Terminal F was designed with an eye to the addition of extra gates in the future, and is being built using modular techniques. Elements are presently being engineered at a factory site.

The project is being designed and built by the Innovation Next+, an all-American consortium made up of Archer Western Construction, Turner Construction, Phillips May Corporation, HJ Russell & Company and Carcon Industries. The consultants include Gensler, PGAL and Muller2.

Sean Donohue, DFW’s chief executive, said: “Terminal F will expand the airport’s footprint with state-of-the-art facilities that align with our first-in-class customer experience and operation as we support the historic rise in air travel to and from the north Texas region.”

Passengers using Terminal F will check in at Terminal E, and will move between the two using the airport’s Skylink light rail system.

The project is due to open to the public in 2027.

In September 2024, work began on $9bn of improvement works at DFW, including a rebuild of Terminal C and an expansion of Terminal A.

DFW is the world’s third busiest airport by passenger traffic, after Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta and Dubai International.