Tstc Waco Airport
CNW · KCNW · Waco, Texas · Mc Lennan County · map
Tstc Waco Airport is a public-use airport owned by Texas State Tech College, 8 miles northeast of Waco, Texas, 470 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17L/35R, is 8,600 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 28 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 53,290 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Tstc Waco Airport?
Its FAA code is CNW, and its ICAO code is KCNW.
Where is Tstc Waco Airport?
It is 8 miles northeast of Waco, Texas, 470 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Tstc Waco Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17L/35R, is 8,600 feet long.
Does Tstc Waco Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Tstc Waco Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Tstc Waco Airport?
Airline flights go to 3 airports, the busiest of them Dallas-Fort Worth International, Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance, EL Paso International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Tstc Waco Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Texas State Technical College and Ccb Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Tstc Waco Airport?
5 pilot examiners and 5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Tstc Waco Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CNW · ICAO KCNW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Texas State Tech College
- Elevation
- 470 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17L/35R | 8,600 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17R/35L | 6,291 × 75 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 17L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 44 ft high 1,929 ft from the end
- Runway 35R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 67 ft high 2,515 ft from the end
- Runway 17R: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 35L: trees 48 ft high 1,560 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.0 | Tstc |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.7 | Tstc |
| Approach | 127.65 | Tstc |
| Departure | 126.125 | Tstc |
| Surveillance radar | 132.525 | Tstc |
| Waco and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 | Tstc |
| Cnw and aWOS-3PT | 134.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 254-867-3880.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Waco Regional (8 nm west), MC Gregor Executive (15 nm southwest), Hillsboro Municipal (27 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Extensive flight training in class D airspace surface to 3000 feet above ground level.
- When the control tower closed medium-intensity runway lights runway 17L/35R preset low intst; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 17L and PAPI runway 17L and 35R - 121.7.
- 17R/35L green centerline reflectors along full length of runway.
- Green centerline reflectors along full length of runway.
- Apu available for jet aircraft.
- Runway 17R-35L not lighted. May be used for taxi and helicopter operations.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 6 departures from CNW in those twelve months, carrying 526 passengers in 764 seats (69% filled), to 3 destinations on 4 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tstc Waco → Dallas-Fort Worth International CNW–DFW | 4 | 526 | American Airlines Inc., Southern Airways... |
| Tstc Waco → Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance CNW–AFW | 1 | 0 | Omni Air International LLC |
| Tstc Waco → EL Paso International CNW–ELP | 1 | 0 | Lynden Air Cargo Airlines |
All 3 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 22 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| helicopters | 4 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 53,290, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1 |
| air taxi and commuter | 494 |
| general aviation, travelling | 13,144 |
| general aviation, local | 34,382 |
| military | 5,269 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Waco from the FAA register
148 aircraft are registered to owners in Waco, Texas: 107 piston singles, 11 business jets, 10 turboprops, 9 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Waco, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Texas State Technical College 25 aircraft · Waco, 9 miles away Texas State Technical College is a technical college with 11 campuses across Texas, including locations in Waco, Abilene, and Harlingen.
- Ccb Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Waco, 9 miles away American Flyers is a flight school that has operated since 1939, offering pilot training programmes from introductory flights through airline academy preparation.
- Waco Safe Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Robinson, 13 miles away
Repair stations in Waco:
- Air Impressions INC Air Impressions, Inc.
- Ellison Avionics Services, LLC Ellison Avionics Services is a repair station specializing in bench repair of avionics units for general aviation aircraft.
- Freeflight Acquisition Corporation FreeFlight Systems designs and manufactures certified avionics systems including radar altimeters, ADS-B systems, and GNSS receivers for commercial, military, rotorcraft, and urban air mobility aircraft.
- L3 Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.
- Level 5 Aerospace LLC Level 5 is an FAA Part 145 certified repair station providing maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for commercial, corporate, and military aircraft.
- Marathonnorco Aerospace INC Marathon Norco Aerospace manufactures aircraft batteries, battery chargers, and mechanical products for commercial and military aviation.
- Ram Aircraft, Limited Partnership
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 5 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 7 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 7 engineering representatives, 1 training center examiner.
- Dustin Don Suchor private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Universal Flight Concepts · Waco, TX (8 nm) · (480) 694-5680 · [email protected]
- Jeffrey Lynn Alvis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Freeman Jet Center · Waco, TX (8 nm) · (210) 846-5862 · [email protected]
- John Calvin Foster private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Waco, TX (8 nm) · (254) 717-2598 · [email protected]
- Austin Roger Bowman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Temple, TX (34 nm) · (254) 500-7009 · [email protected]
- Arnold Leon Thormeyer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · KCPT/FBO · Cleburne, TX (47 nm) · (817) 980-9777 · [email protected]
All 28 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Waco 148 aircraft · 107 piston singles, 11 business jets, 10 turboprops
- Texas State Technical College 25 aircraft in town
- Rio Brazos Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Ram Aero Development INC 2 aircraft in town
- Fly254 LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Christian Medical Mission Aviation Support INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Texas State Technical College 25 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Ccb Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Waco Safe Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Air Impressions INC · repair station
- Ellison Avionics Services, LLC · repair station
- Freeflight Acquisition Corporation · repair station
- L3 Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P. · repair station
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 4 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., Southern Airways Express, dba Mokulele Airlines
- Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance (AFW) 1 flights in twelve months · Omni Air International LLC
- EL Paso International (ELP) 1 flights in twelve months · Lynden Air Cargo Airlines
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,061 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,938 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CNW.json.
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 26, 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.