The new cargo facility is three times larger than the Robert Mueller Airport cargo facility and provides the additional capacity needed to meet current and future demand. Part 139 airport operating certificate. Existing airport staff will provide airfield maintenance and inspection services. The Austin Fire Department provides structural fire protection and aircraft rescue services from the new fire station completed in February 1996. The budget continues to provide funding for staff oversight of the design and construction of the new airport.
Funding is included for one additional position.
A planner is proposed to support increased construction activity and long-range planning. Other additional staff proposed for the transition of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to an operating airport include four building maintenance workers, ten police officers, and an airport operations agent. Two proposed computer systems support personnel will assist at both the new airport construction site and Mueller Airport. The ten police officers and the four building maintenance workers will assist in the transition to the new operating airport. The proposed airport operating agent will assist in the oversight of the recently opened cargo facilities at the new airport site.