Restrooms located in the terminal buildings. There is no public transport around the field Last Update: April 2021 RatingĪeroméxico, Air Canada, Alaska, American, British Airways, Delta, JetBlue, KLM, Lufthansa, Norwegian, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country, United, WestJet, and extra ramp is used for groundingsįrontier, Allegiant Air, and overflow/groundingsĬar is definitely recommended. Written by Nick Kort, Seth Johnson and Luke Ayers (Spot 7). They predict 60-70 million passengers by this time. Landside, they plan to add a new ground transportation center, a relocation of SH 71 providing a new entrance to the airport, and an enhanced parking shuttle network. From 2029 onward they will add a new west cargo complex, upgraded apron, and a whole new runway 17C/35C. It will also add land side improvements with 11,000 new parking spaces and upgrades and expansions of support facilities. The 2040 plan will add a whole new satellite terminal with 32 gates connected to the Barbara Jordan Terminal, a new midfield taxiway, extended apron and more. Over time, lots of airlines and cargo operations started to KAUS.įurther Development AUS is starting to go through a massive expansion called the 2040 plan. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport officially opened for passengers on May 23, 1999. The groundbreaking for the construction of a new airport started November in 1994. Bergstrom AFB was in closure when the City of Austin swooped in and started to reform it for commercial use. Austin was in need of a bigger airport as soon as 1971 from its old airport, Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. The base was for the United States Air Force’s RF-4C fleet. The name was changed again in 1947 to its original name (Bergstrom AFB). A year later, the name was changed to Bergstrom Army Airfield (AAF). They used that land for an Air Force base to be later named as Bergstrom Air Force Base. The City of Austin purchased and donated land southeast of the capital to the Federal Government of the United States in 1942. Austin includes dozens upon dozens of non commercial and cargo operations. Austin cargo operations include DHL (operated by Atlas Air), FedEx, Prime Air, and UPS. Austin’s growing number of International carriers are Aeroméxico, Air Canada Express, British Airways, KLM, Lufthansa, Norwegian Air Shuttle, and WestJet. Airlines that also fly to Austin are Alaska Airlines, JetBlue, Sun Country, and Taos Air. Other airlines like Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian, Frontier, Spirit Airlines, and United have a good presence at AUS. Southwest uses Austin as a focus city with 33 destinations starting November 1, 2020. AUS is located in the capital of Texas serving the central Texas area.

Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS/KAUS) is the 33rd busiest airport in the United States and handled 17.3 million passengers in 2019.

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