With walls of buff concrete and rose brick chosen to match the color of the surrounding soil, the Midland International Airport terminal has a roof composed of two half circles, which rest on grandly scaled triangular tube trusses and are offset one above the other to create a terminal-long skylight. The entrance, fronted by a small garden and a free standing canopy, is framed by red brick towers that lean outward as they rise, providing a visual thrust that matches the gestural quality of the roof. Inside, the ground-floor walls are lined in polished travertine and red marble, recalling the geological strata of the Permian Basin. In 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration approved a commercial space launch site license, with the spaceport hoping to attract businesses related to space travel and support.