Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport broke ground on a new terminal Tuesday morning. Terminal F will be the airport’s sixth terminal, and is expected to open in 2027. The 400,000-square-foot terminal will be built on the current site of the Express South parking lot,

DALLAS — The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) moved some dirt at the site of its future Terminal F on Tuesday. The $1.6 billion project will add 15 gates in Terminal F, while rebuilding and reconstructing another 37 across Terminals A and C.

Terminal F, a $1.6 billion project, will accommodate the region’s expected growth with 15 new gates and a Skylink rail station.

DFW Airport workers are breaking ground on a new terminal. This expansion of 15 new terminals comes as the airport is expecting over 100 million fliers by 2030.

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport will break ground Tuesday on a new terminal as part of efforts to address what its chief executive described as “unprecedented growth.”