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City seeks grant for Skylark Field hangars, presents ground lease and electric easement

Killeen City Council · February 17, 2026

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Summary

City staff asked council to authorize documents for a TxDOT-administered FAA Airport Infrastructure Grant request ($178,750) to complete two box hangar units at Skylark Field and presented a negotiated 30-year ground lease with RD Aviation and an easement request from Encore Electric for a 9,000-sq-ft office at the Killeen Regional Airport.

City aviation staff briefed the Killeen City Council on Feb. 17 about three related airport items for Skylark Field and the regional airport.

Jared Provost recommended council authorize the city manager to execute documents for a TxDOT-administered Federal Aviation Administration Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) application seeking $178,750 to complete construction and site improvements for two additional box-hangar units at Skylark Field. Provost said the AIG funding would be combined with aviation CIP funds to finish an existing 10-unit box-hangar complex.

Provost also presented a negotiated ground lease with RD Aviation, the intended tenant, which plans to construct a large hangar on the former terminal site. He described the lease as an initial 30-year term with a phased ground-lease rate schedule (staff reported $0.04 per square foot for the first 36 months, rising to higher rates later with CPI adjustments). RD Aviation is described as a charter operator that will expand charter services at the field.

Finally, staff presented an agreement and easement for Encore Electric Delivery Company LLC to install underground electrical cables, a transformer and meter to power a 9,000-square-foot commercial office building at the regional airport; a facility-extension fee has already been paid by the developer. Staff recommended council authorize the city manager to execute the easement and related documents.

Council did not vote on these items separately in open session at this meeting; several aviation items appeared on the consent agenda that council subsequently approved as a group.