What is the head of an airport called?

The Airport Chief Operating Officer is a single position class which has broad authority for directing and coordinating the daily activities of operations, maintenance, safety, and security through subordinate managers.



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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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Civil aviation is a reserved matter and all UK airports and airlines are regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

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Who owns the airports? Since the British Airport Authority (BAA) was privatised in 1986, the state does not own any of the airports in the UK. Heathrow is now owned and run by Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited (formerly BAA), which is in turn owned by FGP Topco Limited, a consortium led by Ferrovial SA of Spain.

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Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport remains the busiest airport in the world with 5.2 million seats in September 2023. The composition of the Global Top 10 Busiest Airports is also the same as last month but there are a few changes to the rankings.

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