Established as a municipal corporation by the General Assembly in 1962, the Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA) owns, develops and operates six airports in the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The IAA is governed by a board of eleven voting members appointed by the mayor of Indianapolis, president of the Indianapolis City-County Council and officials from Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks and Morgan counties. IAA is at the crossroads of commerce and community. On an average day, 10,170 people are starting their work day onsite at IND and 22,600 area jobs have a connection to IND, injecting a $2 billion payroll into the economy each year. IND makes an impressive $5.4 billion total annual economic impact.