Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Summary
IATA	AUS	ICAO	KAUS
Airport type		public
Operator		City of Austin Aviation Department
Serves		Austin, Texas
Elevation MSL		541 ft (164.9 m)
Coordinates		30° 11' 40.74209" N 97° 40' 11.86849" W This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The IATA airport code is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Skyline from Town Lake City nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas County Travis County Mayor Will Wynn Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 669. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which...
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17R/35L	12,250	3,734	Concrete
17L/35R	9,000	2,743	Concrete

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is an airport located about 8 miles from downtown Austin, Texas. The airport began passenger service on May 23, 1999 under the IATA Airport Code code AUS. In 2001, the airport handled more than 7 million passengers. Skyline from Town Lake City nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas County Travis County Mayor Will Wynn Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 669. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The IATA airport code is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, originally built on open farmland, served the air traffic needs of Austin starting October 14, 1930. In 1942, the City of Austin purchased land and donated the land to the United States government for a military installation, with the stipulation that the city would get the land back when the government no longer needed it. This land became Bergstrom Air Force Base. October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the year. ... Bergstrom Air Force Base (1942-1993) was located seven miles southeast of Austin, Texas. ...

In the 1950s, developers began building residential areas beneath the flight paths of Mueller and, in parallel, the number of arrivals and departures at the airport increased dramatically because of the growth of the city. Citizens began to complain about the noise. Also, at 7,269 feet, the runway at Mueller was too short to handle new planes such as the 747. Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the... 747 of Pan American World Airways. ...

The city began considering options for a new airport as early as 1971, when the Federal Aviation Administration proposed that Austin and San Antonio build a joint regional airport. That idea was rejected, as few Austinites supported driving half way to San Antonio to catch a flight. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Federal Aviation Administration is the entity of the United States government which regulates and oversees all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S. // Activities Along with the European Joint Aviation Authorities, the FAA is one of the two main agencies worldwide responsible for the certification of new aircraft. ... Downtown San Antonio features the historic San Fernando Cathedral, the Tower Life Building and the Tower of the Americas. ...

In the 1976, the city submitted a proposal to the United States Air Force for joint use of Bergstrom AFB. The Air Force rejected the proposal in 1978 as being too disruptive to its operations. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Seal of the Air Force. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

In the 1980s, neighborhoods around Mueller applied enough political pressure to force the city council to choose a site for a new airport from locations under consideration. On November 1, 1987, a voter referendum finally approved a site near Manor, Texas. The city began acquiring the land and fighting lawsuits from the Sierra Club and others concerned about the Manor location. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Manor is a city located in Travis County, Texas. ... The Sierra Club is an environmental organization founded on May 28, 1892 in San Francisco, California by the well-known conservationist John Muir, who became its first president. ...

In 1991, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission selected Bergstrom AFB for closure and gave the nod to the city for it to be used as a civilian airport. The city council resolved to move the airport to the Bergstrom site in 1991 and received voter approval in 1993. Goundbreaking for the airport was November 19, 1994 and air cargo operations began on June 30, 1997. Bergstrom had the designator BSM until Mueller's final closure, when it took Mueller's IATA code of AUS. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process used by the Congress of the United States to reduce and consolidate the excess capacity of military installations in order to save operation and maintenance costs. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Facility

Terminal

Barbara Jordan Terminal is 600,000 square feet (56,000 m²) with a total of 25 gates. Inside the terminal, many local restaurants are leased concession space so that visitors can get a "taste of Austin" as they come through. The terminal also has a live music stage on which local bands perform in keeping with the spirit of Austin's proclamation as "The Live Music Capital of the World." Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936-January 17, 1996) was an American politician from Texas. ...

Runways

Runway 17R/35L, to the west of the terminal is the original runway built and used by the Air Force. The 12,250 foot (3734 m) long runway was reconditioned when Austin-Bergstrom was built. The runway is dedicated to former President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Lyndon Baines Johnson ( August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ...

Runway 17L/35R is a new 9,000 foot (2743 m) runway on the east side of the terminal and parallel with runway 17R/35L. This runway is dedicated to former Congressman J.J. "Jake" Pickle. Jake Pickle hands Coretta Scott King a squeaky pickle at a campaign rally in Austin (1976) James Jarrell Pickle (October 11, 1913 – June 18, 2005) also known as J.J. Jake Pickle, was a United States Representative from the 10th congressional district of Texas from 1963 to 1995. ...

The runways are watched over by a new twenty story air traffic control tower. The tower used by the Air Force was demolished during construction.

Airlines and destinations

• American Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston-Hobby, Los Angeles, San Jose)
• American Eagle (Raleigh/Durham)
• America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
• Comair dba Delta Connection (Cincinnati)
• Continental Airlines (Houston-Bush, Newark)
• Continental Express (Cleveland, Houston-Bush)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati)
• Atlantic Southeast Airlines and dba Delta Connection (Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth)
• Funjet Charters (Cancun)
• Frontier Airlines (Denver)
• Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Indianapolis, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
• Mesaba Airlines and Pinnacle Airlines dba Northwest Airlink (Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
• Southwest Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-Midway, Dallas-Love, El Paso, Harlingen, Houston-Hobby, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Nashville, Orlando, Phoenix, San Diego, Tampa)
• Trans States Airlines dba American Connection (St. Louis)
• United Airlines (Denver, San Francisco)
• Mesa Airlines and SkyWest dba United Express (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Washington-Dulles)

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External links

• Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Homepage
• Austin-Bergstrom International Airport - Airnav.com

References

• "Timeline". Building a Vision. Retrieved May 18, 2005.
• "Fast Facts". Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Retrieved May 18, 2005.