The airports that receive tax subsidies (FAA, state and/or local) are, by
are large, still open. Without the tax subsidies, the charges
necessary
to operate a private plane would be beyond many pilots' ability to
pay.

Gee, good thing RI subsidizes the Block Island State Airport which you
flew into today with your pal, otherwise you'd have been on the BI
ferry... which is probably also subsidized. Not such a bad thing now is
it?