Airport city

An airport city is the 'inside the fence' airport area of a large airport, including the airport (terminals, apron, and runways) and on-airport businesses such as air cargo, logistics, offices, retail, and hotels. The airport city is at the core of the aerotropolis, a new urban form evolving around many major airports. The concepts of airport cities and aerotropolises are promoted in the works of John D. Kasarda, a professor who is also the CEO of a consulting company associated with these concepts.Düsseldorf AirportCity ProjectThe Zurich AirportCityThe aerotropolis, airport city and airportcorridor An airport city is the 'inside the fence' airport area of a large airport, including the airport (terminals, apron, and runways) and on-airport businesses such as air cargo, logistics, offices, retail, and hotels. The airport city is at the core of the aerotropolis, a new urban form evolving around many major airports. The concepts of airport cities and aerotropolises are promoted in the works of John D. Kasarda, a professor who is also the CEO of a consulting company associated with these concepts. The airport city model considers the idea that an airport can do more than perform its traditional aeronautical services, evolving new non-aeronautical commercial facilities, services and revenue streams. Airports are now routinely targeting non-aeronautical revenue streams amounting to 40–60% of their total revenues. Industry leaders and researchers share best practices on non-aeronautical revenues for airports at conferences and in literature, including refereed literature. With airports typically surrounded by hundreds or even thousands of hectares of undeveloped land that acts as an environmental buffer for nearby residents, the land holdings can present a real estate opportunity. Office blocks, hotels, convention centres, medical facilities, free trade zones and even entertainment and theme parks can be built to generate new sources of revenue for the airport operator and make the airport a business or tourism destination in its own right.