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Report by Daniel S. Reimer and John E. Putnam of Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP, published by the Airport Cooperative Research Program, Transportation Research Board, and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Covers airport governance structures in the United States as of 2008, including general-purpose governments (city, county, state) and special-purpose entities (airport authorities, port authorities). Analyzes legal principles under state and federal law affecting airport governance, transfers and delegations of power, privatization, and airport performance metrics. Includes data from ACI-NA 2003 General Information Survey showing 38% of airports owned by cities, 25% by regional/airport authorities, 17% by single counties. Appendices cover operators of 150 commercial service airports, state statutory provisions, case law index, bibliography, and performance data. Cites Surplus Property Act of 1944, FAA NPIAS 2009–2013, and airport authority governance models.