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Continued discussion regarding a new name for the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport.
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Issue/Request:
Continued discussion regarding a new name for the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport.
Background:
A key component of the Lee's Summit Municipal Airport (LXT) Business Plan is strengthening its brand identity. This involves renaming the airport to appeal to and attract both general aviation (GA) and business aviation users.
To date, several discussions have previously taken place regarding the renaming of the Airport. They can be summarized as follows:
· August 7, 2024. Board of Aeronautical Commissioners. Meeting was held to summarize activities to date, and to discuss potential names. The BOAC appeared to hone in on either Lee’s Summit Regional or Greater Kansas City Regional.
· September 24, 2024. Lee’s Summit City Council. The Mayor and City Council directed Staff to draft a Resolution of support for renaming the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport to the Greater Kansas City Regional Airport.
o The Kansas City Mayor objected to the word “greater” in the proposed name and requested Lee’s Summit work with Kansas City to find a more acceptable name.
· October 11, 2024. City of Kansas City. Lee’s Summit and Kansas City Staff met to discuss the proposed name change. Mayor Lucas reemphasized his concern with the term “greater” in the airport name. Mayor Baird assured Mayor Lucas Lee’s Summit Staff will continue to work with our aviation partners and the BOAC in an effort to find an alternate name for our Airport that did not include the term greater.
· October 24, 2024. Kansas City Aviation. Lee’s Summit Staff met with Kansas City Aviation to discuss alternate names and appropriate naming conventions. The term “greater” was not liked as that inferred we served all of the great Kansas City area, which we do not. They did request some qualifier before Kansas City in an effort to differentiate our airport from other airports being managed by Kansas City ...
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