'Terminals tend to be an area where you have more local funding because certain areas of the terminal are ineligible for federal funding.'ĭame explained that areas where passengers travel through the terminal building are typically eligible for federal funding, but areas 'behind the scenes' like offices and baggage handling typically are not eligible for federal grants. 'These are federally eligible projects, but as you get into terminals, they do have proration that come with them,' Dame said. This demand is there.'Īirport staff is projecting the expanded terminal may be completed within the next five to 10 years, and funding for the project would come from a mix of federal grants, state funding and the airport's capital fund. It's not a matter of if we build it, they will come.

'You hate to say that you are behind on something, but again as we've been growing through this the demand is there. 'We are progressing towards the terminal piece of the project.

The estimated cost of the expansion would be between $20 million and $30 million, much of which would be paid for by grants from the Federal Aviation Administration.Īirport Executive Director Patrick Dame said the demand for more capacity in the airline terminal is already there, with the increased service Rapid City is seeing during the summer months. The plan calls for the terminal to be expanded with three additional gates, bringing the total to 10 gates and 11 aircraft parking places for the growth in commercial flights at the airport. 9-Plans to expand the commercial airline terminal and relocate the main runway at Rapid City Regional Airport took another step forward this week after the airport's board of directors voted to approve final directions for the 20-year master plan.

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