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An aerotropolis is a metropolis subregion whose infrastructure, land use, and economy are centered on an airport. It fuses the terms "aero-" (aviation) and "metropolis" and is similar to the concept described as an airport city. Like the traditional metropolis made up of a central city core and its outlying commuter-linked Suburb, the aerotropolis consists of 1) the airport's Aeronautics, logistics, and commercial infrastructure forming a multimodal, multifunctional airport city at its core and 2) outlying corridors and clusters of Business and associated residential developments that feed off each other and their accessibility to the airport.Kasarda, John D., 3-D Aerotropolis Schematic with Airport City Center. http://www.aerotropolis.com/files/AerotropolisSchematicWithCore.jpg The word aerotropolis was first used by New York commercial artist Nicholas DeSantis, whose drawing of a skyscraper rooftop airport in the city was presented in the November 1939 issue of Popular Science. The term was repurposed by air commerce researcher John D. Kasarda in 2000 based on his prior research on airport-driven economic development.Kasarda, John D. "Logistics & the Rise of the Aerotropolis". Real Estate Issues, Vol. 25 (Winter 2000/2001): pp. 43–48. (2026). 9780374533519, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. ISBN 9780374533519
The aerotropolis encompasses aviation-dependent businesses and the commercial services that support them and the multitude of air travelers who pass through the airport annually. These businesses include, among others, high-tech and advanced manufacturing, logistics, and e-commerce fulfillment; high-value perishables and biomeds; destination retail, , entertainment, and medical/wellness complexes; hotels; conference, trade, and exhibition centers; and offices for Businessperson who travel frequently by air or engage in global commerce. Business park, logistics parks, R&D parks, time-critical distribution centers, and information technology complexes as well as hotel, conference, and entertainment venues are most frequently visible around major new airports on Metropolis peripheries where there is sufficient land and along the transportation corridors radiating from them. As increasing numbers of aviation-oriented firms and commercial service providers cluster around and outward from Airport, the aerotropolis is becoming a major urban destination where air travelers and locals alike work, shop, meet, exchange knowledge, conduct business, eat, sleep, and are entertained, often without going more than 15 minutes from the airport."About the Aerotropolis," http://www.aerotropolis.com/airportCities/about-the-aerotropolis The outcome is a new form of transit-oriented development centered on Runway and along their connecting surface transportation arteries.
The aerotropolis is more, though, than clusters and corridors of airport-linked commercial, industrial, and logistics facilities. It also consists of living Urban area that must be planned and designed as appealing environmental and social realms.
Some aerotropolises have arisen spontaneously, responding to organic market forces with a lack of Urban planning, contributing to sprawl while creating highway congestion, pollution, and other negative externalities. Applying principles of Smart city urban growth and sustainability are essential to the formation of a successful aerotropolis,Freestone, R. (2009). Planning, Sustainability and Airport-Led Urban Development. International Planning Studies, 14(2), 161-176. as is stakeholder alignment. Governance entities aligning airport management, airport-surrounding Community, and city and regional officials with local business and economic development leaders should implement aerotropolis planning to achieve greater economic efficiencies along with more attractive and sustainable development. (2026). 9781783506392, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781783506392
Social critics argue that the aerotropolis favors the interests of business over that of people and that its mixed-use commercial/residential developments typically lack urban ambience. Some have questioned why people would ever want to live next to an airport, given aircraft noise. Still, others claim that while there are cases where the aerotropolis concept has worked well (e.g., Amsterdam Schiphol and Dallas-Fort Worth airport areas), it has often failed to live up to expectations when applied elsewhere.
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