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An Ordinance of the City of Laredo Texas, amending Chapter Four "Airport", Article I, "In General", Section 4-1 "Municipal Airport Named As Designated", of the City of Laredo Code Of Ordinances, by properly designating and naming the former Laredo Airforce Base Aeronautical Facility to appropriately reflect its current designation on The National Plan Of Integrated Airport Systems as the "Laredo International Airport; providing for publication; providing for an effective date.
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
August 19, 1975
BACKGROUND
On May 7, 1942, the U.S. Government acquired from the City of Laredo approximately 2,085.43 acres for the construction of Laredo Army Air Corps Base. The main mission of the base was gunnery and gunnery maintenance training. The Government constructed runways and numerous facilities from 1942 to 1974. In 1973, the base was declared "excess" by the General Services Administration, and 1974 it was then finally deactivated in during a period of base closing following the Vietnam War.
After its closing, approximately 309 acres were either deeded or sold to other federal, state, and county agencies or private firms. The remainder of the base was deeded to the City of Laredo by an Indenture Agreement dated February 1975. On August 19, 1975 the Laredo City Council passed an ordinance naming the former Laredo Airforce Base as the "Laredo Municipal Airport".
However, the Airport does not have this name listed on the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). Instead, our local airport is listed as the Laredo International Airport (LRD).
The Airport is recommending to amend the Code of Ordinances of the City of Laredo, Chapter Four "Airport", Article I, "In General", Section 4-1 "Municipal Airport Named As Designated", by properly designating and naming the airport facility to the "Laredo International Airport" in order to remain consistent with its current designation on the National Plan of Integrated Airport ...
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