In any city of the second class in the state of Kansas, near which there is established an army or navy air base, where said city has acquired by purchase, without the city limits, a municipal airport or a municipal field for aviation purposes, and which is so near said army or navy air base as to make the use of said municipal airport or municipal field for aviation purposes useless as an airport or field for aviation purposes, the governing body of said city may, by resolution, order the sale of said municipal airport and field for aviation purposes, and sell the same, as hereinafter provided.
K.S.A. 3-139