| Austin Executive Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KEDC – FAA LID: EDC | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Travis County Field LLC | ||
| Serves | Austin, Texas | ||
| Location | Manor, Texas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 620 ft / 189 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13/31 | 6,025 | 1,836 | Asphalt |
| 16/34 | 1,550 | 472 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 2,700 | ||
| Based aircraft | 9 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Austin Executive Airport (ICAO: KEDC, FAA LID: EDC) is a public-use airport located 12 nmi (22 km) northeast of the central business district of Austin,[1] a city in Travis County, Texas, United States. It is situated in unincorporated Manor, west of Elgin, and was formerly known as Bird's Nest Airport (FAA: 6R4).
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned EDC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
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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 constructed and the original runway was shortened from 2,700 feet (820 m) to 1,550 feet (470 m).[3]
A different airport with a similar name was the Austin Executive Airpark (FAA: 3R3), located near Parmer Lane and Interstate 35. Previously named Tim's Airpark in the 1960s and 1970s, it was permanently closed on May 1, 1999.[4]
Austin Executive Airport covers an area of 585 acres (237 ha) at an elevation of 620 feet (189 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved 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]
For the 12-month period ending June 20, 2008, the airport had 2,700 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 225 per month. At that time there were nine single-engine aircraft based at this airport.[1]