and lease agreement negotiated. ![]() The terminal is on track to open in the first half of 2028.
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