I know this is a old post but I'm wondering what does the faa and FCC consider a "public airport" is it a commercial airport or a airport that anyone can fly in and out of and now um now tying to be a smart a$$ because to me a public airport would be a airport owned by a public place like a city or county or state and is used for commercial use a private airport would be one that is owned by the city or private person and only used upon request for a certain type of aircraft like smaller planes and not commercial like 747 I may be wrong. Hope some one can help me out