Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport

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Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport
IATA: TPL - ICAO: KTPL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Temple, Texas
Elevation AMSL		682 ft (207.9 m)
Coordinates		31°09′09.00″N, 097°24′28.00″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	6,301	1,921	Asphalt
2/20	4,740	1,445	Asphalt

Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (IATA: TPL, ICAO: KTPL) is a general aviation airport located 5 miles NW of Temple, Texas.

It is owned and operated by the city of Temple, Texas.

Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

The airport was opened in July 1942 as Temple Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base. At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use.

[edit] See also

• Texas World War II Army Airfields

[edit] References

• AirNav.Com - Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport (KTPL)
• Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517

[edit] External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KTPL
  • ASN accident history for TPL
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KTPL
  • FAA current TPL delay information