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Airport Development and Financing

It takes 15-20 years to plan and build a major new airport.
Airports are paid for by the airlines, airport businesses (car rental companies, restaurants, retail shops) and air travelers. No local tax dollars are used to finance airport operations, improvements or construction.
Operations at Lindbergh Field are self-financed through airline landing fees, terminal rental charges (e.g. for ticket counters or gates), and fees paid to the airport by airport businesses.
Most airport improvement and construction projects are funded from a combination of airport revenues, federally authorized “Passenger Facilities Charges” (currently set at a maximum of $4.50) added to the price of tickets, and federal taxes on airline tickets and aviation fuel.
Access to the airport (roads, rail links, tunnels) is paid for by the airlines when these routes are built for the exclusive purpose of serving the airport. Infrastructure that is not exclusively developed to serve the airport (freeway widening, extra stops on existing rail lines) is paid for with state and local tax dollars.