Austin Executive Airport (ICAO: KEDC, FAA LID: EDC) is a public-use airport located in unincorporated Travis County, 12 nmi (22 km) northeast of the central business district of Austin, and immediately southeast of Pflugerville. It was known as Bird's Nest Airport (FAA: 6R4) prior to 2011.
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.
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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 constructed and the original runway was shortened from 2,700 feet (820 m) to 1,550 feet (470 m). 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.
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.
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Facilities and aircraft
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).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2013, the airport had 18,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 1,500 per month. At that time there were 93 aircraft based at this airport.
References
External links
- Official website for Austin Executive Airport
- Aerial photo as of 28 January 1995 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for EDC, effective March 1, 2018
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for EDC
- AirNav airport information for EDC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for EDC
Source of article : Wikipedia
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