Austin, Texas has quadrupled its population since 2000. The airport has struggled to keep up with the city's booming population, leading to delays and other air-travel frustrations. Here's the 20-year 'master plan' to update it. Presented by SiemensUSA.
its population since 2000, and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport serves as a gateway for transplants and visitors alike.on the site of the former Bergstrom Air Force base, making ABIA one of the newest and fastest-growing airports in the nation.
While ABIA is the second-fastest-growing mid-sized airport in the US, Austin averages a 3% increase in new residents each year, according toOn slower days, passengers can find seating throughout the airport. But during busy times, most gates will draw standing crowds waiting to board their next flights.As of July 2022, ABIA is the closest airport for 2.
But even that wasn't enough: In 2019, ABIA processed 17.3 million travelers, 15% above the peak capacity the expansion was designed to accommodate. took place in October 2022, when 43,177 departing passengers broke the previous week's top record by nearly 8,000 people. Top: Austin's current airport layout. Bottom: Proposed expansion footprint."We have outgrown and continue to outgrow our physical infrastructure and facility based on the passenger increases we've been experiencing," airport spokesperson Lesly Ramirez told Insider.
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