Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Jackson & Rankin County Make Deal on Airport Land

Sisters of Rukia gnash teeth

Jackson Mayor John Horhn issued the following statement. 

The recent agreement between Rankin County and the City of Jackson regarding the land surrounding the Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport represents a major step forward for cooperation and shared economic growth in our metro area.

It is important for the public to understand that this agreement does not transfer or surrender any City of Jackson property. The City of Jackson continues to own all airport lands, including the surrounding acreage. What has changed is simply the incorporation status of that land, allowing Jackson, Pearl, and Flowood to legally include portions of the land within their municipal boundaries for purposes of planning and taxation.

For Jackson, this means new opportunity where there was none before. Currently, this area is not incorporated and therefore generates no sales or property tax revenue for the City. Under this agreement, the portions incorporated by Jackson will now allow our city to collect property and sales taxes from development, leasehold interests, and business activity on the land, all while maintaining full ownership of the property.

Any land incorporated by another city will not result in ownership changes; instead, it allows those cities to extend essential services such as water and sewer. In fact, Pearl has already agreed to provide these services within the next 18 months, relieving Jackson of that financial and operational responsibility.

This deal does not give away one inch of land. The City of Jackson remains proud owner and steward of the airport and its surrounding lands, and we are committed to ensuring that this partnership strengthens, rather than diminishes, our city’s economic future.

Simply put: Jackson is not giving away land. We’re putting it to work for the people of Jackson.

The agreement was approved by a super majority 5-2 City Council vote. 


Kingfish note: Council members Clay and Stokes voted against the settlement. 


Some people were none too pleased by the cooperation.   The People's Assembly groused: 


Tonight, the City Council will be voting on a proposal to settle the dispute between Flowood and Pearl (Rankin County) over the annexation of land located near the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers Airport.

Why does this matter?

The City of Jackson has tried to maintain ownership of Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers Airport for a number of years, keeping it from becoming a regionally owned airport. Right now the airport’s revenue goes to the city. If moved to a regional authority, the revenue would be dispersed to Rankin and Madison Counties. The authority would be overseen by a board appointed by the Governor, with only 2 representatives from Jackson. Jackson cannot afford to lose any revenue.

Some of the land surrounding the airport was annexed to support airport operations and development. The MS Supreme Court ruled in March 2023 that Jackson’s 2019 annexation ordinance for land around the airport was void because Jackson did not get the Rankin County Board of Supervisors’ approval.

The vote tonight will decide if they give up the land that was annexed in 2019.

Residents need clarity and explanation on all airport updates.

Please show your support & come to tonight's City Council meeting at City Hall, 6pm.

Posted by Kingfish at 10:04 PM

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Who were the 2 no votes?

October 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM

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