Inconsistent or conflicting guidance from government agencies presented airports with their greatest challenges in implementing health protocols to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey of U.S. airport representatives.1
Representatives of 127 commercial service airports of all sizes in the United States participated in the survey, administered for the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP), and 91 respondents answered questions about pandemic-related challenges. (A commercial service airport is a publicly owned airport with scheduled service and at least 2,500 enplanements a year.)
The goal of the survey was to identify lessons learned by airports about how best to respond to a pandemic and protect workers and passengers from the illness.
“Prior to 2020, commercial service airports in the United States had limited experience preparing for or responding to communicable disease outbreaks,” said the report on the survey, pub…
