{"id":620920,"date":"2026-02-27T22:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/620920\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T22:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:59:15","slug":"new-concourse-b-takes-shape-at-jacksonvilles-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/620920\/","title":{"rendered":"New Concourse B takes shape at Jacksonville’s airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new concourse at Jacksonville International Airport is on track to open in December, giving the airport six additional gates for the busy holiday travel season.<\/p>\n

Concourse B<\/a> is under construction between Concourses A and C. It will include multiple restaurants, a pet relief area and family-friendly seating.<\/p>\n

Airport officials led reporters on a tour of the 165,000-square-foot concourse on Friday. They described the concourse as one more piece of progress for Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook what\u2019s happening in Jacksonville \u2014 everything happening with the stadium, Four Seasons and I saw the new zoo exhibit. It\u2019s a phenomenal time to be in Jacksonville,\u201d said Mark VanLoh, CEO of the Jacksonville Aviation Authority. \u201cWe want to be ahead of that curve. We want to be able to bring people to see our city, enjoy their stay, and fly back out. And we will be ready by Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Construction began in the spring of 2024. Some 200 workers are spending six days a week building the $340 million concourse. Jacobs Engineering project representative Nick Marollo said it has been a busy two years of work, but completion is in sight.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t wait until December and early next year to open this up and have everyone experience it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is what it brings to Jacksonville \u2014 it\u2019s saying that we are growing. We need more space; more people are using the airport; more people are traveling, so we need to bring in more airlines and more flights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inside the concourse<\/p>\n

Concourse B will add to 20 gates on Concourses A and C. The federal government is paying for the concourse through airline ticket taxes and Federal Aviation Administration trust funds.<\/p>\n

The concourse will consist of three levels<\/a>. American Airlines will use five of the six new gates. The airport will use the last one for other flights as needed.<\/p>\n

\"\"Jacobs Engineering project representative Nick Marollo points out some of the planned six gates in Concourse B. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today<\/p>\n

The concourse will have the ability to \u201cground-board,\u201d having passengers get on and off aircraft on the tarmac. The airport has the option to extend the concourse with additional gates.<\/p>\n

The Jax Club and Delta club will be on the third floor of the concourse, with restaurants and concessions on the second floor and gates in the middle and end of the structure.<\/p>\n

\"\"The outline of the Delta Sky Club is being framed on the third fllor. Its windows will overlook the airport. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today<\/p>\n

Among the restaurants will be a V Pizza, Willie Jewell\u2019s barbecue, Chick-fil-A, Panda Express and an Oak & Ocean seafood restaurant.<\/p>\n

No moving walkways are planned for passengers, airport officials said. But with thousands of passengers expected to use the airport in 2026 and beyond, the new concourse is needed, VanLoh said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year we set a record for passenger travel,\u201d VanLoh said. \u201cWe will keep building on that and six more gates, new flights by all airlines, we will just keep this thing rolling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"A design image of Jacksonville International Airport\u2019s new Concourse B. | Jacksonville International Airport<\/p>\n

Marollo said windows were being installed Thursday, which he described as a \u201chuge milestone.\u201d A total of 1,280 electro-chromatic windows will automatically dim in bright sun to keep the new concourse cooler. <\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough it took about a year to get here, we are going to start seeing progress and milestones being hit every week,\u201d Marollo said. \u201cWeek after week, something will change in this building.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"A new parking garage is under construction, due to be done this fall. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today<\/p>\n

The work comes as a third parking garage<\/a> is under construction next to the existing two, at an estimated cost of $100 million.<\/p>\n

The parking garage will include about 2,000 spaces. The rental car pickup and return area will be changed to reduce traffic near the terminal.<\/p>\n

Construction should be done later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new concourse at Jacksonville International Airport is on track to open in December, giving the airport six…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":620921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-620920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-jacksonville","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116145079592771236","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}