Dallas Love Field has finalized its 2025 Master Plan, Love What’s Next, and officially launched a capital improvement initiative: the Love Field Expansion Airport Program (LEAP).
Touted as the largest capital investment in Love Field’s history, LEAP outlines a six-year construction timeline covering 14 infrastructure development projects. The last major capital project — the Love Field Modernization Program — was completed at a cost of $519 million.
The multi-year program aims to expand the airport’s capacity, improve the passenger experience, and position the city-owned facility for long-term growth.
LEAP builds on prior conceptual plans to implement improvements across several key areas of the airport, including concourse expansion, a new terminal headhouse, upgraded parking facilities, improved access roadways, and enhanced support facilities.
“LEAP is our long-term action plan to be future-focused,” said Patrick Carreno, director of aviation for Dallas Love Field. “We intend to make Dallas Love Field not just a more comfortable airport, but a truly exceptional one for the next twenty years.”
The design phase is scheduled to begin in 2026, with construction slated to start in 2027. The airport plans to adopt a phased construction approach to maintain normal operations and minimize disruption for passengers, while the planning committee implements a public communication strategy to keep the community informed.
This initiative will help position the airport to meet rising passenger demand,” said Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert. “The LEAP capital improvement initiative marks the most significant capital investment in Love Field’s history.”
