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Airport lays out $247 million FY26 budget as terminal design advances
Summary
St. Louis Lambert Airport officials presented a $247 million fiscal year 2026 operating and debt-service budget to the Board of Aldermen budget committee, highlighting airline-negotiated revenues, a $225 million revolving credit line and design-phase work on a potential consolidated terminal.
Rhonda Ham Niebrigi, airport director, and Antonio Strong, deputy director of finance and administration, presented the St. Louis Lambert Airport’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget to the Board of Aldermen’s Budget and Public Employees Committee on May 28.
The airport is proposing a total FY26 budget of $247,000,000, made up of about $162.9 million in operations and maintenance and $84.9 million in debt service. “We do anticipate total airport revenue of 253,200,000.0 for the year,” Antonio Strong told the committee when describing the fund forecast developed with airline partners.
Why it matters: airport leaders said the budget is designed to show fiscal discipline to the airport’s signatory airlines as the city advances design work for a potential consolidated terminal. Strong said the airport is in the design phase and must secure airline…
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