Terminal Planning

LeighFisher is an industry leader in airport terminal planning, with extensive and ongoing experience. As airport management seeks to accommodate more passengers while maintaining a competitive cost structure, LeighFisher offers a creative and pragmatic approach to terminal planning. We understand the importance of providing passengers with a sense of place that reflects the unique characteristics of each region. In developing our terminal plans, we seek to optimize passenger flows and the use of space, while providing an opportunity to achieve increased revenues from concessions and operational efficiency.

We have developed terminal plans for small-, medium-, and large-hub airports in the United States as well as in international locations. We use a collaborative approach with our clients to help define their vision for future airport facilities and the most appropriate approach to realize that vision. We apply a project-specific approach to each terminal plan, as we recognize that each airport, and each project, is unique. The dynamic nature of the aviation industry requires a dynamic philosophy regarding the process and outcome of each planning project.

In keeping with our integrated planning approach and sustainability principles, we generate solutions that are operationally sound, fiscally responsible, and environmentally feasible. We leverage new technology and constantly seek opportunities for innovation. Our terminal planning staff have diverse backgrounds, and we enlist the expertise of specialists throughout our practice areas to solve the most challenging problems. When our clients engage LeighFisher to lead the development of their terminal plans, they have access to our full complement of professionals in airside, landside, and master planning integrated with financial and business planning.

Our approach may differ from one airport to another, but the objective is always the same: to provide airport management with a financially feasible, demand-driven, and flexible roadmap for future terminal development. Our terminal plans reflect airport management’s vision of future airport facilities, while enhancing the financial and operational performance of the facilities, and their profile within the community.

For examples of terminal planning services provided by LeighFisher, please click on the Services tab above. For a list of our recent client experience, please click on the Projects tab above.