Austin Executive Airport should not be confused with Austin Executive Airpark.
| Austin Executive Airport | |
| Icao: | KEDC |
| Faa: | EDC |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas |
| Pushpin Label: | EDC |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Travis County Field LLC |
| City-Served: | Austin, Texas |
| Location: | Pflugerville, Texas |
| Elevation-F: | 620 |
| Elevation-M: | 189 |
| Website: | AustinExecutiveAirport.com |
| R1-Number: | 13/31 |
| R1-Length-F: | 6,025 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,836 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 16/34 |
| R2-Length-F: | 1,550 |
| R2-Length-M: | 472 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2008 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 2,700 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 9 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Austin Executive Airport is a public-use airport in Travis County, 14 miles northeast of Austin, 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]
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 134acres, and adjacent property purchased for the expansion. A new 6025feet runway was built and the original runway was shortened from 2700feet to 1550feet.[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]
Austin Executive Airport covers 585acres 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).
In 2013 the airport had 18,000 general aviation aircraft operations, average 1,500 per month. 93 aircraft were then based at this airport.