The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport’s Journey With AUS program is a massive expansion plan aimed at reconstructing and adding to the Texas capital’s airport facilities. Late last month, AUS officials unveiled new details about its upcoming Concourse M project, separate from the existing Barbara Jordan Terminal.
Concourse M, a roughly 38,000-square-foot endeavor, will be built on the west side of the Austin airport’s airfield and will feature six gates for six narrow-body aircraft, four contact gates and two walk-out gates. Passengers who will one day fly out of Concourse M will be able to access the facility via a shuttle bus with a planned pickup at Gate 13, with the concourse described as “reliever gates during the construction of Concourse B and the remodeling of Concourse A to ensure gate capacity is not lost due to construction activities,” per the airport’s March release.
It’ll also include food and retail concessions, restrooms, a pet relief room and outdoor canopies. New project filings registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on Monday, April 13, outlined an estimated $60 million budget for the project, with a tentative construction start date in late July ahead of an anticipated late October 2027 completion. Under current timelines, the facility could be open for use as early as spring 2028, per AUS.
“As we continue design and pre-construction work on the new 26-gate Concourse B, we know our airline partners and passengers need more space as soon as possible, and this project will do just that, all while offering AUS travelers convenient amenities,” AUS CEO Ghizlane Badawi said in the March release.