[pogo]

FlightCar is a business that uses another entity's property and services without permission and for profit,but without remuneration. This is not at all comparable to a private individual doing a friend a favor for free. I would imagine that the airport would start with a cease-and-desist letter, perhaps along with an offer to come to to some sort of revenue-sharing agreement for continued access. Failing a voluntary resolution, a lawsuit might follow.

To address your last point, let's use another example. Football stadiums are public facilities often owned by local municipalities. But that doesn't mean I can go in and start selling hot dogs.

[toomuchtodo]

But you can deliver hot dogs to stadium patrons on public roadways at the stadium. The airport can C&D all it wants. Fine. Cat and mouse. FlightCar will simply match the letter of the law. Good luck.

Disclaimer: I have had pizza delivered right up to Solider Field in Chicago before a game. Using a public road.

[zanny]

Are the roads inside an airport still public? I imagine they aren't, even the airport is publicly owned, the roads inside the airport complex fall under the airports jurisdiction in the same way a business compounds front gate marks the end of public road presence.

[Patrick_Devine]

The roadways are almost certainly not public. Even if they were, the city could pass an ordinance making this completely illegal, just the same way that it's illegal to scalp a ticket within a certain range of the stadium. If the city/county's revenue stream is on the line you can be sure that it's in their best interest to do that.

[robryan]

Sure, but can the pizza guy come in and sell you pizza in the stadium, then take you off the property to collect?

[covercash]

I think the example would be more along the lines of the stadium wanting a fee from tailgaters cooking hot dogs in the parking lot.