Advance Terminal Planning Study Program Criteria Document

KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ADVANCE TERMINAL PLANNING STUDY
PROGRAM CRITERIA DOCUMENT
DRAFT
PROGRAM CRITERIA DOCUMENT (PCD)
INTRODUCTION
This Program Criteria Document (PCD) provides the overall guidance for the design
of the New Terminal Complex (New Terminal) facilities at the Kansas City
International Airport (KCI or Airport). The New Terminal is envisioned as a
consolidated single facility that will replace the existing three unit terminal used
today. The PCD contains all of the pertinent information identified and researched
for the development of the project including any infrastructure enabling projects
needed to allow implementation of the New Terminal and the necessary regulatory
information. The conceptual plans for the refined airside, terminal, and landside
requirements are the basis for the PCD, which is designed to serve as the guidelines
for the design and implementation of the New Terminal facilities.
BACKGROUND
The Airport was built by the City of Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO or City) and has
served the needs of air travelers in the Midwest since the opening in 1972.
The KCI complex spans more than 10,000 acres, making it one of the largest
airports in the U.S.
The Airport is situated 15 miles northwest of the City’s central business district and
currently, the closest scheduled commercial passenger service airport is Omaha
Eppley Airfield (OMA), located 152 miles away. The Metropolitan Statistical Area
(MSA) for the City, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for Kansas City,
encompasses 15 counties including Bates, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson,
Lafayette, Platte, and Ray counties in Missouri; and Franklin, Johnson,
Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. The Kansas City
Aviation Department (KCAD) defines KCI’s Air Service Area (ASA) as all counties in
the MSA, and additionally Buchanan County in Missouri and Douglas County in
Kansas.
DRAFT
KCAD completed an Airport Master Plan (MP) in 2008 that provided a vision for the
growth and development of KCI over the following 20 years, and established a
framework for the development of facilities and a guide for long-term on-airport
land use and development decisions. The MP identified the need for an updated
passenger terminal complex to serve a projected increase in passenger demand
and provide a passenger processing facility that would meet and exceed customer
service expectations.
Several terminal options were selected for development sites and design
alternatives were developed and presented to KCAD for review. The MP identified a
South Terminal project that included a new 59-gate terminal south of Runway 9/27
and a new terminal curb front and loop roadway system, a new south access
roadway from Missouri Route 152 (M-152), and an upgrade of I-435 and I-29
ramps connecting to M-152.
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