Construction continues on Concourse B at Jacksonville International Airport. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
Published on February 27, 2026 at 5:04 pm
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The new concourse at Jacksonville International Airport is on track to open in December, giving the airport six additional gates for the busy holiday travel season.
Concourse B is under construction between Concourses A and C. It will include multiple restaurants, a pet relief area and family-friendly seating.
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Airport officials led reporters on a tour of the 165,000-square-foot concourse on Friday. They described the concourse as one more piece of progress for Jacksonville.
“Look what’s happening in Jacksonville — everything happening with the stadium, Four Seasons and I saw the new zoo exhibit. It’s a phenomenal time to be in Jacksonville,” said Mark VanLoh, CEO of the Jacksonville Aviation Authority. “We want to be ahead of that curve. We want to be able to bring people to see our city, enjoy their stay, and fly back out. And we will be ready by Christmas.”
Construction began in the spring of 2024. Some 200 workers are spending six days a week building the $340 million concourse. Jacobs Engineering project representative Nick Marollo said it has been a busy two years of work, but completion is in sight.
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“We can’t wait until December and early next year to open this up and have everyone experience it,” he said. “It is what it brings to Jacksonville — it’s saying that we are growing. We need more space; more people are using the airport; more people are traveling, so we need to bring in more airlines and more flights.”
Inside the concourse
Concourse B will add to 20 gates on Concourses A and C. The federal government is paying for the concourse through airline ticket taxes and Federal Aviation Administration trust funds.
The concourse will consist of three levels. American Airlines will use five of the six new gates. The airport will use the last one for other flights as needed.
The concourse will have the ability to “ground-board,” having passengers get on and off aircraft on the tarmac. The airport has the option to extend the concourse with additional gates.
The Jax Club and Delta club will be on the third floor of the concourse, with restaurants and concessions on the second floor and gates in the middle and end of the structure.
Among the restaurants will be a V Pizza, Willie Jewell’s barbecue, Chick-fil-A, Panda Express and an Oak & Ocean seafood restaurant.
No moving walkways are planned for passengers, airport officials said. But with thousands of passengers expected to use the airport in 2026 and beyond, the new concourse is needed, VanLoh said.
“Last year we set a record for passenger travel,” VanLoh said. “We will keep building on that and six more gates, new flights by all airlines, we will just keep this thing rolling.”
Marollo said windows were being installed Thursday, which he described as a “huge milestone.” A total of 1,280 electro-chromatic windows will automatically dim in bright sun to keep the new concourse cooler.
“Although it took about a year to get here, we are going to start seeing progress and milestones being hit every week,” Marollo said. “Week after week, something will change in this building.”
The work comes as a third parking garage is under construction next to the existing two, at an estimated cost of $100 million.
The parking garage will include about 2,000 spaces. The rental car pickup and return area will be changed to reduce traffic near the terminal.
Construction should be done later this year.
