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The Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport is an FAA Part 139 municipal facility with a 6,301 foot runway that provides general aviation services, fuel, corporate jet services and hangers, has a Texas National Guard training facility, general airfreight/cargo services and military aircraft maintenance operations.

The Temple area has 5 affiliate television stations, over 150 cable television stations, numerous radio stations and a daily newspaper, the Temple Daily Telegram. All utilities (electricity, water, wastewater and gas), postal services, and advanced telecommunications services are readily available.

Major Highways

Temple is at the junction of major highways, which connect the city to the state's major urban areas as well as rural markets:

Interstate 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

Airport Services

Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional Airport is a general aviation airport with an FAA part 139 Certificate.

• Full service fueling for jet, single and twin engine aircraft; DOD contract fuel available
• Air charter available through JF Air Traffic based on the field
• General aviation maintenance and avionics shop through Summit Aviation based on the field
• Flight training and aircraft rentals through Wings Over Texas based on the field

Primary Runway 15/33

• 6301' x 150' Grooved Asphalt
• (700' extension underway bringing the primary instrument approach runway to 7,001')
• Medium Intensity Lighting/MALSR Rwy 15
• Full precision approach instrumentation

Crosswind Runway 02/20

• 4,742' x 100' Asphalt
• Medium Intensity Lighting/PAPI Rwy 20
• PAPI-4 on Runway 20

Rail Services

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad - Mai
• Inline switching yard; east/west and north/south
• Union Pacific Railroad
• Piggyback service is available via Dallas off-loading facility through contractual arrangements with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF) line.
• AMTRAK Passenger Service (daily)

Bus Lines

• Greyhound Bus Lines
• Arrow-Trailways Bus Lines
• Pioneer Charter Bus Services
• City participates in tfe 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, Mail, S&W, Santa Fe Clinic
  • Red Route goes from Downtown west out of Adams Avenue to Kegley Road
  • Beige Route goes from Downtown through East Temple out to the Free Clinic, MLK St.
  • Blue Route goes from Downtown out to the major industries in the NW Industrial Park

Television Stations/ Cable

• KCEN-TV (NBC)
• KWTX-TV (CBS)
• KXXV-TV (ABC)
• KNCT-TV (PBS)
• KWKT-TV (FOX)
• Time-Warner (Cable)
• CentroVision (Cable)

Local Radio Station

• KBBW (1010 AM)
• KIIZ (92.3 FC)
• KISS (103.1 FM)
• KLTD (101.7 FM)
• KNRV (105.5 FM)
• KOOC (106.3 FM)
• KTEM (1400 AM)
• KTON (940 AM)
• KUSJ (105.5 FM)
• KVLT (88.5 FM)
• KYUL (101.7 FM)

In addition, most Waco stations and numerous Dallas and Austin stations are accessible in Temple.

Newspaper

Temple Daily Telegram - has daily and weekend editions
Temple has local, same-day delivery of most major Texas papers

Postal Services

• US Postal Service
• Airborne Express
• Federal Express
• Lone Star Overnight
• United Parcel Service

Internet Providers

• CentroVision
• Clearwire
• CNET
• Earthlink
• ISOT Internet Service of Texas
• Road Runner High Speed Online
• VVM, Inc.
• Wire Free Communications, LLC

Telecommunications Services

Temple is locally served by AT&T and a variety of other long-distance, cellular, and internet-related telecommunications services and operations. These include Time Warner Cable, Sprint Nextel Communications, AT&T Wireless and others. Installation, service and repair of telephone equipment are provided by a number of local equipment vendors.

Long distance 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.