Albany County Airport Authority details $126 million terminal expansion, targets phased openings through early 2026

Peter Studo, chief executive officer of the Albany County Airport Authority, told the Legislature’s joint Law and Multimodal Transportation and Pedestrian Access committees that the authority is carrying out a roughly $100 million terminal improvement program and a separate $26 million Concourse A rehabilitation that together will add new gates and expand the airport’s passenger facilities.

The projects include a new connector building or departure hall — about 14,000 square feet — expanded TSA queuing with a seventh security lane, restrooms in the departure hall, a children’s playroom with a neurosensory room, a business center, an art gallery and two new gates at Concourse A. Studo said the authority is targeting phased openings and a final completion timeline of early 2026.

The improvements are being delivered while the airport remains in service, which the authority calls its principal scheduling challenge. “The project is complex,” Studo said. The authority described the work as a staged renovation so passengers can use completed elements rather than waiting for a single grand opening; the first phase, the authority said, is substantially complete…