Austin airport issues 2nd low fuel alert this year on Monday as air travel soars

Isn't Austin going to be quite busy from now and into the future because some of the big silicon valley companies are moving there?

Bottom line, it really doesn't matter if KAUS has the airline operation's required fuel storage capacity; if the fuel resource is not being extracted from the earth, processed and delivered to the airport storage, this discussion is a waste of time. Aviation fuel tanker trucks can deliver fuel at increased demand cycle rotations if scheduled and if they have fuel to deliver.

The low fuel alert, issued Monday March 28, has been cancelled Wednesday March 30.

From the coverage at KEN5.com and other Austin sources -

"AUS operates with a 2 to 3 day supply of fuel because of current capacity restrictions. Other airports of similar size operate with five- to seven- days’ worth of fuel, airport leaders have said.

The airport is growing and rebounding from the pandemic faster than leaders expected. It’s preparing to serve a record-breaking 20 million passengers in 2022. When the airport opened in 1999, infrastructure was built for approximately 11 million passengers."

A project is planned to add an expanded fuel farm, however that project is delayed by maneuvers led by one specific Austin council member.

having done weight and balances both the "old " way, and the computerized version,unless things have drastically changed,fuel for passenger aircraft is allocated by size of the aircraft, what fuel might already be in the fuel tanks,mileage to the next destination where refueling would be available,the captains requested amount due to weather condition enroute,the number of passengers booked/boarded (as each persons weight is a calculated number included by approximation),the number of bags put onboard,the number of carry on bags,the amount of cargo (if any) boarded,and a few other things..the one thing i really remember is being told overfueling can sometimes be an issue as if that spills onto the tarmac,"defueling" the excess and cleaning up the spill takes a lot of time..if fuel shortages are an issue,all the airlines can do is limit the number of passengers booked on a flight (i have seen that done before on regional jets)cancel a few flights to destinations where there are many or some long haul,or pre-cancel (i have seen that done as well) flights that have lower bookings..having a "full" or even extra fuel is not just a one sided "go to the pumps and get it" issue...

KAUS is suffering from success. As to tankering in extra fuel - Don't expect that for long haul flights arriving Austin.

Specifically, don't expect tankering by British BA 191, an A350 journeying 5000 miles to KAUS from London Heathrow.

Austin's fuel shortages might lead to insufficient re-fuelling for Delta and Alaska Air's flights to Austin from Pacific NW, or even round-trips from Boston.

Wouldn't that mean less pax coming into Austin due to a heavier fuel load per aircraft?