Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional
TPL · KTPL · Temple, Texas · Bell County · map
Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Temple, 5 miles northwest of Temple, Texas, 682 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 7,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 270 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 43,273 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional?
Its FAA code is TPL, and its ICAO code is KTPL.
Where is Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional?
It is 5 miles northwest of Temple, Texas, 682 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 16/34, is 7,000 feet long.
Does Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Henry E Rohlsen. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional?
10 pilot examiners and 6 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 Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TPL · ICAO KTPL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Temple
- Elevation
- 682 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 7,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 4,740 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 125.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.075 | |
| Tpl and aWOS-3PT | 134.975 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 254-774-8337.
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
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Skylark Field (15 nm west), MC Gregor Executive (21 nm north), Robert Gray Army Airfield (22 nm west).
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
- Pre dates act.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) protection meets index B.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) not available 8:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- DUSK-2200. Activate PAPI runway 21 - the common traffic frequency. Aft 2200 medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 16 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 not available aft 2200.
- All fuels full and self service.
- Military contr fuel available.
- Glider operations 1.5 MI north of runway 16 threshold.
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 1 departures from TPL in those twelve months, carrying 7 passengers in 12 seats (58% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional → Henry E Rohlsen TPL–STX | 1 | 7 | ABS JETS A.S |
All 1 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 | 91 |
| multi-engine | 13 |
| jets | 9 |
| helicopters | 9 |
| other | 148 |
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 43,273, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 8,400 |
| general aviation, local | 25,200 |
| military | 9,673 |
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 Temple from the FAA register
84 aircraft are registered to owners in Temple, Texas: 64 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 4 business jets, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 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 Temple, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Repair stations in Temple:
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
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor; 9 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 6 aviation medical examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 9 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 3 training center examiners.
- 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 (0 nm) · (254) 500-7009 · [email protected]
- John Calvin Foster private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · JAG Aviation · McGregor, TX (18 nm) · (254) 717-2598 · [email protected]
- 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 (29 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 (29 nm) · (210) 846-5862 · [email protected]
- James Briggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Georgetown, TX (32 nm) · (303) 870-7852 · [email protected]
- Jon Wells private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Georgetown executive airport · Georgetown, TX (32 nm) · (336) 447-8390 · [email protected]
- Tristan T Walling private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aerotex Aviation · Georgetown, TX (32 nm) · (317) 418-2194 · [email protected]
- Gregory Kling Squires private pilot, commercial and instrument, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, gliders · Breakaway Airport (40XS) · Cedar Park, TX (44 nm) · (914) 525-9431 · [email protected]
All 38 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- 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 · 16 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 Temple 84 aircraft · 64 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 4 business jets
- Kachemak Bay Flying Service INC 8 aircraft in town
- T&G Aviation Services LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Mclane Company INC 2 aircraft in town
- T&G Aviation Services LLC 4 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- T & G Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Kachemak Bay Flying Service · repair station
- Henry E Rohlsen (STX) 1 flights in twelve months · ABS JETS A.S
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 16 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,060 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 29,940 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TPL.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 27, 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.