Originally Posted by
Travelsonic
Except airports are government owned
US airports are (mostly) government owned. Plenty of privately-owned (or publicly traded, as in the case of my home airport AKL) commercial airports in the world.
Originally Posted by
bluenotesro
Thanks for the clarification....I was under the impression some airports were privately owned.
There are privately-owned airports and airstrips in the US, but I don't believe there are any (certainly not many, anyway) that provide scheduled commercial flights with any of the major carriers.