Pittsburgh's major airport is opening a child care center in a terminal to retain airport employees

• Airports are providing child care for airport employees to keep them in the business.
• Pittsburgh's airport will be the first to offer a childcare center in a terminal, NBC News reported.

As airports try to retain employees, they've turned to providing child care for workers to entice them to stay in the business.

Pittsburgh International Airport joins a growing list of airports working to provide childcare to its employees. Uniquely, PIT is the first to offer childcare services in one of its terminals, NBC News reported.

"This will be so convenient. With the facility right here, we'll be able pop in and check on him, which will give us peace of mind," Trudi Shertzer, an operations duty manager at the airport, told NBC News. Shertzer's husband also works in the airport as a wildlife manager, according to the outlet.

The child care center, which is due to open in August, has 61 spaces available, NBC reported. It's available to the 6,000 employees at the airport, though the 475 airport authority employees will get first dibs, the outlet reported.

Childcare is becoming an increasingly important benefit for airports to offer employees, who often work extended hours. The industry has tried to spruce up benefits as travel demand remains high but airlines continue to struggle with a labor shortage.

"If you want people to work crazy shifts, in the middle of the night, in the middle of the day, you need to be able to accommodate their family life too," Thomas Romig, vice president at airport trade group Airports Council International, previously told Reuters on the topic.

Childcare centers have popped up in California and Arizona airports, according to NBC. Denver International Airport and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport are considering following suit, the outlet reported.