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maintenance services, flight training, and a fixed based operator. Spinks has 220 based aircraft and 135 facility leases.
Fiscal Year 2022 saw the completion of 12 box hangers to help alleviate aircraft storage demand in Fort Worth. The
airport has seen a 22% increase in flight operation in the last 5 years. Bypassing DFW Class B airspace and easy access
to I-35W in the I-35 south industrial corridor, Spinks airport is well-positioned to serve south Fort Worth and
surrounding communities.

Perot Field Fort Worth Airport
Opening in 1989, Alliance airport is the world’s first industrial airport and is the centerpiece of a 27,000 acre master-
planned development known as Alliance Texas. Built to primarily accommodate large industrial and cargo operators
it also serves the general aviation community. Owned by the City of Fort Worth and operated under a management
agreement by Alliance Air Services; a subsidiary of Hillwood Development Company, LLC., Alliance boasts two (2)
11,000 foot long runways and sits on 1,200 acres of land. Amenities include a US Customs office, a fixed base
operator, air traffic control tower, and maintenance and repair facilities. The airport is one of the nations’s largest
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inland ports, facilitating the transport of 2.4 billion pounds of air cargo in calendar year 2021, ranking it 20 in the
country in total landed cargo weight, due in large part as a result of two significant sorting and package delivery
service providers, Federal Express and Amazon. Strategically located between I-35W and BNSF railway, Alliance is
poised for growth in the upcoming years.

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. Under 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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