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Enterprise Funds Municipal Airports

Fort Worth Spinks Airport – Located 14 miles south of downtown Fort Worth, was originally established in the
early 1960s as Oak Grove Airport and remained active until the passing of its owner and founder Maurice "Pappy"
Spinks. In 1988, a ceremony was held closing Oak Grove and activating Spinks Airport, just adjacent to the west
and named in his honor. Spinks is the newest of the three Fort Worth Airports and covers an area of just over 800
acres.

Spinks provides two runways - one asphalt surface and the other a turf surface. Its single FBO occupies a 7,400
square foot terminal building and provides fueling, aircraft storage and concierge services for aircraft operators.
Currently, it has over 60 hangar facilities which house over 240 based aircraft. Other on-sight businesses at
Spinks include aviation maintenance and paint facilities, hangar storage, fueling, and flight training. In 2023 the
Aviation Department completed the construction of 12 additional box hangars expanding aircraft storage capacity.
Perot Field – Established in 1989, Perot Field holds the distinction of being the world's first industrial airport and is
the centerpiece of a 27,000-acre master-planned development known as Alliance,Texas. Perot Field was built to
house large industrial and cargo operators and potentially scheduled passenger service in the future. The airport
is owned by the City of Fort Worth and operated by a Management Agreement with privately held Alliance Air/
Aviation Services, a subsidiary of Hillwood Development Company, LLC. The airport features a vast array of flight
services, including general aviation, industrial/air cargo, and military aviation. The airport maintains a U.S.
Customs and Border Protection office for the convenience of its on-sight businesses and users. The airport is
nearly 1,200 acres and offers two parallel 11,000 feet long concrete runways.

In addition to general aviation services, Perot Field serves as the southwest regional hub for FedEx Express and
Amazon Prime Air, which are the principal anchor tenants. Other major tenants include Burlington Northern Santa
Fe (BNSF) Railway, Tarrant County College Northwest Center of Excellence, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Maintenance facility. Alliance
Air/Aviation Services serves as the only FBO at the airport and provides over 20,000 square feet of customer
service areas/office space, multiple community hangars, fuel, and based aircraft.

FY2025 DISCUSSION AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
The Recommended Budget:

• Increases by $1,310,360 in Contribution to Fund Bal/Net Position.
• Increases by $327,362 in General Operating & Maintenance for costs associated with IT System Support,
Fleet Service Admin Charge, Network Services and IT Services allocation costs.
• Increases by $146,475 in salary and benefits for previously approved costs associated with pay for
performance and rising health care costs.
• Increases by $90,504 in contractual commitments due to inflationary and growth factors.
• Decreases by ($26,536) in General Operating & Maintenance for electricity and other utility costs.
• Decreases by ($354,304) in salary and benefits due to pay adjustments and increased budgeted vacancy
rates that produced salary savings.
• Decrease by ($2,618,677) in Capital Interfund Transfer Out for Capital Improvement Projects.

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