Elsewhere, work has begun on a three-story building to process international travelers. Airline club rooms, retail stores and other amenities will also be included when the building is completed in summer 2002. Over the next 10 years, the airport plans to improve all roads leading to the airport and on the airport's property. A new entrance off Highway 87 is also planned. The airport also plans to build one parking garage with 10,000 spaces, mostly for rental cars, and another 9,000-space garage.
Several proposals are under consideration.
One would place a new runway in the bay 1,000 feet to 4,300 feet from the current runway, resulting in nearly 300 acres of bay fill. Other options would place a runway between the terminal and existing runway. This would create less distance between runways and less capacity but also less bay fill, although some wetlands would be destroyed.