He was the first Austinite killed in World War II. The name of the base was changed to Bergstrom Army Airfield (AAF) in March 1943, in honor of Captain John August Earl Bergstrom, a reservist in the 19th Bombardment Group, who was killed at Clark Field, Philippines in 1941. Del Valle Airfield was activated on September 19, 1942, on 3,000 acres (12 km 2) leased from the City of Austin. This land became Bergstrom Air Force Base. In 1942, the city of Austin purchased land and donated the land to the Federal government of the United States for a military installation, with the stipulation that the city would get the land back when the government no longer needed it. As of 2018, there are 510 arrivals and departures on the typical weekday to 76 destinations in North America and Europe. The airport is the third busiest in Texas, after Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston–Intercontinental. The base was decommissioned in the early 1990s and the land reverted to the city, who used it to replace Robert Mueller Municipal Airport as Austin's main airport in 1999. It is on the site of what was Bergstrom Air Force Base, named after Captain John August Earl Bergstrom, an officer who was the first person from Austin to be killed in World War II.
Located about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of downtown Austin, it covers 4,242 acres (1,717 ha) and has two runways and three helipads. Source: Federal Aviation Administration Īustin–Bergstrom International Airport, or ABIA ( IATA: AUS, ICAO: KAUS, FAA LID: AUS, formerly BSM), is a Class C international airport in Austin, Texas, United States, serving the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
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