Editorial: Since our city's airport is too small to handle increasing air traffic, analysts propose...

A reduction in travelers flying to a city's airport merely to make flight connections does not preclude a significant increase in travelers visiting the city itself.

The number of flights to an airport typically increases as the number of travelers making flight connections increases.

Building a second airport would not benefit the city's economy unless it increased the number of travelers through the city's airport.

If fewer travelers make flight connections through an airport, the number of flights through that airport typically declines.

Some of the cities that, for their size, attract relatively large numbers of visitors have only one airport.