Philadelphia International Airport is readying to break ground on the first phase of its $90 million undertaking to triple its cargo footprint with a new facility on the former grounds of its economy parking lot.

As part of the plan which it announced last summer, PHL will construct a new nine-acre, 70,000-square-foot facility. The air support facility will make way for PHL to then reposition its C2 Building, located on the tarmac, into a more cargo-focused space. The C2 facility currently spans over 80,000 square feet and has four wide-bodied aircraft parking spaces in front of it, making it ideal for cargo to flow through. Despite that, most of the tenants in the C2 Building are not cargo-focused. Rather, it hosts mainly maintenance and cleaning crews for passenger planes. 

The undertaking is part of a plan in partnership with Aviation Facilities Company Management (AFCO) to ultimately add 136 acres to PHL’s air cargo capability and offerings, nearly tripling capacity. PHL CFO Jim Tyrrell said doing so could result in thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic impact. 

*Article courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal

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