Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

Over our 30-year history, we have been retained on a total of 28 different projects at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Our recent efforts include:

• The new, $850 million DFW Skylink system that interconnects between all five terminal buildings, including the new international terminal; and
   
• Developing alternatives for connecting DFW to the Dallas/Fort Worth regional rail system.

The new Skylink system is the largest APM system in any airport in the world. Lea+Elliott developed the concept for this new APM, and we advised DFW on all phases of this enormous project. This APM project required the construction of almost five miles of new dual-lane guideway, a new maintenance complex, the purchase of 64 new vehicles (Phase 1), and automated control equipment for operating the trains. The elevated, fully automated train system provides two independently operating loops, one traveling clockwise, the other counter-clockwise. Each travel direction has an initial capacity of 5,000 passengers per hour, expandable to an ultimate capacity of at least 8,500. This is the first application of the new Bombardier Innovia APM system.

Located midway between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, DFW is ideally located for connecting to the regional rail network. Lea+Elliott developed conceptual design of rail access alternatives including light rail and commuter rail alignment through the terminal area, alternative rail station locations, and integrated APM/rail interface station. The work resulted in selection of a rail interface station location and inclusion of provisions for a future APM/rail interface station in the APM project.

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