Birmingham Airport Authority celebrates new Air Cargo Facility

During a community celebration today, the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport cut the ribbon on a new 53,000- square-foot facility that will soon be buzzing with life. The opening of this building will bring new business and opportunity to the airport.

Keep reading to learn more about this new facility at BHM!

Bringing concept to reality

In 2022, the board took a bold step of moving forward with the cargo facility’s design.

In February 2023, the Birmingham Airport Authority (BAA) announced a new partnership with global logistics company, Kuehne + Nagel, who flew to the facility from Stuttgart, Germany.

Now that the project is completed, Kuehne + Nagel is leasing the facility from the airport and will begin to move their customer cargo through the building.

“This facility is the result of a lot of hard work and a strong belief that Birmingham should play a key role in moving cargo in the Southeast. The Board believed in this project and our team worked all the channels simultaneously to make it happen.”

Ronald F. Mathieu, President + CEO, BAA, in a recent press release

This partnership at BHM signals a growing trend of using secondary markets to move air cargo in the United States.

Facility features

The total cost of the new facility, including design, was approximately $31 million.

The facility was designed by CHA Consulting, while the general contractor on the project was Stone Building Company, based in Vestavia Hills.

The new building features include:

• 53,000 square feet (48,500 being warehouse space)
• 17 bays in the loading docks
• 5 airside bay doors + 4 rollup doors
• Office space with confrence rooms, restrooms + breakrooms

What do you think of this new Air Cargo Facility? Tag us @bhamnow to let us know!