# Tradewind Airport (TDW / KTDW)

**Tradewind Airport** (IATA: TDW, ICAO: KTDW) is a small airport in Amarillo, Texas, United States. It opened in Oct 1963. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,098 ft (1,554 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TDW / KTDW
- FAA: TDW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Amarillo, Texas, United States
- Opened: Oct 1963
- Elevation: 3,649 ft / 1,112 m
- Coordinates: 35.1699, -101.8260
- Runways: 2
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 5,098 ft / 1,554 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://tradewindairport.com/index.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradewind_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6588360
- Weather station: KTDW
- Ident: KTDW

## Timeline

- Oct 1963: Tradewind Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 5,098 ft / 1,554 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 05/23 | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 056° / 236° | yes |

- Also 1 helipad.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,098 ft / 1,554 m | =6,157 of 29,858 | #2,082 in North America | #1,693 in US |
| Elevation | 3,649 ft / 1,112 m | #4,118 of 43,403 | #2,169 in North America | #1,706 in US |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =3,512 in North America | =3,434 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | AMARILLO APP/DEP | 119.500 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 125.400 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [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)
- [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/ktdw/data