Waco Regional
ACT · KACT · Waco, Texas · Mc Lennan County · map
Waco Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Waco, 5 miles northwest of Waco, Texas, 516 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 7,107 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas).
Weather right now KACT · observed 2:51 pm CDT (19:51 UTC), 3 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KACT 061951Z 10SM CLR 31/10 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP143 T03060100
TAF KACT 061720Z 0618/0718 03005KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ACT · ICAO KACT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Waco
- Elevation
- 516 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1943
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 7,107 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 5,103 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 102 ft, 7,005 ft available for landing, road 10 ft high 650 ft from the end
- Runway 19: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,605 ft available for landing
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 10 ft high 550 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.3 | Waco |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 123.85 | Waco |
| Ground | 121.9 | Waco |
| Approach · Approach and departure | 127.65 | Waco |
| Departure | 126.125 | Waco |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Waco |
| Waco and rco | 122.6 | Waco |
| Surveillance radar | 132.525 | Waco |
| Waco and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 | Waco |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 254-218-3267.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Waco from the FAA register
149 aircraft are registered to owners in Waco, Texas: 107 piston singles, 11 business jets, 10 turboprops, 10 piston twins, 7 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- When the control tower closed: approach lights (MALSR) runway 19; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 preset low intst, to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 14; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32; taxiway lights preset low intst when wind favors, otrw not available.
- Landing fee for acrft ovr 7500 pounds.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.