(a) The authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, equip, construct, improve, maintain and operate a public airport within the county, with all usual and convenient appurtenances and facilities pertaining thereto, including, but not limited to, an industrial park and a waterworks or sewerage system or a combined waterworks and sewerage system, and said airport shall be for the convenience and accommodation of the inhabitants of the county and the public generally.
(b) A county airport authority is hereby given power and authority as follows:
(1) To make and adopt all necessary bylaws, rules and regulations for its organization and operations not inconsistent with law;