Ground Broken On Mobile Airport

Gov. Kay Ivey, U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson and other officials broke ground on the new Mobile International Airport terminal on December 9, AL.com reported. Set to open in 2025, the five-gate terminal at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley will become the new center for commercial travel in Mobile, with noncommercial flights moving to the Mobile Regional Airport in West Mobile. Speakers at the ceremony highlighted the prime location of the downtown airport, 6 miles from the Port of Mobile, which boasts five rail lines and sits just off Interstate 10. With the deepening and widening of the port set to be completed in 2025 and the return of passenger rail service, Mobile is set to become a transportation hub, they said, which will lead to economic growth and, Ivey added, “hundreds of well-paying jobs.”