Summary Robert Mueller Municipal Airport was disbanded in 1999 due to the need for a larger airport. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport replaced RMAA with the same IATA code, AUS. RMAA transformed into a mixed-use development containing homes, commercial real estate, and multiple parks.
In 1981, Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, which had the IATA code AUS, serviced more than one million people . The airport operated for the next seventeen years, and in the year it was closed, it saw more than six million passengers. Despite such impressive numbers, the airport isn’t functioning anymore.
What happened to it? In this article, we’ll dive deeper into this question. The airport named after a city commissioner In the 1920s, many cities saw the need for air travel. This was true for Texas as well.
The 1928 Austin City Plan laid out plans for development of housing, major industries, larger streets, etc. The plan also proposed the construction of an airport in Southeast Austin. The airport was to be named Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, after Robert Mueller - Austin’s city commissioner who died in 1927.
The operations in the airport began in 1930 , while commercial airlines started flying to and from this airport in 1936. Plans for redevelopment In 1957, OAG reported that 33 weekday departures took place from AUS. In 1968, this municipal airport saw the first flight outside Austin.
Braniff International Airways operated this flight to Washington Dulles Airport on its Boe.
