b'24 SAT PARKINGsystem for other transportation modes, new Terminal C is expected to open in the second quarter of 2028 such as cabs and hotel shuttles.at a cost of $1.4 billion.Ryan Rocha, assistant director ofThe limousine solution was eye-opening, Mills Pysher recalls. Operations at SAT, notes that the airportWeve gone from having no technology in our parking system received approval to put the parkingto being light years ahead of everybody else. Our team is really management contract out to bid in 2023.embracing it. It ties into the larger development and modernization Metropolis started operations in June 2024,project. It brings new vision and new energy.and airport guests began using the new drive- RYAN ROCHAin, drive-out technology by mid-November 2024.No More City ManagementNotably, there were no upfront costs to SAT. Metropolis providedCurrently, SAT has two parking garages and three surface lots, and installed new video cameras and new barrier gates, and alsowith a total of 10,000 spaces. Airport officials report that the posted onsite ambassadors and valet staff with tablet computersairport reached 98% capacity in December 2024, and parking was and other handheld equipment. The airport paid an annualessentially sold out over the 2025 Fourth of July weekend. software as a service fee of $565,000, as well as a fee of $282,000With annual passenger traffic reaching approximately 11 million for management of overall parking and ground transportationin 2025, a project was approved to build another garage that will operations (the first year of a 10-year agreement). Both feesadd 2,500 spaces. Slated to be completed in 2027, that project include built-in 3% annual increases. Metropolis also collects a feealso includes a new ground transportation center for shuttle, taxi from customers for each parking transaction it processes.and rideshare services. The transition to a new parking system, which is now completelyRocha reports that parking accounts for 39% of SATs non-managed by Metropolis, coincided with the December 2024aeronautical revenue. The city had long overseen and staffed groundbreaking for a third terminalthe centerpiece of theparking services at the airport, but a desire to shift from a airports 20-year, $2.5 billion strategic development program. Thetraditional ticket-based system to a more modern, touchless Design for the futureTrusted worldwide since 1980IAH Mickey Leland International TerminalHouston, Texas, USA fentress-studios.comJanuary | February 2026AirportImprovement.com'