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The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is an independent airport authority, created by the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, and the District of Columbia with the consent of the United States Congress to oversee management, operations, and capital development of the two major airports serving the capital: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. The Authority, which is an independent public body corporate and politic,〔VA Code § 5.1-153.〕 leases the airports from the United States Department of Transportation. The U.S. government originally built the airports and continues to own the underlying airport property except for property acquired by MWAA subsequent to the lease. The Authority has its headquarters on the grounds of Reagan National Airport in Arlington County, Virginia.〔"(Contacting the Airports Authority )." Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Retrieved on March 2, 2010.〕 Though commonly considered one of Washington's three major airports, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is not part of MWAA but is owned by the State of Maryland, operated through the Maryland Aviation Administration, which purchased then "Friendship Airport" from the City of Baltimore in 1972. == History == The Authority was created by the Commonwealth of Virginia (1985 Acts of Assembly, Ch 598, as amended) and the District of Columbia (Regional Airports Authority Act of 1985, as amended). On June 7, 1987, Washington Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (formerly known as Washington National Airport) were transferred to MWAA under a 50‑year lease authorized by the U.S. Congress in the Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986, Title VI of Public Law 99‑500. Prior to the transfer, the airports were owned and operated by the federal government through the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States Department of Transportation. By operation of the transfer act, all property owned by the FAA at the airports was transferred to the new Authority, with the Federal government retaining title to the lease. The original 50‑year lease has been extended to 80 years, expiring in June 2067. Information about MWAA and the airports is available at (MWAA's official website ). MWAA was a founding member of the Capital-to-Capital Coalition, the group which successfully advocated for the awarding the right to operate a non-stop flight between Beijing, China, and Washington, D.C.〔http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5753492/Capital-to-Capital-Coalition-Launches.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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