KBRO — Brownsville/South Padre Island Intl
Brownsville, TX · field elevation 22 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KBRO current weather Live
MVFR ceiling 1,000–3,000 ft or visibility 3–5 statute miles
SPECI KBRO 100321Z 27009KT 10SM -RA FEW004 BKN011 OVC027 22/20 A3011 RMK AO2 RAB13 P0000 T02170200
- Wind
- from 270° at 9 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 1,100 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 20 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Density altitude
- 589 ft · pressure altitude -168 ft
- Observed
- 15 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 270° at 9 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | 6 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 18 | — | 9 kt from the right |
| 36 | — | 9 kt from the left |
| 13 | 6 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
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 100103Z 1001/1024 03003KT P6SM -RA VCSH FEW008 BKN024 OVC035 FM100230 00000KT P6SM VCSH OVC009 PROB30 1006/1012 2SM -SHRA BR OVC004 FM102000 32006KT P6SM BKN015 PROB30 1020/1023 4SM -SHRA BR OVC004
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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
- 1244Z / 2343Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-0000
- Magnetic variation
- 3°E (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
- 6 approaches — ILS, 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 Valley Intl34 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
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- 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.