Airports may also appear under this subcategory, including air traffic control and refuelling operations for international airports through to smaller domestic exposures.

In the United States commercial airports are generally operated directly by government entities or government-created airport authorities ( also known as port authorities ), such as the Los Angeles World Airports authority that oversees several airports in the Greater Los Angeles area, including Los Angeles International Airport.

The airport, also known as Holman Field, is a reliever airport run by the Metropolitan Airports Commission.

Airports within the European Union ( EU ) also have a Blue Channel.

The airport is operated by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, which also handles operation of six smaller airports in the region.

The airport is owned and operated by the Airports Company South Africa which also operates nine other airports around South Africa.

Airports also charge landing fees to airlines in order to cover costs, particularly airport security.

The airport is also active in affairs of the Airports Council International, hosting the industry organisation's Legal Affairs Committee annual meeting in 2005.

The State Airports Act 2004 also established new airport authorities at Shannon and Cork Airports.

The name of Aer Rianta was changed to the Dublin Airport Authority ( DAA ) under the State Airports Act 2004, which also created the Cork Airport Authority and the Shannon Airport Authority.

The pilots tried to turn around, asking the Las Americas Airport control tower for clearance for an emergency landing, but, during the turn, the number 1 ( left ) engine also lost power, and, because the aircraft was in a turning motion when the left engine failed, the jet plunged into the sea, in what has been the only jet airliner tragedy to date for either Las Americas or Luis Muñoz Marín International Airports.

Airports are also maintained at Comodoro Rivadavia, Rawson and Esquel.

There is also a large stretch of land belonging to the Airports Authority of India in Dahisar ( East ) lying close to the nearby residential area of NL Complex and Ketkipada.

The Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission ( MAC ) is the owner and operator of Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minnesota as well as six other reliever airports in the Twin Cities region, which primarily provide service to private individuals and businesses, but also have regional transportation service.

In 1998, the airport was privatized, and is now owned jointly by Launceston City Council and Australia Pacific Airports Corporation Limited, which also owns Melbourne Airport.

LAWA is a branch of the city of Los Angeles, also known as the Department of Airports, and is governed by a seven-member airport commissioners board.

People movers using Innovia APM 100 cars can also be found at Tampa, Denver, Atlanta, Seattle-Tacoma, Houston, and Madrid International Airports.

Carr is also a board member on the Canada West Foundation, and the Winnipeg Airports Authority, and well as vice-president of the Performing Arts Consortium of Winnipeg, and a director of the Manitoba Arts Stabilization Fund.

Peel Airports also owns and manages Liverpool John Lennon Airport and the former Sheffield City Airport ( which closed in April 2008 ).

MBJ Airports Limited also commissioned a new customs hall, arrivals lobby and transportation center in March 2007.

The N112 was also built as an airport shuttle bus with Van Hool Alizee coach body and DAF Variomatic transmission, and in this form Capital Coaches of West Drayton ordered 23 on behalf of the British Airports Authority ( BAA ) at Heathrow in 1987, while Terminus Securities Ltd took one in 1988 for work at Gatwick.

Services from the station also call at two Airports ; Luton Airport Parkway to the north and Gatwick Airport to the South of London.

In addition the Iran Airports Holding Company also has its head office at Mehrabad Airport, by Terminal 2.

The British Airports Authority ( BAA ) took control of the airport in 1975 and when BAA was privatised in the 1980s, Glasgow Airport began to offer flights to other places around the world, flights which previously were facilitated by Glasgow Prestwick Airport, which was subsequently relegated as the city's secondary airport catering for low cost airlines and charter operators.

Airports with paved runways ( 2004 est.

Airports with unpaved runways ( 2004 est.

Airports — with paved runways:

Airports — with unpaved runways:

Of the 9 Airports with paved runways, 2 with paved strips from 2, 438 to 3, 047 m: Diori Hamani International Airport and Mano Dayak International Airport.

Airports – with paved runways:

Airports – with unpaved runways:

Airports and seaports have been built within the last 30 years with the addition of foreign and domestic funding.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority ( MWAA ) began a renovation program for the airport including a new security mezzanine with more room for lines.

Airports with civil service

* Airports with runways over 3, 047 m: 7

* Airports with runways from 2, 438 to 3, 047 m: 4

* Airports with runways from 1, 524 to 2, 437 m: 14

* Airports with runways from 914 to 1, 523 m: 3

Airports with paved runways:

Airports with unpaved runways:

So under a joint use agreement with the military, the Los Angeles Department of Airports, now called Los Angeles World Airports, built a 9, 000 square foot ( 800 m² ) terminal on leased land that opened in 1971, creating present day LA / Palmdale Regional Airport which the City of Palmdale has taken control of in an effort to establish reliable air service in the region.

Airports with scheduled commercial airline service for the area, located in Houston, are William P. Hobby Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Airports on both sides saw ceremonial displays on the arrival of the first passengers, with dancing lions and dragons, and officials making speeches.

Airports with one runway are often constructed to be aligned with the prevailing wind.

In 1987, Congress, through legislation, transferred control of the airport from the FAA to the new Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority with the Authority's decisions being subject to a Congressional review panel.