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The TSA will be upgrading its screening equipment beginning on Monday, Sept. 12 at the Chattanooga Airport.

The Chattanooga Airport, the City of Chattanooga and elected officials kicked off construction today of the airport’s $28 million terminal renovation and expansion. Officials made remarks from the second floor of the Chattanooga Airport where crews will soon begin demolition of a wall facing the tarmac to make way for the new addition.

Chattanooga Airport officials, counting on an eventual return of passenger traffic to levels before the coronavirus pandemic, on Monday gave a thumbs up to the biggest-ever expansion to the terminal.

Chattanooga Airport officials plan to open construction bids potentially before year's end in a key move that may clear the way to the most extensive revamp to the passenger terminal since the 1990s.

At the Chattanooga Airport, CEO Terry Hart predicts the typically busy travel holiday will be brisk compared to 2020 but won't approach 2019 levels.

The work, estimated at about $28 million, could start next April if Airport Authority members give the go-ahead, said Terry Hart, the airport's chief executive, at a meeting of the panel.

The Chattanooga Airport was chosen as the U.S. Airport Finalist for being the “first aviation terminal in the world to be LEED Platinum certified and first airport in the U.S. to go fully solar,” according to the Newsweek award team.

Into the Blue: Abstraction in the Airport. Curated by CHA ART SPACE, this inaugural exhibit showcases 10 different artists' works which were created explicitly for the airport.

the Chattanooga Airport has reopened the Long Term 1 parking lot to accommodate an additional 400 spaces.

Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport officials on Monday said work could start early next year on what's seen as the biggest expansion to the passenger terminal in more than three decades.