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Center for Air Commerce

Transforming Airports into Economic Engines

The center helps clients leverage their aviation assets for competitive advantage.  More

Developing Aerotropoli

Center director Jack Kasarda defined the concept and consults on aerotropolis development around the world.  More

Understanding Aerotropolis

This new urban form places airports at the center of cities, with businesses and neighborhoods radiating from them.   More

Creating Economic Growth through Airport and Aviation

The Center for Air Commerce helps airports, communities and governments leverage their aviation assets for competitive advantage.

We offer visioning and strategic planning to transform airports and their surrounding areas into economic engines that create jobs and businesses and improve the quality of life of their communities.

Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next

A new book offers a glimpse at the way we will live in the near future—and the way we will do business, too.

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Global Airport Cities

Airports, like many major transportation interchanges, have long attracted commercial development. This attraction has grown as air passenger and cargo traffic has increased and as cities have continued to expand outward towards, and sometimes around, airports.

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