According to the city of Austin’s approved 2023-2024 budget, AUS has allocated $11.8 million for IT in 2024 as part of its capital improvement plan (CIP).
The city projects a $15.3 million IT budget for 2025, $11.6 million for 2026, $5.6 million for 2027 and $2.2 million for 2028.
In 2024, two projects will receive budgets in the millions, with the airport’s plan to procure passenger processing self-service technologies receiving $3 million and a virtual ramp control project following with $1 million.
Another $5.5 million is projected to be spent on passenger processing self-service technologies in 2025-2026.
For the airport’s virtual ramp control project, another $7 million is projected to be spent between 2025-2026.
Other notable projects listed in the CIP are as follows:
- $2 billion for an IT master plan refresh
- $2.1 million for project management software
- $1.8 million for airport security system equipment replacements
- $1.6 million for security system video management system storage network expansion
- $1.6 million for IT enterprise computer equipment replacements
- $1.2 million for an end-of-life replacement of network cybersecurity
A full overview of the AUS 2024 budget and its CIP is available online.
