A.R.S. § 28-8418: Airport construction and operation; charge

A. The governing body of a city or town or the board of supervisors of a county that has established an airport and that has acquired, leased or set apart real property for an airport may either:

1. Construct, improve, equip, maintain and operate it.

2. Vest jurisdiction for the construction, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation of the airport in a suitable officer, board or body of the city, town or county.

B. Expenses of construction, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation are a city, town or county charge.

C. A city, town or county to which this article applies may annually appropriate and cause to be raised by taxation monies sufficient to carry out this article.