Texas Airport Lands Record-Breaking $90 Million FAA Grant

A Texas airport was just awarded $90 million to help build a second concourse tunnel. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has been awarded a record-breaking $90 million FAA grant to help fund a second concourse tunnel and major expansion projects.

What Travelers Need to Know About Concourse B

According to KXAN, the grant will partially fund Concourse B, which is used by passengers waiting to board planes from 26 departure gates. The new concourse is expected to open in the early 2030s, according to the Journey With AUS fact sheet.

The FAA's Airport Terminal Program provides nearly $1 billion annually to airports in 45 states and has awarded grants for the past five years.

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What's Included in Austin Airport's Expansion Plan

Journey with AUS is the airport's five-phase expansion and improvement plan. The plans include the second concourse, an Arrival and Departure Hall, parking garages, and more. The new developments will not be funded by Austin taxpayers, according to the development group.

To receive this grant money the airport had to apply for the grant in December 2025.

The Airport Terminal Program awarded funding to 129 airports in 2026. The program received 588 applications requesting $7.1 billion in total according to a report from the American Association of Airport Executives.

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Additional Funding Supporting the Project

Additional funding for Concourse B has come from the Austin City Council approving $72 million for engineering and architectural services and around $1 billion for pre-construction and construction services, according to the Fly Austin website.

If you love to travel and you live in Texas this is great news. Anything we can do to improve our airports is always a good thing, although Austin-Bergstrom is already a pretty great airport.