What is the purpose of a GA Reliever Airport?

• A. To relieve the GA traffic from a Commercial Service Airport
• B. To replace all commercial flights
• C. To house maintenance facilities
• D. To handle international flights

Answer: (A)

General Aviation Reliever Airports exist to take on general aviation activity in order to ease congestion at a nearby busy commercial airport. By absorbing private planes, flight schools, and corporate jets that would otherwise compete for the same runway and airspace, they improve safety and efficiency at the primary airport and help keep commercial operations running smoothly. They are not intended to replace scheduled airline service, nor are they primarily for housing maintenance facilities, and handling international flights is not the defining purpose. So the main idea is to relieve GA traffic from a Commercial Service Airport.