ACI-NA president and CEO, Kevin Burke, outlines the infrastructure development challenges facing US airports over the next five years and beyond.

America’s airports are fundamental components of the nation’s transportation infrastructure and powerful engines for economic development in local communities, generating in excess of $1.4 trillion in annual economic activity and supporting more than 11.5 million jobs.

While passenger traffic through airport facilities continues to grow at a record pace – 1.8 billion passengers and 33.3 million metric tonnes of cargo passed through US airports in 2018 – our outdated aviation infrastructure cannot keep pace with this overwhelming demand and far too many airports around the country are overcrowded and cramped.

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