You see commuter airports all the time on the Internet, so what is a commuter airport?
Commuter airlines originated in the United States, it is specifically for the convenience of the villages and towns and rural communities, mining and other residents’ travel and economic intercourse way of air transport, its characteristic is to use the 30 or so small plane high frequency in the form of regular or irregular flights a round-trip flight group within 400 kilometers from the airport and main branch or part of the airport,
Commuter airlines are the feeder of regional airlines.
Commuter airports are designed for commuter airlines, with less demanding airports and short runways.
The characteristics of commuter airport: 1. The civil aviation transportation closest to the passenger source.
Commuter airports serve a very targeted target, from a large village to a small community of residents, factories and enterprises.
This kind of “zero distance” with the tourist source is impossible to achieve in trunk and branch lines.
2. The most economical way to travel in special areas.
Commuter airports ensure travel in large, sparsely populated areas with harsh natural environments.
3, commuter airport facilities are simple.
In order to reduce the cost of flying, commuter airlines tend to use small propeller aircraft, such as SAAB340, BEECH, AN24, Xinzhou 60 and so on.
These small aircraft require relatively simple airport facilities and can take off and land from a class 2B runway.
4, commuter airport operation and maintenance cost is low.
Because commuter airports are small and don’t have a lot of traffic, the staff can be very specialized.
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