IIn 2016 BAE Systems submitted plans to Barrow Borough Council to redevelop and expand parts of the airport by constructing a new terminal and air traffic control tower, hangar, garage for support vehicles including a fire engine, a new car park and upgraded roadway and an aircraft apron. In the same year Ørsted proposed the construction of a heliport, additional hangar and associated office buildings. The latter however pursued an alternative location off Park Road, Sowerby Woods which now operates under the same airport code as Barrow/Walney Island. BAE completed much of their expansion in 2018 and the new development was officially opened on 3 September 2019 by Rear Admiral Paul Methuen DSMA