The Chattanooga Airport plans to unveil the new passenger terminal expansion, its most expensive ever at about $28 million, next month, officials said Monday.
The grand opening of the facility, the largest such expansion by size in more than 30 years at Lovell Field, is slated for March 2, said April Cameron, the airport’s chief executive.
She told the Airport Authority at a meeting the debut of the expanded terminal comes as Lovell Field recorded a nearly 13% gain in passenger boardings in 2023 over the prior year to 487,829.
While sharply higher, the 2023 passenger figure still trails record, pre-pandemic boardings posted in 2019 by 13%, Cameron said.