Fort Worth Meacham International
FTW · KFTW · Fort Worth, Texas · Tarrant County · map
Fort Worth Meacham International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fort Worth, 5 miles north of Fort Worth, Texas, 710 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 7,502 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 299 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 216,739 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,379 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KFTW · observed 12:53 pm CDT (17:53 UTC), 55 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 14 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 3,700 feet
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 66°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 12:30 pm CDT (17:30 UTC), good until Mon 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 13 knots, gusting to 23, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Mon 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the south at 11 knots, gusting to 21, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KFTW 111753Z 19014KT 10SM FEW037 29/19 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02890189 10294 20200 58008
TAF KFTW 111730Z 1118/1218 18013G23KT P6SM FEW250 FM120000 16010KT P6SM SKC FM121500 17011G21KT P6SM FEW025
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
3 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- BE20 at 6,000 ft, 55 nm southwest, 1:40 pm CDT (18:40 UTC): a routine report.
- P28A at 2,900 ft, 63 nm south, 11:14 am CDT (16:14 UTC): a broken layer up to 3,100 ft; a broken layer above 2,900 ft.
- E75S at 17,000 ft, 70 nm south, 12:21 pm CDT (17:21 UTC): light turbulence.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (DAL, 26 nm east), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 200° at 16 kt; 6,000 ft: 200° at 19 kt, 16 °C; 9,000 ft: 210° at 20 kt, 11 °C; 12,000 ft: 220° at 21 kt, 6 °C; 18,000 ft: 240° at 14 kt, -5 °C.
2 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8646 Arlington, TX, Thursday, October 15, 2026 through Friday, October 16, 2026 UTC 13 nm east · drones kept away from a public gathering · starts Thursday 15 October
- 9/2934 DALLAS, TX 27 nm east · a VIP movement
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA FTW · ICAO KFTW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fort Worth
- Elevation
- 710 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1938
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 7,502 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 4,005 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 35 × 35 ft | Concrete, good | |
| H2 | 35 × 35 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 16: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), pole 31 ft high 1,450 ft from the end
- Runway 34: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), right-hand traffic pattern, 7,306 ft available for landing
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, berm 39 ft high 1,361 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 120.7 | Meacham |
| Clearance delivery | 124.65 | Meacham |
| Ground | 121.9 | Meacham |
| Tower | 118.3 | Meacham |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BOTCH) · Dallas Area Dp North; South | 118.1 | Meacham |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BOTCH) · Dallas Area Dp South; North | 135.975 | Meacham |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Meacham |
| Ftw and vot | 108.2 | |
| Sasie and star · Truuk Rnav Star | 124.3 | Meacham |
| Dodje and star · Reeko and star | 125.2 | Meacham |
| Likes and star · Motza and star · Wesat and star South; North | 125.8 | Meacham |
| Dodje and star | 125.9 | Meacham |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 817-740-3346.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 106 |
| multi-engine | 53 |
| jets | 110 |
| helicopters | 28 |
| other | 2 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 216,739, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 185 |
| air taxi and commuter | 11,477 |
| general aviation, travelling | 76,170 |
| general aviation, local | 126,274 |
| military | 2,633 |
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.
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 Fort Worth from the FAA register
1,878 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Worth, Texas: 993 airliners and large jets, 532 piston singles, 145 helicopters, 64 business jets, 53 piston twins. 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance Airport (10 nm north), Fort Worth Spinks Airport (16 nm south), Arlington Municipal (16 nm southeast).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Fort Worth, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Silver Creek Aviation Services
- Rich Aviation Services LLC Rich Aviation Services provides Part 61 flight training for private pilot, instrument, commercial, and corporate pilot certifications.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Fort Worth, by their names on the register:
- Tarrant County College 4 aircraft
- Nate Abel Flying Club 2 aircraft Nate Abel Flying Club is a flying club based in Fort Worth, Texas that operates aircraft for flight training and member flying.
- 642 Flying Club of Fort Worth INC 1 aircraft Fort Worth Flying Club is a 501(c)(3) flying club based at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (KFTW) that provides aircraft rental, flight training, and recreational aviation activities for pilots in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and bey
- Double T Flyers LLC 1 aircraft
- Fancy Flyers LLC 1 aircraft
Charter operators and airlines based in Fort Worth:
- Longhorn Helicopters INC 6 aircraft on the certificate Longhorn Helicopters is a helicopter operator based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area providing private charters, aerial tours, and specialized services including aerial photography, property surveys, and utility inspection flights throughout T
- Rvr Aviation LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate
- Epic Helicopters, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Fort Worth (12 of 33, all of them):
- Air Ndt
- Aog Reaction Company
- Aspire Mro LLC Aspire MRO is a maintenance, repair and operations facility located at Fort Worth Alliance Airport in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.
- Ats Components INC Aviation Technical Services is a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider offering airframe services, component repair, engineering solutions, and aircraft supply chain support.
- Bell Textron INC
- Benz Companies, LTD.
- Broadies Aircraft and Engine Service INC
- Byam Propeller Service INC
- C&S Propeller LLC
- Campus Avionics Services
- Co-Operative Industries Co-Operative Industries Aerospace & Defense manufactures electrical wiring harnesses, ignition leads, and flexible metal conduit for commercial airline and defense industries from its AS9100-registered facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
- Elite Jet Solutions LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
38 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 38 for private pilot, 38 for commercial and instrument, 28 for airline transport pilot, 35 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 32 for airplanes, 26 for multi-engine airplanes, 7 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 4 sport aviation examiners, 40 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 9 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 17 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 25 engineering representatives, 6 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 105 training center evaluators, 151 aircrew program designees, 7 training center examiners, 7 administrative pilot examiners.
- Carl Evan Koele private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · T67 (Hicks Airport) · Fort Worth, TX (0 nm) · (480) 518-2498 · cactus.aero.llc@gmail.com
- Claudio Ruggero Magliocca private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes · Fort Worth, TX (0 nm) · (817) 988-8002 · claudiomagliocca@hotmail.com
- Matthew Lawrence Borges private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Worth, TX (0 nm) · (360) 631-3397 · matthew.l.borges@gmail.com
- Michael Hume private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Fort Worth, TX (0 nm) · (928) 420-0107 · mhumedpe@gmail.com
- Randal Rowles private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Fort Worth, TX (0 nm) · (561) 386-6078 · randyrowlesdpe@gmail.com
- Dale Williamson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Alliance Air Center · Ft. Worth, TX (10 nm) · (817) 657-4726 · dalewilliamson50@gmail.com
- Elizabeth Brassaw private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bedford, TX (12 nm) · (801) 808-4864 · lizbrassaw@gmail.com
- William Albert Peterson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Colleyville, TX (12 nm) · (817) 360-3506 · bill@cavokvt.com
All 416 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- 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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 40 since 1982, 2 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Pattern altitude - runway 17/35 R/west 1300(590) above ground level, F/west 1500(790) above ground level, runway 16/34 1500(790) above ground level, jets 2000(1290) above ground level.
- Runway 17/35 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiways B, B1, C, and D west of runway 16/34, M east of taxiway a, taxiways H, J, L, L1, south, west, and taxiway G southeast 650 feet closed to aircraft with more than 30 psgr seats.
- Runway 17/35 designed for aircraft with wingspan of 49 feet or less. Taxiways B and B1 designed for aircraft with wingspan of less than 79 feet. Runway 16/34 and taxiways a, A1, and M designed for aircraft with wingspan less than 171 feet. All other taxiways designed for aircraft with wingspan of less than 118 feet.
- H1 and H2 helipads are vmc daylight use only; NON-MOVEMENT area.
- Marked U.S. customs parking southeast of txl G and txl north intersection.
- Helo skidding operations prohibited on runway 17/35. If skidding is required, coord with the control tower to use taxiway B.
- Airport fees for use of customs services will be colld imt upon landing by city of Fort Worth airport operations personnel.
- Runway 17/35 led light can appr brgtr than runway 16/34; ensure cor runway alnmt.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index B available all users with 24 hour prior permission required.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Fort Worth 1,878 aircraft · 993 airliners and large jets, 532 piston singles, 145 helicopters
- American Airlines INC 990 aircraft in town
- Bell Textron INC 95 aircraft in town
- Silver Creek Aviation Services 25 aircraft in town
- Paragon Air Group 14 aircraft in town
- Silver Creek Aviation Services 25 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Rich Aviation Services LLC 7 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Longhorn Helicopters INC 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Rvr Aviation LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Epic Helicopters, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Tarrant County College 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Nate Abel Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- 642 Flying Club of Fort Worth INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Air Ndt · repair station
- Aog Reaction Company · repair station
- Aspire Mro LLC · repair station
- Ats Components INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 40 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,068 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 29,860 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FTW.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 9, 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.