Airport Customer Facility Charges: Analysis of Laws, Regulations, and Case Law
Customer facility charges (CFCs) are imposed by airport proprietors on customers of rental car companies
at airports to pay for capital and operating costs of rental car facilities. CFCs have relatively
little federal regulatory oversight, and most are implemented through local municipal acts and/or
contractual arrangements. Recently, challenges to the imposition and use of CFCs and other airport
fees and charges have been mounted in several states.
ACRP Legal Research Digest 45: Airport Customer Facility Charges: Analysis of Laws, Regulations, and Case Law,
from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, examines legal issues arising under state and federal
law from the imposition and use of CFCs. The digest includes an inventory of state-level authorizing legislation
in jurisdictions that regulate CFCs. Judicial decisions regarding the collection and use of CFCs and
related issues are also analyzed.
This Summary Last Modified On: 5/12/2023