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Austin–Bergstrom International Airport opened to the public on May 23, 1999, with a 12,250 feet (3,730 m) runway, among the nation's longest commercial runways. The Barbara Jordan passenger terminal was originally conceived as an 18-gate terminal facility with a footprint of a bit more than 500,000 square feet (46,000 m 2).
Loop 111 is named Airport Boulevard because it once formed the south boundary of Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, which was the main airport serving Austin until 1999. Mueller Airport was closed when Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was opened, and the former airport site is undergoing development into a mixed-use residential, retail and ...
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As Austinites suggest new names for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, such as Willie Nelson and LBJ, who was Capt. John A. E. Bergstrom?
On 30 September 1993, Bergstrom was officially closed and a bond was raised for Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Much of the former air base, including buildings, trees, and structures, was completely demolished, with a few exceptions such as the circular Twelfth Air Force Headquarters building (which was converted into a hotel) and the ...
It was replaced as Greater Austin's main airport by the Austin–Bergstrom International Airport, which is located on the site of the former Bergstrom Air Force Base. [2] The airport was named after Robert Mueller, a city commissioner who died in office in January 1927. [5] [6] Robert Mueller Municipal Airport was identified with the airport ...
In 2002, Art Bergstrom, pictured, and other family members donated the Purple Heart earned by John A.E. "Earl" Bergstrom to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Reason: The name of the file specifies "30 December 1998;" perhaps that's when it was published, but the photo itself would have to be older than that. The current Austin Bergstrom International Airport opened less than half a year later (spring 1999), and would have been nearing completion on 30 December 1998 (and an aerial photo from that time would look very different -- new terminal, 2nd ...