{"id":95970,"date":"2025-12-16T00:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/95970\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T00:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:43:10","slug":"fresno-airport-to-unveil-largest-expansion-in-its-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/95970\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno airport to unveil largest expansion in its history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1140\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fat-airport-Interior-Circulation-Corridor.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"FAT airport\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"attach_desc\">An artist&#8217;s rendering of the interior circulation corridor at Fresno Yosemite International Airport under the new terminal expansion plans. Image via City of Fresno<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tpublished on December 15, 2025 &#8211; 3:21 PM<br \/>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/thebusinessjournal.com\/byline\/frank-lopez\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Lopez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The City of Fresno is preparing to unveil Fresno Yosemite International Airport\u2019s largest expansion in its history.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Mayor Jerry Dyer and Councilmember Tyler Maxwell will hold a news conference to unveil the city\u2019s investment in strengthening its role as a growing regional and international gateway.<\/p>\n<p>The 95,000-square-foot terminal expansion development project, dubbed FATforward, cost about $150 million and broke ground in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion was funded through several federal infrastructure grants, including Federal Aviation Administration grants, passenger facility charges and airport revenue bonds, with no City of Fresno funds being used.<\/p>\n<p>The terminal expansion features a new terminal concourse with more domestic and international passenger gates and larger boarding areas, two additional aircraft parking positions, a new Federal Inspection Station for international travels, a friends-and-family plaza area to welcome international travelers, an expanded Transportation Security Administration checkpoint screening area and new concession areas for retail and dining.<\/p>\n<p>The expansion adds 8,000 square feet to the security checkpoint, shifting passenger queuing from the lobby to within the security checkpoint footprint.<\/p>\n<p>Popular local favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/thebusinessjournal.com\/fresno-gem-lands-at-fat-los-amigos-to-serve-travelers-authentic-mexican-fare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant was also planned<\/a> for the new terminal expansion concourse.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An artist&#8217;s rendering of the interior circulation corridor at Fresno Yosemite International Airport under the new terminal expansion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-95970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}