Robert Mueller Municipal Airport

Robert Mueller Municipal Airport
The main entrance to the airport
IATA: AUS – ICAO: KAUS – FAA LID: AUS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Austin
Serves		Greater Austin Area
Location		Austin, Texas, U.S.
Elevation AMSL		632 ft / 193 m
Coordinates		30°18′0″N 97°42′0″W / 30.3°N 97.7°W / 30.3; -97.7
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
	7,269	2,215
Statistics (1998)
Passengers			6,000,000+
Source: Passengers from The Daily Texan[1]

Robert Mueller Municipal Airport (Mueller is pronounced /ˈmɪlər/ "miller") served the Austin, Texas, United States, area until it was replaced by the Austin Bergstrom International Airport and subsequently closed in 1999. Whether the aging Mueller should be relocated to Manor, Texas, was a perennial issue in Austin politics, until the closure of Bergstrom Air Force Base opened another possibility.^[2]

The 711-acre (288 ha) area that once housed the airport sat dormant for more than half a decade until the city finally approved a planned urban development. The new Mueller Community broke ground in 2007, and is expected to take at least ten years to be fully developed.

For a number of years, the Texas Army National Guard had facilities there.

Gallery

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  Control tower

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  Former control tower of the airport

References

1. ^ "New airport prepares to take off More flights? Maybe. More traffic? Probably.". The Daily Texan. February 3, 1999. 
2. ^ "Airport site stirs controversy". The Daily Texan. January 15, 1985. 

External links

	Austin portal
	Aviation portal

• City of Austin Mueller Site