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Provo Airport to break ground April 14 on 10-gate expansion after rapid passenger growth
Summary
Provo City and airport leadership announced a scheduled April 14 groundbreaking for a roughly three-year project to add a 10-gate expansion, citing sharp increases in flights and passengers since the facility opened in July 2022.
Provo Mayor Michelle Cafusi and Provo Airport Director Brian Torgerson said the city will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. April 14 to begin construction of a 10-gate expansion at Provo Airport, a project airport leaders expect to take about three years to complete.
The expansion follows rapid growth since the airport facility opened in July 2022. "We now serve 840 flights this last month in and out of the airport to 16 nonstop destinations," Airport Director Brian Torgerson said, adding that the facility has recorded "2,200,000 visitors through our building" since opening. Torgerson also said passenger counts doubled each of the previous two years and that airlines are asking for more gates and operating space.
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