Travelers will soon have more room to stretch out and more spaces to park in, once John Wayne Airport officially opens its new Terminal C on Monday.
Officials on Wednesday previewed the building with six additional gates, a 2,000-space parking structure, and the latest security and ticketing technology.
Originally proposed to meet bursting air travel demand, Terminal C opens amid a tepid market and weak economy. John Wayne operates under its limit of 10.8 million passengers annually, but officials expect traffic to pick back up, the Daily Pilot reported.
Terminal C is the capstone of $543 million in airport expansion and renovations, first approved by the County Board of Supervisors in 2004. For the most part, the project has been delivered on time and within budget.
The new terminal continues the same look and feel of the existing buildings. Architects shaped the roof like the older building's recognizable metal fuselage, and used mostly the same materials inside.
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