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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCNW · observed 12:55 pm CDT (17:55 UTC), 120 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (360°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCNW 061755Z 36006KT 10SM CLR 30/11 A3003
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1942
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.