What is an example of a regional airport?

Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, Japan is named the World's Best Regional Airport for 2023, ahead of Dusseldorf Airport and Haikou Meilan Airport. For the awards process, a regional airport is one that predominantly serves domestic or regional international flights.



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Regional airports support regional economies by connecting communities to statewide and interstate markets. Local airports provide access to intrastate and interstate markets. Basic airports link communities to the national airport system and support general aviation activities.

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“The USP of a regional airport is that it offers people the opportunity to travel in a far more straightforward way,” says Andrew Bell. “If you live locally, you can travel to a whole range of destinations with a far shorter and more comfortable journey than through a bigger airport.

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Airports are locally owned and operated. All but one U.S. commercial airport are owned and operated by public entities, including local, regional or state authorities with the power to issue bonds to finance some of their capital needs.

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A regional flight is a that tends to stay around a focus city or region. For example, a regional flight in the US would be a flight that departs from Chicago, Illinois and arrives at a destination within Illinois' or one of its surrounding states.

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