Terminal Procedures

KTDW — Tradewind

AMARILLO, TX · 2 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026

FAA TDWElevation 3,648 ft3 runwaysLongest 5,098 ftNon-toweredFuel 100LL avgas, Jet A-1+Volume SC-2Not for navigation

1 published instrument approach: 1 RNAV (GPS).

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Instrument approach procedures

ChartAmendment
RNAV (GPS) RWY 35 chart previewRNAV (GPS) RWY 350CPDF

Takeoff and alternate minimums

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TAKEOFF MINIMUMS chart previewTAKEOFF MINIMUMSPDF

Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.

KTDW airport information

Control tower
No
Attendance
All all 0700-2200
ARTCC
Albuquerque Center
Flight service
Fort Worth
NOTAM facility
FTW (NOTAM-D available)
Magnetic variation
8E
Beacon
White-green (lighted land airport), sunset to sunrise
Wind indicator
Lighted
Segmented circle
Yes
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A-1+
Airframe service
Major
Powerplant service
Major
Bottled oxygen
High
Parking
Tie-downs
Customs
Landing rights airport
Activated
October 1963
Airport area
595 acres
Ownership
Privately owned
Sectional
Dallas-Ft Worth
Last FAA inspection
2024-04-12

From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.

KTDW radio frequencies

ServiceFrequencyCall sign
CTAF122.8
Clearance delivery125.4Amarillo
Approach119.5121.15Amarillo

Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.

Runways

5,098 × 60 ft17353,000 × 60 ft0523N500 ft
Runway layout at KTDW, drawn to scale from FAA published runway-end coordinates and true alignments. Runways served by an ILS are highlighted.
RunwayLengthWidth SurfaceLighting
17/355,098 ft60 ftAsphalt FairMedium intensity
  17 180°Tdisplaced threshold 290 ft · right-hand circuit
  35 360°Tdisplaced threshold 289 ft
05/233,000 ft60 ftAsphalt FairMedium intensity
  23 236°Tright-hand circuit
H150 ft50 ftAsphalt Fair

Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.

Where KTDW is

Latitude, longitude35.1698890, -101.8258610
Elevation3,648 ft
From Amarillo3 nm SE

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FAA remarks for KTDW

  • THIS AIRPORT HAS BEEN SURVEYED BY THE NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY.
  • MIRL RWY 17/35 SS-SR PRESET LOW. TO INCR INTST AND ACTVT REIL RWY 17, 35; MIRL RWY 05/23 - CTAF.
  • AFT HRS SVC 806-376-1008.
  • CELL 720-412-1132
  • 4 FT FENCE 0 FT DSTC, 99 FT R.
  • 4 FT FENCE 24 FT DSTC; 14 FT RD 43 FT DSTC, 250 L/R.
  • 6 FT FENCE 94 FT DSTC, 60 FT L.
  • 4 FT FENCE 0 FT DSTC; 15 FT RD, 47 FT DSTC.
  • APCH SLOPE 11:1 AT DSPLCD THR OVR 40 FT POLE, 456 FT DSTC, 270 FT L.
  • APCH SLOPE 0:1 AT DSPLCD THR OVR 4 FT FENCE 189 LEFT.
  • 35 FT PLINE 440 FT SOUTH OF HELIPAD; 35 FT PLINE, MKD 157 FT WEST; 30 FT LGT POLE 171 FT EAST, 25 FT LGTD WIND SOCK 96 FT WEST.
  • FOR CD CTC ALBUQUERQUE ARTCC AT 505-856-4861.
  • RWY 5/23 NO MKGS.

Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.

Concentrated instrument coverage

Tradewind has a single published instrument approach: an RNAV (GPS) procedure serving one runway end. Instrument arrivals are therefore concentrated on one alignment, with no published approach to any other end. There is also no published airport diagram, so the procedure set provides no dedicated ground-layout chart.

Runways and surrounding coverage

Runway 17/35 is 2,098 ft longer than 05/23; any aircraft requiring more than 3,000 ft of runway has only 17/35 available among the listed runways. Nearby, Rick Husband Amarillo International has a much broader chart set, while Panhandle-Carson County and the other listed fields have only three or four charts each. The Albuquerque and Dallas-Ft Worth sectionals add wider VFR context beyond the airport’s limited instrument coverage.

Airports near KTDW

IDAirportCity DistanceCharts
KAMARick Husband Amarillo IntlAMARILLO, TX7 nm NE21
T45Panhandle-Carson CountyPANHANDLE, TX25 nm NE3
KHRXHereford MuniHEREFORD, TX31 nm SW4
KBGDHutchinson CountyBORGER, TX38 nm NE4
KDUXMoore CountyDUMAS, TX42 nm N4
KPPAPerry Lefors FldPAMPA, TX49 nm NE3

VFR charts covering KTDW

Common questions about KTDW

What charts are available for KTDW?

2 current FAA charts for Tradewind, including 1 instrument approach. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.

What are the radio frequencies for KTDW?

CTAF 122.8; Clearance delivery 125.4. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.

How long is the runway at KTDW?

Tradewind has 3 runways. The longest is 17/35 at 5,098 ft by 60 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.

Does KTDW have an ILS approach?

No ILS is published. In total KTDW has 1 published instrument approach, of which 1 are RNAV (GPS).

Which runway do instrument approaches serve at KTDW?

Every published approach serves one runway end. There is no instrument procedure to the reciprocal direction, so an arrival in instrument conditions commits to that single approach direction regardless of the wind.

Is KTDW a towered airport?

No — Tradewind has no control tower. Traffic co-ordinates on a common frequency rather than with a controller, which is listed in the frequencies table on this page.

Are these KTDW charts current?

They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.

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