- Overview
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport has played an enormous role in aviation history with links to President Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Lindbergh. The Main Terminal with its iconic domes only added to Lambert’s treasured history as a gateway for travelers beginning in 1956. Now, a major campaign is underway to restore and modernize the spaces and functions of the Main Terminal and concourses. More amenities, convenience, and comfort, are all integrated into the renovation plan recapturing the imagination and passion that was forged here years ago. Lambert is making Your Gateway…Great Again.
The Airport Experience Program is the conceptual plan completed in 2006 after exhaustive studies on how to improve and upgrade existing facilities and services with the goal of providing a world-class passenger experience. The conceptual plan identified and prioritized major projects to begin July 2008, with completion dates scheduled over the next several years. .
The first renovation projects approved for the Airport Experience Program include Dome Resurfacing, In-Bound Baggage Claim, and Wayfinding and Signage. Construction has also begun on many new shops and restaurants. Other renovations are now approved for design are projects to improve the Ticketing Hall, Lower Level and Main Terminal Concourses. Designers will focus on ways to improve ticketing operations, security checkpoints and restrooms while upgrading all flooring, ceiling and wall coverings in public and passenger-only areas.
