Lago Vista TX - Rusty Allen Airport

Lago Vista, Texas, Rusty Allen Airport
Lago Vista, Texas, Rusty Allen Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: KRYW; FAA LID: RYW;
Summary
Airport type	Municipal
Serves	Greater Austin
Location	Travis County, Texas
Elevation AMSL	1,231 ft / 375.2 m
Coordinates	30°29′54.9″N 97°58′10.1″W / 30.498583°N 97.969472°W
Website	[1]
Map
	RYW
Runways
Statistics (2020)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	38,000
Based aircraft	60
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Lago Vista, Texas, Rusty Allen Airport (ICAO: KRYW, FAA LID: RYW) is a publicly owned, municipal airport located in unincorporated Travis County, Texas, United States. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of the central business district of Lago Vista^[1] and is northwest of Austin.

History

The airport was first established in 1951 as the Bar K Airport with an East-West aligned caliche runway. By the early 1970s, the runway had been realigned to the present RW15-33 and an asphalt surface with lighting.^[2]

The airport became municipally owned on August 25, 1994, and in October 1994, the airport name was changed to "Lago Vista, Texas, Rusty Allen Airport" to honor the long-time community leader and former mayor who has been involved in every major improvement for over 20 years. Rusty Allen and George Eeds owned a 1942 Piper L-4Cub used for emergency stretcher evacuation during World War II.^[3]

In September 2005, the airport was the center of operations for relief flights for victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi. Small planes from across the United States and even Mexico landed at the airport to pick up essential supplies, which were directed to outlying communities not initially being served by government agency relief efforts. Lago Vista was the only General Aviation Center (GAC) airport in the country to support such flights.^[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Lago Vista, TX, Rusty Allen Airport covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha) at an elevation of 1,231 feet (375 m) above mean sea level and has one runway. Runway 17/35 has a 3,808 x 50 ft (1,161 x 15 m) treated asphalt pavement.^[1]

For the 12-month period ending May 12, 2020, the airport had 38,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day. At that time there were 60 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 3% helicopter and 2% glider.^[1]

CTAF is 122.725. There is self-serve 100LL fuel available at the airport.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e FAA Airport Form 5010 for RYW PDF, effective 2021-05-20
^ "Airport History". Rusty Allen Airport Property Owners Association. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
^ "Rusty Allen Airport". North Lake Travis Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
^ "Central Texas Pilots Fly Relief Missions To Katrina Victims". Airport Journals. October 1, 2005. Retrieved 2021-06-22.