Austin Executive Airport

30.3999°N 97.5735°W / 30.3999; -97.5735

Austin Executive Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTravis County Field LLC
ServesAustin, Texas
LocationPflugerville, Texas
Elevation AMSL620 ft / 189 m
WebsiteAustinExecutiveAirport.com
Map
EDC is located in Texas
EDC
EDC
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 6,025 1,836 Asphalt
16/34 1,550 472 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations2,700
Based aircraft9
Not to be confused with Austin Executive Airpark.

Austin Executive Airport (ICAO: KEDC, FAA LID: EDC) is a public-use airport in Travis County, 14 miles northeast of Austin,[1] immediately southeast of Pflugerville and north of Manor. It was known as Bird's Nest Airport (FAA: 6R4) until 2011.

Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this facility is EDC to the FAA and has no IATA code.[2]

History

Austin Executive Airport opened in 2011 with funding from Ron Henriksen, who also operates Houston Executive Airport. It incorporates the former Bird's Nest Airport, which operated for about 40 years on 134 acres (0.54 km2), and adjacent property purchased for the expansion. A new 6,025-foot (1,836 m) runway was built and the original runway was shortened from 2,700 feet (820 m) to 1,550 feet (470 m).[3] In February 2013, the new Runway 13/31 was awarded the 2012 Ray Brown Airport Pavement Award by the National Asphalt Pavement Association, recognizing it as the highest quality airport asphalt pavement project in the country.[4][5]

A different airport with a similar name was the Austin Executive Airpark (FAA: 3R3), near Parmer Lane and Interstate 35. Named Tim's Airpark in the 1960s and 1970s, it closed on May 1, 1999.[6]

Facilities

Austin Executive Airport covers 585 acres (237 ha) at an elevation of 620 feet (189 m). It has two asphalt runways: 13/31 is 6,025 by 100 feet (1,836 x 30 m) and 16/34 is 1,550 by 25 feet (472 x 8 m).[1]

In 2013 the airport had 18,000 general aviation aircraft operations, average 1,500 per month. 93 aircraft were then based at this airport.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for EDC PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 30 June 2011.
  2. "Austin Executive Airport (FAA: EDC, ICAO: KEDC)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. Wear, Ben (28 November 2010). "$33 million effort transforming once-grassy airstrip". Austin American Statesman. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  4. "J.D. Ramming Paving Co. LLC wins NAPA's Ray E. Brown Airport Pavement Award". ForConstructionPros.com. 13 Feb 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  5. National Asphalt Pavement Association. "Ray Brown Airport Pavement Award". Retrieved 2013-02-13.
  6. "Austin Executive Airpark". Austin Explorer. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
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