Temple is located in the heart of Central Texas on major highways that connect the city to the state's urban areas as well as rural markets. All modes of transportation - rail services, motor fright and trucking services, bus lines, airport and general aviation services, taxicab services and automobile rental agencies are offered.
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.
- Airport is located approximately 6 miles northwest of Temple's central business district and 2.6 miles from I-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 Cerification Safety Inspections
- Home to AMCOM/DynCorp, which employs highly skilled employees who refurbish the UH-1 helicopters as part of the Foregin 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 systems from WSI
- Passenger and general aviation terminal facilities with ample free parking
- T-hangers, corporate hangers, 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.
Primary Runway 15/33
- 7000' x 150' Grooved Asphalt
- ILS/VOR/LOC/GPS to Runway 15
- Medium Intensity Lighting/MALSR Runway 15
- VOR/Back Course/GPS to Runway 33
- 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
- Rail Park at Central Pointe served by Temple and Central Texas Railroad
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad - Mainline 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.
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