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).
Weather right now KTPL · observed 2:51 pm CDT (19:51 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (360°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Altimeter 29.98 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 KTPL 061951Z AUTO 36009KT 10SM CLR A2998 RMK AO2 SLPNO FZRANO $
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
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 Temple from the FAA register
83 aircraft are registered to owners in Temple, Texas: 63 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.