Robert Mueller Municipal Airport was the first city-owned airport built in Austin, Texas, United States. It was located four miles northeast of downtown. The facility opened in October 1930 and was na
Former airport entrance
A Conquest Airlines Beechcraft 1900C at Mueller in 1989
The former control tower on the southern edge of Mueller in 2026
Bergstrom Air Force Base
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Bergstrom Air Force Base was located seven miles southeast of Austin, Texas. In its later years, it was a major base for the United States Air Force RF-4C Phantom reconnaissance fighter fleet.
Robert Mueller Municipal Airport
…was inaugurated in 1961. In May 1999, Mueller was replaced by Austin–Bergstrom International Airport, which is situated on the site of the former Bergstrom Air Force Base. Austin voters passed a bond issue to fund a municipal airport in May 1928. The airport was constructed four miles (6 km) northeast of downtown on what…
Aerial view of Bergstrom Air Force Base
Bergstrom Air Force Base blueprint, 1957
A British Airways Concorde on base.