KBRO — Brownsville/South Padre Island Intl
Brownsville, TX · field elevation 22 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KBRO current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBRO 111153Z 15006KT 10SM CLR 28/25 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02780250 10289 20278 53003
- Wind
- from 150° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 28 °C / dewpoint 25 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,412 ft · pressure altitude -88 ft
- Observed
- 25 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 150° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | 6 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 18 | 5 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 36 | 5 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
| 31 | 6 kt tail | 2 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
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KBRO 111121Z 1112/1212 14006KT P6SM SKC FM111400 16012KT P6SM FEW035 FM111700 15015G22KT P6SM SCT050 FM120100 14009KT P6SM SKC
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 25.90614, -97.42600
- Elevation
- 22 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1201Z / 0109Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-0000
- Magnetic variation
- 3° (2020)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Brownsville
- County
- Cameron, TX
Airport diagram
Everything else KBRO publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 7,399 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 18/36 | 6,000 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 128.55
- Tower 0600-0000
- 118.9
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 118.9
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 119.5
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, LOC/BC, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KPIL Cameron County16 nm
- KHRL Valley Intl23 nm
- KTXW Mid Valley34 nm
- KMFE Mc Allen Intl47 nm
- KEBG South Texas Intl At Edinburg49 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBRO airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Texas airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
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.