Someone had recently asked me, “How do airports make money?” It is not an easy question to answer considering airports are enormous and have various sources of revenue and many procedures must be in practice to make that happen. The majority of airports are publicly owned and are financed through airport bonds and municipal grants. Airports also lease hangars, buildings, fuel farm facilities, gates, terminal space, and sometimes entire terminals to airlines, FBOs (Fixed Based Operators), freight companies, restaurants/concessions, and other corporate entities which amount to the single largest source of income.

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