NAICS488112022 editionNAICS industry

Airport Operations

Industry covering airport operations.

Proposed 2027 revision

Not final

The ECPC recommends changing the title to Airport and Spaceport Operations and clarifying where commercial spaceports are classified.

ECPC proposed target

48811Airport and Spaceport Operations

CodeAtlas continues to treat NAICS 2022 as the current edition. OMB states that final 2027 changes resulting from the July 13, 2026 notice will be published in the Federal Register.

View 2022 → 2027 proposal crosswalk Official OMB notice

Classification summary

Industry covering airport operations.

Taxonomy: NAICS
Slug: 48811
Primary use: Providing support services for transportation and freight movement.

Codes under or around this group

4881

Support Activities for Air Transportation

Open

48819

Other Support Activities for Air Transportation

Open

488111

Air Traffic Control

Open

488119

Other Airport Operations

Open

Official source

U.S. Census Bureau NAICS 48811 page

Official Census NAICS lookup remains the anchor source for classification wording and verification.