KAPY — Zapata County
Zapata, TX · field elevation 422 ft · NON-ATCT
1 AIRMET & SIGMET Read in the EFB →
KAPY current weather
LIFR ceiling below 500 ft or visibility under 1 statute mile
METAR KAPY 111155Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM OVC003 27/23 A3002 RMK AO2 T02670230 10291 20267
- Wind
- from 140° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 300 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 27 °C / dewpoint 23 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,788 ft · pressure altitude 322 ft
- Observed
- 18 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 140° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 6 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 30 | 6 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KAPY — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KAPY — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 26.96878, -99.24892
- Elevation
- 422 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1207Z / 0117Z
- Magnetic variation
- 8° (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Brownsville
- County
- Zapata, TX
Everything else KAPY publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,000 | 60 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.7
- UNICOM
- 122.7
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- KHBV Jim Hogg County36 nm
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Elsewhere
- Other Texas airports
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Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.