Local Austin news site Austonia reported last week that the Tesla and SpaceX executive was planning on building a new airfield in Bastrop outside of the city, in close proximity to his newly-purchased Boring Company property as well as the Gigafactory site, which he made Tesla's headquarters last year.
But Musk took to Twitter to push back on that claim.
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"Not true," he tweeted in response to an article detailing the news. "Tesla is 5 mins away from Austin International airport. Would be silly to build another private airport, however the existing commercial airport needs another runway, as Austin is growing fast!"
A private airport could help him grow his companies' operations, and he would need federal approval as well as the local regulatory go-ahead to build one, Austonia reported. Travel into and out of Austin is already serviced by both Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and the 585-acre Austin Executive Airport to the north, which is close to Tesla's Giga Texas on Tesla Road.
He was said to live in a $50,000 tiny home near his Space X's Boca Chica site, per mid-2021 reports. And the Wall Street Journal reported in December 2021 that he was staying in a lavish $12 million waterfront estate in Austin that is owned by a billionaire member of the so-called PayPal Mafia and was looking to buy a house.
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