Commercial Service Airports
serve the big national and international airlines. Planes from all over the world take off and land there

General Aviation Airports

are smaller airports that handle private, business and charter planes as well as planes that carry people to and from bigger airports.

Military Airports

are operated by the army and sometimes share space with other airports.



Heathrow Airport, London, U.K.
Image :  Kenneth Iwelumo (GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2),
via Wikimedia Commons

American military airport on the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean

Image: United States Air Force, Public domain,
via Wikimedia Commons



Words

  • charter = planes that travel for certain groups of people at certain times
  • handle = deal with
  • serve = to provide a place or area with something that is useful
  • share = use together