In a message dated 10/2/2003 6:24:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, exatc@xxxxxxxxxx writes: << Putting NIMBY aside. Joint use airports are normally owned and operated by the civilian authority. Military money normally cannot be used for civil aviation purposes and civilian funding would have to be justified on civil aviation traffic count rather than military. >> Well, ATL is the busiest airport in the world, so there could be an arguement made that they could use an Atlanta equivilent of BUR, ONT or LGB