DFW lifts six prefabricated modules into place for its future Terminal F Skylink station

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport has lifted six prefabricated structural modules onto the active Skylink guideway to form the train station that will serve its future Terminal F, the airport said in a release dated 3 November.

The modules, weighing between 210 and 310 tons each, were assembled at ground level, transported and then lifted into position by a heavy-lift crawler crane that arrived in about 60 truckloads and took nearly two weeks to assemble. Each lift took around eight hours and was carried out as a controlled overnight operation. The heaviest module weighs about as much as a fully loaded Boeing 777. The modules will now be structurally connected and integrated into the station.

Terminal F will be DFW's sixth terminal and all of its gates will be used by American Airlines. The first phase is expected to open with 15 gates in 2027, rising eventually to 31. The airport says the project will add international and widebody capacity, with space for ticketing, check-in, security screening and baggage, and that the final layout will include a walking connection to Terminal D. According to DFW, the overnight method avoided the extended Skylink shutdowns that conventional construction would have required.

The release does not give an exact opening date for Terminal F or say which American Airlines flights will move there. Passengers connecting at DFW should keep following the airport's own updates on Skylink service while construction continues.