KPIL — Cameron County
Port Isabel, TX · field elevation 19 ft · NON-ATCT
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KPIL current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KPIL 100153Z AUTO 09009KT 10SM 23/22 A3007 RMK AO2 RAE09 SLP183 P0000 T02330217 $
- Wind
- from 090° at 9 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- no ceiling reported
- Temperature
- 23 °C / dewpoint 22 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Density altitude
- 824 ft · pressure altitude -131 ft
- Observed
- 46 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 090° at 9 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 08 | 9 kt head | — |
| 13 | 6 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 03 | 5 kt head | 7 kt from the right |
| 17 | — | 9 kt from the left |
| 35 | — | 9 kt from the right |
| 21 | 5 kt tail | 7 kt from the left |
| 31 | 6 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
| 26 | 9 kt tail | — |
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
No TAF is issued for KPIL — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KPIL — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 26.16619, -97.34589
- Elevation
- 19 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1244Z / 2342Z
- Magnetic variation
- 5°E (2010)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Brownsville
- County
- Cameron, TX
Everything else KPIL publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 8,001 | 200 | ASPH-CONC | MED |
| 08/26 | 5,317 | 150 | CONC | — |
| 03/21 | 5,000 | 150 | ASPH-CONC | — |
| 17/35 | 4,200 | 75 | ASPH-CONC | — |
Frequencies
- Clearance
- 119.2
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
- Approach
- 119.5
Published procedures
- 1 approach — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KPIL 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.