Airport Experience® News - Conference Issue 2026

LATEST BUZZ PDX’S BOLD TERMINAL REINVENTION BY DAVID GORDON

PDXNext chief projects officer for the Port of Portland. “We’ll have better connectivity between our concourses, new automated exits, more concessions. It will really become a fully unified terminal.” The second and final phase of the project focuses on transforming the flow of passengers exiting the airport. The new design introduces permanent exit lanes at both the north and south ends of the terminal. These will replace temporary construction-era detours with

ortland International Airport (PDX) is preparing to unveil the final chapter of its most ambitious

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Above: When Phase 2 of the terminal redevelopment at Portland International Airport is completed this spring, travelers will be met with a larger, more efficient and quintessentially Portland experience. Photo Credit: ZGF Architects

infrastructure project in decades. The PDX Next terminal redevelopment is scheduled to be completed and open in April 2026. Then, travelers will step into a terminal that is not only larger and more efficient but unmistakably Portland. “We’re going to get to see the vision brought to fruition,” says Vince Granato,

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