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IN SUPPORT OF AN INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM FOR
FORT WORTH MEACHAM AIRPORT RUNWAY 34R
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WHEREAS, Fort Worth Meacham Airport was the sixth busiest airport in the
United States in 1989 based on number of operations/takeoffs and
landings, and
WHEREAS, the addition of Fort Worth Alliance Airport and Fort Worth Spinks
Airport will soon dramatically increase the air traffic in the
western half of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and
WHEREAS, in May, 1991, the Page Avjet modification and maintenance facility on
Fort Worth Meacham Airport began servicing Boeing 747's and other air
carrier type aircraft, and
WHEREAS, an Instrument Landing System (ILS) to Runway 34R would enhance safety
since Fort Worth Meacham Airport does not have a precision approach
to Runway 34R that could be used during times of low visibility and
ceiling with a northerly flow of instrument approaches, possibly
resulting in a lack of flow compatibility with approaches in use at
Fort Worth Alliance Airport, and
WHEREAS, the FAA 1) has determined that Fort Worth Meacham Airport qualifies
for an ILS to Runway 34R, based on extraordinary justification
(environmental and safety); 2) would install this ILS under their
Facilities and Equipment program, whereby this $1 million plus system
would be 100% FAA funded and maintained; but 3) FAA has not, however,
budgeted this ILS until 1994, meaning the ILS would not be installed
until 1996 or 1997, and
WHEREAS, the Airport and Airways Trust Fund, through aviation excise taxes,
has over $7 billion in it to finance airport and airway development
programs such as this ILS.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Fort
Worth, Texas, That the City of fort Worth, Texas
1. Respectfully requests the Congress of the United States and the Federal
Aviation Administration to approve the ILS to Runway 34R in the FAA's 1993
budget appropriation moving it up from the 1994 budget, and
2. That this resolution be provided to the Federal Aviation Administration
Administrator, Admiral James B. Busey IV; all elected federal officials
representing Fort Worth; and, all members of the U.S. House and Senate
transportation and aviation committees.
APPRDVED BY
Adopted this ~~~{,~ day of November, 1991 ~~~ COUNCIL
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