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Cleburne airport manager proposes higher lease, tie-down and hangar rates to align with market
Summary
Cleburne’s airport manager proposed updating ground-lease, parking and hangar fees to align with the regional market and federal grant-assurance requirements, including a proposed small-hangar rent increase to $325 per month.
Cleburne’s airport manager on Sept. 23 asked the council for direction on updating airport rates and charges to better match the regional market and federal grant-assurance requirements.
Manager Clinton Tuggle said ramp and tie-down fees and many hangar rates have not kept pace with inflation or regional comparables. To improve competitiveness and move toward financial self-sufficiency (and to meet federal grant assurances), staff proposed several changes for discussion: standardizing ground-lease rates for new or amended leases at $0.25 per square foot; adopting a weight-based transient parking fee structure (proposed $10 per day for aircraft under 12,500 pounds; $30 per day for 12,501–40,000 lb; $40 per day for aircraft above 40,000 lb, with correspondingly higher month-to-month rates); and increasing month-to-month hangar rents from $280 to $325 for small hangars and from $300 to $350 for larger hangars, roughly a 15% raise that would still leave Cleburne below regional averages.
Tuggle said month-to-month tie-downs number about 60 (T-hangars and box hangars) and the airport maintains a hangar waiting list of more than 100 applicants. He said long-term ground leases typically include CPI adjustments; the presented month-to-month changes do not add CPI clauses to those short-term agreements. Staff suggested reviewing rates internally every two years.
Tuggle described the proposal as discussion-only and said staff would return with formal ordinance or city-code changes for council adoption if directed. Council members asked about CPI adjustments, the share of month-to-month versus long-term leases, regional comparables (ground-lease rates in the region generally run about $0.31–$0.50 per square foot), and a recommended biennial review cadence.
No formal action was taken on Sept. 23; staff said they could implement changes as early as Jan. 1 if council directs adoption at a future meeting after additional review and notice to tenants.
