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<br />under IFR and participating VFR <br />aircraft arriving and departing the San <br />Marcos Municipal Airport. <br /> <br />LOCAL AIR <br />TRAFFIC CONTROL <br /> <br />Although San Marcos Municipal Airport <br />is not served by an airport traffic <br />control tower (ATCT), pilots can <br />broadcast their intention and position <br />on the common traffic advisory <br />frequency (CTAF) channel 123.05 Mhz. <br />Although flights originating and ending <br />at San Marcos Municipal Airport <br />operate in Class E airspace, Austin- <br />Bergstrom Airport and San Antonio <br />International are regulated within <br />Class C airspace. Aircraft operating <br />within either Class C airspace are <br />controlled by Austin or San Antonio <br />approach/ departure control. <br /> <br />AREA LAND USE <br />AND ZONING <br /> <br />The San Marcos Municipal Airport <br />consists of 1,356 acres of land. The <br />airport is shown on the City of San <br />Marcos Future Land Use Maps as <br />Public/Institutional zoning. Six to seven <br />hundred acres are leased for <br />agriculture, predominantly corn, cotton, <br />and hay. Another 124 acres of land <br />south of the entry is reserved for non <br />aviation use and has been designated <br />by City ordinance to be a Foreign Trade <br />Zone (FTZ). The FTZ was created to <br />entice industry and trade through duty <br />free trade. Since that time the North <br />American Free Trade Agreement <br />(N AFT A) has lowered tariff barriers <br />with neighboring countries. This may <br /> <br />1-16 <br /> <br />affect the future ability of the FTZ to <br />attract trade. <br /> <br />Although the San Marcos Municipal <br />Airport is located entirely within the <br />corporate limits of San Marcos, other <br />jurisdictions may also be affected by <br />any proposed changes. The airport <br />boundaries lie predominantly within <br />Caldwell County. The northwest area of <br />the airport, acquired to control <br />instrument takeoff and landing fea tures <br />for Runway 12-35, lies within Hays <br />County, as does the City of San Marcos. <br />The small residential community of <br />Reedville is situated directly southeast <br />of the airport and Runway 12. Another <br />small subdivision lies across from the <br />Jobs Corps, south of Arnold Drive. <br /> <br />The Gary Job Corps Center occupies the <br />buildings lying south of the airport <br />property and within the airport <br />environment. It is one of the 110 Job <br />Corps facilities run by the United <br />States Department of Labor, begun in <br />1964 to train and educate "at risk" <br />youth from ages 16 to 24. <br /> <br />Review of existing and future zoning <br />and land use plans indicate that the <br />area surrounding the airport, which is <br />unincorporated, will remain primarily <br />agricultural. <br /> <br />HEIGHT ZONING <br /> <br />Use of the existing properties and <br />planned future uses of land near the <br />San Marcos Airport include height and <br />obstruction considerations. Vernon's <br />Revised Statutes for the State of Texas <br />regarding the use of state funds for <br />airport improvement require establish- <br />