Airline, Texas
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The Airline Improvement District is a management district in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 Harris County
Harris County, Texas
As of the 2010 Census, the population of the county was 4,092,459, White Americans made up 56.6% of Harris County's population; non-Hispanic whites represented 33.0% of the population. Black Americans made up 18.9% of the population. Native Americans made up 0.7% of Harris County's population...

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Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

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During the 79th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, Texas House of Representatives
Texas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. The House is composed of 150 members elected from single-member districts across the state. The average district has about 150,000 people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits...

 member Kevin Bailey authored Bill #1458, which authorized the creation of the Airline Improvement District. The bill, sponsored by Texas Senate
Texas Senate
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing 31 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 672,000 per constituency. There are no term limits, and each term is four years long. The Senate meets at the...

 member Mario Gallegos, was signed into law. The district was created on June 17, 2005.

In 2009, 40,000 people per weekend arrive to the area to visit flea market
Flea market
A flea market or swap meet is a type of bazaar where inexpensive or secondhand goods are sold or bartered. It may be indoors, such as in a warehouse or school gymnasium; or it may be outdoors, such as in a field or under a tent...

s along Airline Drive.

County government

The Airline Management District is served by Harris County Sheriff's Office
Harris County Sheriff's Office
The Harris County Sheriff's Office is a local law enforcement agency serving the over three million citizens of Harris County, Texas, United States. It is headquartered in the 1200 Jail in Downtown Houston.As of the 2000 U.S...

 District II Patrol, headquartered from the Humble Substation at 7900 Will Clayton Parkway in Humble
Humble, Texas
Humble is a city in Harris County, Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area.As of the 2000 census, the city population was 14,579. The city shares a zip code with the small Houston neighborhood of Bordersville, although people who live in Bordersville still have Humble...

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Transportation

In 2009 the Airline Improvement District planned to spend $2.9 million on improvements to pedestrian infrastructure to make it easier for pedestrians to walk to and from places in the area.

Primary and secondary schools

Some portions of the district are within the Aldine Independent School District
Aldine Independent School District
Aldine Independent School District is a school district based in an unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. It serves portions of Houston and unincorporated Harris County. AISD is part of the taxation base for the Lone Star College System. Dr...

, while some portions of the district are within the Houston Independent School District
Houston Independent School District
The Houston Independent School District is the largest public school system in Texas and the seventh-largest in the United States. Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and insular municipalities...

 (HISD). Three Aldine ISD educational facilities, Stehlik Intermediate School, Carroll Academy, and Keeble EC/PK & Head Start Center, are within the district.

Elementary schools covering sections of the Aldine ISD portion of the management district include Carroll Academy, Bussey, Odom, Thompson. Intermediate schools covering sections of the Aldine ISD portion of the management district include Stehlik, Eckert, and Reed Academy.

Middle schools covering sections of the Aldine ISD portion of the management district include Aldine, Grantham Academy, and Stovall. Almost all of the Aldine ISD portion is zoned to Aldine High School
Aldine High School
Aldine Senior High School is a public high school made up of two campuses located in the Greenspoint district of northern Houston, Texas, United States. The main campus serves grades 10 through 12, while Aldine Ninth Grade School serves grade 9....

, while a small portion is zoned to Nimitz High School
Nimitz High School (Harris County, Texas)
Chester W. Nimitz Senior High School is a public secondary school made up of two campuses located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas. The campuses have Houston addresses...

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Elementary schools serving sections of the HISD era include Barrick, Joe E. Moreno, and Osborne. Some portions of the HISD area are zoned to Fonville Middle School, while other portions are zoned to Henry Middle School. All portions within HISD are zoned to Sam Houston High School
Sam Houston High School (Houston)
Sam Houston Center for Math, Technology, and SciencePrincipal AdministratorJane Crump , Rolando Treviño Grade levels9 - 12Founded1878School typePublic school Religious affiliationLocation Houston, TexasEnrollment...

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Colleges and universities

Residents in the Aldine ISD area are zoned to Lone Star College System, while residents in the Houston ISD area are zoned to Houston Community College.

Parks and recreation

Harris County Precinct One operates Dow #2 Park in the management district. C. Milby Dow donated the land for the park in 1958; as a result the park was named after him. The park includes four baseball fields, an office, four press boxes, and toilet facilities.

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