# Draughon Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (TPL)

> Temple, US · IATA: TPL · ICAO: KTPL · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `TPL` |
| ICAO | `KTPL` |
| City | Temple |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 208 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 31.15250, -97.40780 |

## Description

Two runways — 16/34 at 7,000 by 150 feet, roughly 2,134 metres, and 3/21 at 4,740 by 100 feet — plus a new city-owned FBO define the capability at Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (TPL/KTPL) in Temple. Temple Executive Air Center, a $7.4 million municipal facility, opened in November with fuelling, ground handling, hangars and crew services, daily from 07:00 to 20:00. Movements have grown about 35 percent since 2019, but there is still no scheduled service, no cargo terminal, no freighter traffic and no customs post. Temple is nonetheless a serious logistics town: grocery distributor McLane is headquartered here, and the Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and Waco keeps attracting warehousing. Those goods move by road and rail rather than through TPL. Air freight is handled at Austin–Bergstrom (AUS), about an hour south, and at the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Fort Worth Alliance (AFW) freight facilities roughly two hours north, where customs clearance and integrator capacity sit. For forwarders, TPL is a charter and business aviation field and a road feeder origin.

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