Federal law is quite clear: airports cannot make money," he said to murmurs of disbelief.

The airport has made a new milestone in 2012, registering 51 million passenger movements.

In 2010, the airport made regional news when a pilot, flying at night, hit a deer on takeoff.

The city's two airports have also made the city into one of the most visited weekend destinations in Europe.

"The best airports make people feel like they actually are in that city."

The airport also makes the city a key regional transportation hub.

The airport also made the list of top 10 airports in the world, rated at 9th overall, for the first time in 2012.

They say that the airport, which generates about $300,000 a year in revenue, would make a good industrial site.

He said that most small airports made their money primarily from selling fuel.

The airport made headlines right at the start, chosen as a control point for the first coast-to-coast flight in the fall of 1919.