Anchorage’s City-Owned Airport Looks to Raise Rates Despite User Discontent

Sweeping rate and fee increases may soon hit Anchorage’s bustling Merrill Field airport, which city officials say helps keep the airport afloat but some businesses and pilots see as unfair.

The nearly 90-year-old city-owned airport sits east of downtown, surrounded by neighborhoods and city streets. For about four years, the airport has been spending more than it’s making in order to finish federally-subsidized airport upgrade projects, officials say. A savings account from a land exchange has dried up.

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