Cincy airport considers tearing down terminals

October 26, 2011 at 10:33a.m.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati’s shrinking main airport is exploring whether to demolish two of its three terminals.

A $31 million renovation at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is putting all its passenger gates into Terminal 3. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the airport in the Kentucky suburbs is paying a consultant $85,000 to study whether the 65-year-old Terminal 1 and the 37-year-old Terminal 2 should be torn down.

Terminal 1 now houses the airport’s administrative offices. Airport CEO Candace McGraw has said that moving them, possibly into Terminal 3, could save $1.5 million in annual operating and maintenance costs for Terminal 1.

The airport now has a lot of empty space because of cutbacks by Delta Air Lines, which has made big cutbacks in its Cincinnati hub.