One of the phenoms in the US large metro areas are airports completely
devoted to general aviation, and serving large numbers of corporate and
"executive charter) a/c, many of them small jets. That's where a big chunk
of federal subsidy goes, of little benefit to the traveling public.

There's a substantial benefit to the traveling public. If every GA
flight that landed within 100 miles of LAX would start landing at LAX,
you'd have gridlock at the airport and on the ground (as if they don't
already).

I get really tired of hearing people beat up on the corporate jet
set. These are people who create jobs for the rest of us.