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6/24/75 AC 150/5300-4B • CHAPTER 13. OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND ADMINISTRATION 68. WHO WILL OPERATE THE AIRPORT? a. The airport is the airways entrance to the community it serves. To function properly it should be attractively maintained and should offer prompt and efficient services to those who use it. The longest and safest runway in the world will not consistently attract trade and commerce unless adequate arrangements have been made to provide: (1) Essential supporting services to visiting aircraft (fuel, loading facilities, storage, and minor flight line repair). (2) Basic conveniences to those who fly (waiting rooms, rest rooms, ground transportation, snack or dining facilities, telephones, auto parking). Flight services to meet local demand (air taxi, charter flights, aircraft and parts sales, aircraft and engine repair, flight training, etc.). These are proprietary functions and can best be performed by private enterprise. b. At a publicly owned airport the responsibility for maintaining and operating the landing area and other common use facilities is a public rather than a proprietary function. The relationships estab- lished between the owning public agency and those private enter- prises which may be authorized to offer commodities and services are very important and should be carefully considered. (Where Federal funds have been provided for airport development the public agency will have become obligated by contract with the Federal Government to continuously observe certain terms and conditions in its administration of the airport.) The public owner should retain sufficient control of the airport to insure that it can continue to meet its operating responsibilities. c. Where the level of activity (and associated revenues) justify it, the employment of a full-time professional airport manager is highly desirable. Such a manager should be a salaried employee of the public agency, should not have any personal interest in any of the proprietary activities conducted at the airport, and should be given the authority as well as the responsibility to direct the efficient operation and maintenance of all airport facilities. d. At most of the smaller publicly owned utility airports it may not be feasible or practical to retain the full -times services of an airport manager. In such instances, it is highly important to Chap 13 Par 68 (3) Page 79