


“Flew home to the new KCI Monday for the first time,” wrote a sports fan. So now it’s time to take the pulse of the public: How do we like the all-new KCI, Kansas City? That’s a lot of neck pillows and carry-ons. We’re on pace for more than 11 million total passengers at the airport for calendar year 2023, which includes January and February in the old terminals.” “Looking for total passengers (arriving and departing)? Double it to 2.6 million. 28,” Deputy Director of Aviation Justin Meyer told us this week. Just how many people have had the new airport experience? “We estimate 1.3 million passengers through the security checkpoint at KCI since Feb. In fact, it set a post-pandemic traffic record in March, the first full month it was open. Throngs of travelers have had plenty of time to pass through its new security lines, eat meals at its numerous restaurant options and board flights through its state-of-the-art gates. Tammy new terminal at Kansas City International Airport is about to hit the three-month mark. But no complaints about the convenient, private, all-gender restrooms, please.
