Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is about 5 miles from the eastern edge of downtown Austin. It opened in 1999. ABIA is the former site of Bergstrom Air Force Base.
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A photo from May 20, 1991 from when Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip visited Texas and landed at Bergstrom Air Force Base. The city's airport at the time, Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, which was a few miles north of Bergstrom, didn't have a long enough runway to accommodate larger planes. The original 12,500 foot air base runway is still in use by ABIA today.
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