Getting AroundSaturday, November 7
McKinney National Airport opens its new passenger terminal Wed., Nov. 11
The 5AM Frisco team
If you'd rather not drive to DFW, McKinney National Airport (DTX) is opening its new passenger terminal Wed., Nov. 11. That day, the airport's first commercial flight is scheduled to depart for Fort Myers, Florida. Houston-based ultra-low-cost carrier Avelo Airlines is the launch airline.
Avelo's McKinney routes roll out from Nov. 11 into December
- Nov. 11Terminal will open; first Avelo flight is scheduled to leave for Fort Myers
- Later Nov.Avelo will start flights to Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale
- Mid-Dec.Avelo plans to reach 11 nonstop destinations from McKinney
Source: D Magazine
Only two of the destinations sit west of North Texas: Las Vegas and Denver.
“It's more choices. It's more options for North Texas.”
The new terminal is built for more than 2 million passengers a year
- 2 million
- passengers a year the terminal is designed to handle
- 980
- spaces in the single-level parking lot
- 4
- gates at the start, built to support 6
- 11
- nonstop destinations Avelo plans by mid-December
Sources: D Magazine, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
- Parking lot: EV charging and license-plate-recognition mobile payment
- Also on site: rental cars and dedicated ride-share facilities
- Added by mid-December: Atlanta, Denver, Nashville, New Orleans, Sarasota/Bradenton, West Palm Beach
Sources: D Magazine, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth