Mineta San Jose has a big airport expansion plan

San Jose’s City Council this week gave a tentative green light to revisions in the long-term master plan for Mineta San Jose International Airport that could eventually give the facility a new terminal, more gates, a new hotel, and thousands of additional parking spaces. A final vote on the plan is expected in March.

In the past three years, SJC has recorded a 26 percent increase in passengers, making it the fastest-growing large airport in the nation, and planners expect that rapid growth to continue in the years ahead. In the newest overhaul of its master plan, the airport will extend its planning horizon from 2027 to 2037, a year when the facility expects to handle 22.5 million passengers annually, up from 15.7 million in 2019 – a 43 percent increase.