Passenger Terminal Today
Elizabeth Baker
17 October 2024
Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has begun the process of relocating all nine segments of the Midfield Satellite Concourse (MSC) South project from the offsite construction location to the airfield at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Upon the project’s completion, MSC South will serve as an extension of the West Gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal, offering approximately 13,500m2 of space and eight gates for narrowbody aircraft.
This relocation began as the airport marked the successful delivery of the project’s third segment to the project site, which is located south of the West Gates at Tom Bradley International Terminal.
The MSC South project is being built using a technique called offsite construction and relocation (OCR), which enables segments of a project to be constructed at a different location before being transported to the final site for installation. Construction of the segments began earlier in 2024 just north of LAX’s northern runways and outside of the airfield operations area, allowing for an unprecedented level of operational flexibility and workforce inclusion, with minimal impacts on airport operations.
