机场作为城市的“名片”,对城市经济和文化的发展具有十分重要的作用。在我国,越来越多的中小城市,尤其是地面交通尚不完善的西部地区,已着手研究修建机场的可行性。据有关部门预测,我国今后五年将修建36个支线机场,到2010年我国机场数量将达到170个左右。在这些支线机场的修建 As the “name card” of the city, the airport plays an important role in the economic and cultural development of the city. In our country, more and more small and medium-sized cities, especially in the western part of China, where the traffic is not perfect, have started to study the feasibility of constructing the airport. According to the prediction of relevant departments, China will build 36 branch airports in the next five years and by 2010 China’s number of airports will reach 170 or so. The construction of these regional airports