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City Profile

Fort Worth Spinks Airport
Opened in summer of 1988
-- 6,000 ft. runway, 4,000 ft. runway, with ILS
-- FAA flight control tower
-- Fixed Based Operator
-- Serving general and corporate aviation
-- Aircraft maintenance and paint services
-- Flight training
-- Site for hangars available
-- Located at Interstate 35 South Industrial Corridor

Alliance Airport
Opened in winter of 1989
-- 11,000 ft. runway, with Category II/III Instrument Landing System (CAT II/III ILS), and one 11,000 ft. runway with a
RNAV/GPS approach
-- FAA flight control tower
-- Fixed Based Operator
-- 24-hour aviation fuel services
-- Serving general and industrial/manufacturing cargo aviation
-- Nine square miles of airport property available for development
-- Near developing high-tech industrial center
-- Located in Interstate 35 North Corridor, with rail access

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

Under the laws of the State of Texas, municipal employees cannot strike, be forced to join a union, pay dues for
union membership, or collectively bargain for wages, hours or working conditions; however, they may form
associations for the presentation of grievances. State law, however, provides for local referenda on collective
bargaining for police and firefighters. Pursuant to prior elections, police officers have the right to meet and confer
and firefighters have the right to collectively bargain with the city, each group through their own recognized
associations under the State’s laws. Overall, employee relations are considered by the city to be good.

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