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Austin Bergstrom AUS Airport Overview

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport AUS - also known as 'ABIA', has recently been ranked by an Airport Service Quality passenger survey as third Best Airport in North America, and comes in fifth compared to world-wide airports of its size. Noteworthy is that ACI has just bestowed upon the Airport the 'Roll of Excellence' award - only 14 airports worldwide have received this honor so far.

The Airporrt is located 5 miles southeast of the business district of the city of Austin, and is the gateway to Central Texas. The Airport can be directly accessed by State Hwy 71 (ABIA exit) and indirectly via Interstate 35 (6 miles from Airport) and State Hwys 183.

With two long runways and an estimated 9.4 million passengers in 2012, Austin-Bergstrom International is served by a number of airlines offering numerous US nonstop destinations with connections around the world.
Virgin America started its San Francisco service as of May 21, 2013, offering connections to major West Coast hubs.
AirTran started its Del Cabo, Mexico, service as of June 2013.
Southwest will starts its New Orleans service November 3, 2013.

NOTE: 
1. TSA checkpoints open 4am.  It is advisable to arrive at the terminal 2 hours prior to a flight scheduled before 8am and no later than 90 minutes prior to scheduled departure after 8am.
2. TSA Pre-Check is now available for eligible passengers of Alaska, American, Delta, United & US Airways airlines, as well as members of Trusted Traveler programs, including Global Entry, SENTRI & NEXUS.

The on-Airport Hilton Austin Hotel is on Hotel Drive, across from the parking lots.

Austin-Bergstrom Airport has one passenger terminals, called  the Barbara Jordan Terminal. (For more information, please refer to "Terminal Map' page.)

Parking options at Austin-Bergstrom International (For more information, please refer to 'Airport Parking' page.)

Rental car desks are located on the ground level (baggage level) and rental cars are parked on level 3 of the Parking Garage.

To get from ABIA to to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxi or limo, or a bus. Note that the Airport has a new ground transportation staging area (GTSA) on 9300 Rent Car Road, which offers a taxi waiting area, covered parking & business lounge.
1. The 'Airport Flyer' bus, which runs to downtown Austin and also stops at the University of Texas;
2. The SuperShuttle (tel. 1-800-258-3826).
3. The MetroBus (tel. 512-474-1200) Bus100 starts service at the terminal's lower level at 5:20 stopping at Pleasant Valley East 7th; at 6th Brazos, at 18th Congress & at 26th Speedway.

Present and future Airport Developments: 
A new Consolidated Rental Car Facility is now under construction, to be completed in Fall 2015.  It will also house covered parking. 




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Austin Bergstrom AUS Airport Update History

  • Updated AUS Airport Intro page - May 13, 2013
  • Updated AUS Airports page - May 13, 2013
  • Updated AUS Food & Stores page - May 12, 2013
  • Updated AUS Main Terminals page - Mar 13, 2013
  • Updated AUS Official Website Links page - Mar 13, 2013
  • Updated AUS Direct Flights page - Jan 18, 2013
  • Updated AUS Parking On site page - Dec 27, 2012