Jacksonville International Airport (IATA: JAX, ICAO: KJAX, FAA LID: JAX) is a public airport located 12 miles (18 km) north of the downtown of Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida, United States. Construction of the airport started in 1965, in order for the city to accommodate a more cosmopolitan populace which was introduced with the sizable naval bases in the region. Jacksonville International was opened on October 31, 1968, replacing Imeson Field. Imeson had to be replaced because of the advent of commercial jet travel and the longer takeoff runs required by jets. The terrain prohibited lengthening the runways at Imeson. A new idea tried in the construction of Jacksonville International was separating departing and arriving passengers on different sides of the terminal. This is no longer the case, and the airport now utilizes the typical configuration whereby departing passengers are served on an upper level, accessed via an elevated roadway, while arriving passengers utilize the lower level of the terminal.

Initially, Jacksonville International Airport was slow to expand, only serving two million passengers a year by 1982. However, additional airline service in the late 1980s and early 1990s increased the need for space in the complex. The airport served over five million passengers annually by 1999, and an expansion plan was approved in 2000. The first phase, which included rebuilding the landside terminal, the central square and main concessions area, as well as consolidating the security checkpoints in a single location, and adding more parking capacity was completed in 2004-2005. In 2007, 6,319,016 passengers were processed.

The second phase of the expansion program is being carried out over three years, commencing in mid-2006 and is projected to cost about $170 million. It includes demolishing concourses A and C of the airside terminal (which for the most part are built to late-1960's standards), to be completely replaced with more spacious, modern facilities which will also house more gates. These two new concourses are slated to open in the spring of 2009. Concourse B however, will be rebuilt at a later date. The economic downturn of 2009 resulted in a significant decrease in passengers and flights. The presence of fewer airplanes prompted the JAA to commence the demolition of Concourse B in June, 2009 because it was safer and easier for the contractor. The remains of the structure will eventually become part of an airline club lounge. After the debris was removed, the concrete was reworked to support large aircraft. The concourse itself will be rebuilt when passenger traffic increases, which the JAA projects in 2013. Also included is a further expansion of the parking system and a new automated baggage screening system. Both of the newer concourses house ten gates each and have moving walkways. Future plans call for expanding the newly built concourses by 2020 and possibly adding a people mover system to the airport. Joshua Newsteder, a former U.S. Navy pilot and commercial pilot, is hoping to start a Jacksonville-based airline. The airline would operate 50-seat passenger jets to eight destinations, including Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, beginning in 2010. The Aviation Authority has been talking with airlines for years about direct flights between Jacksonville and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Newsteder's company,City Link Air, would satisfy that goal. However, financial backing for his proposed airline is a daunting challenge in the current economic climate. Jacksonville and Puerto Rico have business ties because Puerto Rico is the main destination for cargo exported through the port of Jacksonville.

In order to accommodate constructing the new airside terminal and apron, most of the western-facing gates in concourses A and C have been permanently closed and their jetways removed.

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