If county commissioners want to use airport revenues to promote Mega-SuperAdventureland, a new amusement park next to the airport, what should you tell them?

• A. Airport revenue can be used to promote the airport as a path to the destination but not directly to promote the amusement park
• B. Airport revenues may be used to promote the amusement park directly
• C. Airport revenue must be used only for debt service
• D. Airport revenue cannot be used for any marketing purposes

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that airport revenues are restricted to supporting the airport’s operations and functions related to aviation, not to promote unrelated businesses. Advertising that directly promotes a non-aviation venture isn’t allowed. You can frame marketing around the airport as a gateway to travel and to reach destinations (like Mega-SuperAdventureland) in a way that supports aviation and local travel, but you can’t use the funds to directly market the amusement park itself. So telling them to promote the airport as a path to the destination, rather than directly promoting the park, aligns with these restrictions. Using funds for direct amusement-park promotion, debt service only, or marketing of non-airport activities would be inappropriate.