Private jet parking at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is starting to fill up.
Airport spokesman Jim Halbrook says more than 150 private planes, ranging from corporate jets to small, propeller-driven Cessnas, have booked parking places for Formula 1 race weekend. There are still a few spots left.
Other area airports expect to be busy, including Pflugerville's , and airfields in , , and .
For those flying commercially, Halbrook says there will be a warm Austin welcome at the baggage claim area. More than 70 volunteer hosts will be on hand to help guide visitors 鈥� many of whom will be visiting Austin for the first time 鈥� to their ground transportation and destination choices.
ABIA expects to have a fourth security checkpoint up-and-running this weekend, but Halbrook says passengers should still expect crowded conditions as the Formula 1 race weekend bleeds into Thanksgiving travel. ABIA advises passengers to arrive at least two hours prior to scheduled departure.
Formula 1 race weekend runs Nov. 16-18.
