Mineral Wells Regional
MWL · KMWL · Mineral Wells, Texas · Parker County · map
Mineral Wells Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mineral Wells, 3 miles southeast of Mineral Wells, Texas, 974 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,996 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 89 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 23,360 takeoffs and landings a year. About 14 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMWL · observed 5:53 pm CDT (22:53 UTC), 38 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 85°F (29°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 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 KMWL 062253Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 29/09 A2995 RMK AO2 SLPNO T02940094
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 MWL · ICAO KMWL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mineral Wells
- Elevation
- 974 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,996 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 17/35 | 4,188 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, fence 9 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 31: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 400 ft, trees 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the right, trees 35 ft high 556 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 286 ft, trees 55 ft high 486 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Mineral Wells Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.0 | |
| Mwl and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.075 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 940-325-2457.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 23,360, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Mineral Wells from the FAA register
86 aircraft are registered to owners in Mineral Wells, Texas: 47 piston singles, 36 helicopters, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop. 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 · 19 since 1982, 4 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
- Runway 13/31 runway ends not vsb from opposite end.
- Dusk to dawn. Medium-intensity runway lights runways 13/31 and 17/35 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- 8 feet fence, 199 feet dstc, 347 feet R, 15 feet road, 199 feet dstc, 390 feet R.
- 10 feet gnd 0-199 dstc, 15 feet trees, 175 feet dstc, 150 feet R.
- PAPI unusable beyond 3 degrees L of centerline.
- 9 feet fence pole, 8 feet fence. Approach slope 10:1 at displaced threshold ovr 35 feet trees, 560 feet from displaced threshold 248 feet R.
- Approach slope 0:1 to displaced threshold ovr 10 feet gnd 0 feet dstc, 180 feet left.
- Approach slope 14:1 to displaced threshold.
- Runway 13, ditch 6 feet deep, 8 feet wide, 50 feet long, between runway threshold and taxiway a.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.