• Interstate Highway 35
  Dallas/Ft. Worth (130 miles north)
  Austin (60 miles south)
  San Antonio (135 miles south)
  Laredo/Mexico (300 miles south)
  
  
• US Highway 190 / State Highway 36
  Killeen/Ft. Hood (25 miles)
  Abilene (200 miles) and West Texas to the west and north
  Greater Houston Area (165 miles) to the southeast
  
  
• Loop 363 (HK Dodgen Loop) encircles the city of Temple
  West and SW Loop is a four-lane divided highway
  Northwest, NE and SE sections of the Loop are currently 2 lanes. TXDOT has plans to finish the loop into a complete four lane-divided highway
  
  
• State Highways 53 and 95 and several Farm-to-Market Roads

Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport is a modern, award-winning aviation facility operated by the City of Temple.

• Airport is located approximately 6 miles NW of Temple's central business district and 2.6 miles from IH 35.
• Airport property occupies 988 acres, and is primarily devoted to aviation use and support facilities, with additional areas available for development.
• Airport has maintained a full Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Certificate for 26+ years and has an enviable record of discrepancy-free ratings on our annual Certification Safety Inspections.
• Home to AMCOM/Dyncorp, which employees highly skilled employees who refurbish the UH-1 helicopters as part of the Foreign Military Sales Program. In addition, they support the Kiowa Warrior and Apache Helicopter maintenance programs plus the State Department’s aircraft maintenance program.
• Excellent runway/taxiway facilities capable of accommodating aircraft up to DC9/737.
• Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting facilities, aircraft traffic control services provided by UNI-COM.
• Jet A single point/over the wing and Avgas full service fueling operation.
• Automated Weather Observation System with certified Weather Observers and an aviation weather briefing system from WSI.
• Passenger and general aviation terminal facilities with ample free parking.
• T-hangars, corporate hangars, aircraft parking aprons.
• Ample land for development.

The Airport is free of obstructions, and with the exception of a few days, not adversely affected by poor weather conditions.

The Airport is free of obstructions, and with the exception of a few days, not adversely affected by poor weather conditions.

Two hard surface runways are available 24 hours with radio controlled lighting.

• 6301' x 150' Grooved Asphalt
• ILS/VOR/LOC/GPS to Rwy 15
• VOR/Back Course/GPS to Rwy 33
• Medium Intensity Lighting/MALSR Rwy 15

• AMTRAK Passenger Service (daily)
• Union Pacific Railroad
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad – rail spur extended to areas in NW Industrial Park

• Greyhound Bus Lines
• Arrow-Trailways Bus Lines
• Pioneer Charter Bus Services
• City participates in the Central Texas Regional Public Transit System operated by the Hill Country Transit District. The "HOP" provides both a demand/responsive system for the elderly, disabled and low-income population as well as 4 fixed routes in and around Temple:
  • Green Route goes from Downtown to VA, Temple College, Mall, S&W, Santa Fe Clinic
  • Red Route goes from Downtown west out Adams Ave. to Kegley Road
  • Beige Route goes from Downtown through East Temple out to the Free Clinic, MLK St.

• KBBW 1010 (Christian), KIIZ 92.3 FM, KLTD 101FM, KTON 940 AM, KNRV, KTEM 1400 AM, KYUL101.7, KOOC Mix 106FM, KISS 103.1FM, KUSJ-105FM, KVLT 88.5 (Christian)
• Most Waco stations and numerous Dallas and Austin stations are accessible in Temple.

• Temple Daily Telegram - Daily and Weekend editions
• Temple has local, same-day delivery of most major Texas papers.

• US Postal Service – Main office downtown, south office on S. 31^st St.
• United Parcel Service – ground and air out of city's airport
• Federal Express – ground and air out of city's airport
• Airborne Express
• Lone Star Overnight (Texas only service)

• Temple is locally served by Southwestern Bell Telephone and a variety of other long-distance, cellular, and internet-related telecommunications services and operations. These include Time Warner Cable, Embarq, Sprint, AT&T Wireless and others.
• Installation, service and repair of telephone equipment are provided by a number of local equipment vendors.
• Long distances and other telecommunications services are available through a variety of carriers including AT&T, MCI, Alltel and other companies. Data requirements can be provided through analog, standard digital, or wideband digital services.
• Local engineering and business sales personnel are available to work with our businesses to determine size and types of facilities needed to meet present and future needs.

• Temple is the location for two elements of the Texas A&M University System: the College of Medicine and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station's Blackland Research Center.
• Blackland Research Center is also the location of the Center for Integrated Information Management and the Temple-based portion of the Texas A&M University Center for Natural Resource Information Technology.

These TAMU System facilities are connected to the main campus by microwave, satellite, and dedicated transmission lines. Temple is currently working with the TAMU System and other public/private entities to develop an integrated learning and exchange network to support a variety of cooperative and collaborative opportunities and needs.