特朗普总统计划于周三下午在椭圆形办公室宣布对华盛顿杜勒斯国际机场进行220亿美元的大规模改造项目[1][2]。这一改造计划将淘汰使用数十年的19辆人员运输车，代之以新增乘客列车系统、地下行人通道和更多扶梯[1][2]。根据改造方案，现有的4个航站楼将被5个新航站楼替代，新设计采用玻璃和金色装饰元素[2]。特朗普曾表示，杜勒斯机场"不是一个好机场"，其"建筑设计有误"[1]。
该项目由都市华盛顿机场管理局和服务于杜勒斯的航空公司联合融资，预计耗时数年[2]。联合航空处理杜勒斯约70%的客流量，将协助筹资[2]。都市华盛顿机场管理局已于2025年批准该机场70亿美元的独立资本计划[2]。运输部长肖恩·达菲和联合航空首席执行官斯科特·柯比等将参与宣布[1][2]。杜勒斯机场成立于1962年，位于弗吉尼亚州北部，距华盛顿市中心约25英里[1]。2025年该机场创纪录处理2900万乘客，同比增长6.4%[2]。
President Trump is set to announce a $22 billion transformation of Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday afternoon at the White House [1][2]. The project will eliminate the airport's aging "people movers"—19 vehicles that have each carried up to 102 passengers for decades—and replace them with an expanded underground rail system, new underground pedestrian passages, and additional escalators [1][2].
The comprehensive renovation will include five new terminal buildings to replace the existing four, featuring glass and gold design elements including gold-mirrored ceilings [2]. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffey and United Airlines Chief Executive Scott Kirby are among those expected to participate in the announcement [2]. The modernization effort, financed jointly by the airport authority and airlines serving Dulles, represents part of Trump's broader plan to upgrade infrastructure across the Washington region [1].
Dulles, located approximately 25 miles west of Washington in Northern Virginia, has been operating since 1962 [1]. United Airlines handles roughly 70 percent of passenger traffic at the airport, which processed a record 29 million passengers in 2025, representing a 6.4 percent increase from the previous year [2]. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority had already approved a separate $7 billion capital plan for the airport in 2025 [2]. Trump previously criticized the facility, stating it "should be a great airport" but is instead "a bad airport" with flawed architectural design [1][2].