# Waco Regional Airport (ACT / KACT)

**Waco Regional Airport** (IATA: ACT, ICAO: KACT) is a medium airport in Waco, Texas, United States. It opened in Jul 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,107 ft (2,166 m). In 2025 it handled 111 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kact

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ACT / KACT
- FAA: ACT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Waco, Texas, United States
- Opened: Jul 1943
- Elevation: 516 ft / 157 m
- Coordinates: 31.6113, -97.2305
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,107 ft / 2,166 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches
- Passengers: 110,818 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.waco-texas.com/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_Regional_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7958858
- Weather station: KACT · WMO 72256
- Ident: KACT

## Timeline

- Jul 1943: Waco Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 7,107 ft / 2,166 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 014° / 194° | yes |
| 14/32 | 5,103 ft / 1,555 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 149° / 329° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00439AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 126,220 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 130,066 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 116,799 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 113,398 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 126,562 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 57,301 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 97,261 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 112,686 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 106,242 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 111,730 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 110,818 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 89 mi / 144 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ACT, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 111K (2025) | #1,770 of 3,974 | #399 in North America | #267 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,107 ft / 2,166 m | #3,389 of 29,858 | #769 in North America | #577 in US |
| Elevation | 516 ft / 157 m | =26,800 of 43,403 | =12,835 in North America | =10,734 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 135.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 123.850 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.300 |
| DEP | DEP | 126.125 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | FORT WORTH RDO | 122.150 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [TPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktpl.md) Draughon Miller Central Texas Regional Airport · 33 mi / 54 km
- [GRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgrk.md) Killeen Regional Airport / Robert Gray Army Airfield · 52 mi / 83 km
- [KJWY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjwy.md) Mid-Way Regional Airport · 61 mi / 99 km
- [FWH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knfw.md) NAS Fort Worth JRB / Carswell Field · 81 mi / 130 km
- [FTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kftw.md) Fort Worth Meacham International Airport · 84 mi / 135 km
- [KEDC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kedc.md) Austin Executive Airport · 86 mi / 139 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Waco Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waco_Regional_Airport&oldid=1367701487), revision of 4 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kact/data