Kickapoo Downtown Airport
CWC · KCWC · Wichita Falls, Texas · Wichita County · map
Kickapoo Downtown Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wichita Falls, 3 miles south of Wichita Falls, Texas, 1,003 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,450 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 95 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 33,770 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Kickapoo Downtown Airport?
Its FAA code is CWC, and its ICAO code is KCWC.
Where is Kickapoo Downtown Airport?
It is 3 miles south of Wichita Falls, Texas, 1,003 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Kickapoo Downtown Airport?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 4,450 feet long, concrete.
Does Kickapoo Downtown Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Kickapoo Downtown Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Kickapoo Downtown Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Bravo Papa Flight Training LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Kickapoo Downtown Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 3 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 Kickapoo Downtown Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CWC · ICAO KCWC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wichita Falls
- Elevation
- 1,003 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 8:00 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
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 4,450 × 75 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 150 ft, fence 5 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 250 ft, road 15 ft high 314 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.2 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.4 | |
| Cwc and aWOS-3 | 119.625 | |
| Wichita Falls Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 940-766-2967.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Sheppard Afb/Wichita Falls Municipal (8 nm north), Bowie Municipal (39 nm southeast), Lawton-Fort Sill Regional (43 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
- Do not mistake Kickapoo Downtown for sheppard afb/wichita Falls municipal airport 7 miles north.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runways 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Full and self serve 100 LL and jet a
- 5 feet fence, 0-199 feet dstc, 210 feet L.
- Obstruction clnc slope 22:1 to displaced threshold ovr 14 feet road, 320 feet dstc.
- Obstruction clnc slope 37:1 to displaced threshold.
- Intensive jet trainer traffic 11:00 pm to 6:00 pm feet above sea level within alert area A-636. Remain below 1800 feet above sea level until in radar contact with approach control for traffic advisories.
- Ants 2054 feet above sea level 3.5 MI northwest of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 72 |
| multi-engine | 18 |
| jets | 5 |
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 33,770, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 20 |
| general aviation, travelling | 8,400 |
| general aviation, local | 25,200 |
| military | 150 |
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 Wichita Falls from the FAA register
166 aircraft are registered to owners in Wichita Falls, Texas: 114 piston singles, 15 piston twins, 13 business jets, 7 turboprops, 7 drones. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Bravo Papa Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Wichita Falls, 9 miles away Bravo Flight Training is a Part 141 flight school operating at Frederick Municipal Airport in Maryland and Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Repair stations in Wichita Falls:
- Cobra Kai Flight Services LLC Aerospace N3XT is an integrated aviation services provider based in Wichita Falls, Texas.
- P&Wc Component Repairs (Wichita Falls)
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
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 training center examiner.
- Uwe Horst Zeizinger private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Wichita Falls, TX (8 nm) · (940) 631-9851 · [email protected]
All 6 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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.
- 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 · 5 since 1982, 1 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 Wichita Falls 166 aircraft · 114 piston singles, 15 piston twins, 13 business jets
- Rk Air & Land Investments LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Whiskey Uniform LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Cobra Kai INC 2 aircraft in town
- Chasah Operations LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Bravo Papa Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Cobra Kai Flight Services LLC · repair station
- P&Wc Component Repairs (Wichita Falls) · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,058 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CWC.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.