KPIL — Cameron County
Port Isabel, TX · field elevation 19 ft · NON-ATCT
KPIL current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KPIL 111153Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02720256 10283 20272 53003
- Wind
- from 170° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 27 °C / dewpoint 26 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,324 ft · pressure altitude -101 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 170° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 6 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 13 | 5 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 21 | 4 kt head | 4 kt from the left |
| 08 | 1 kt head | 6 kt from the right |
| 26 | 1 kt tail | 6 kt from the left |
| 03 | 4 kt tail | 4 kt from the right |
| 31 | 5 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
| 35 | 6 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
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
- 1200Z / 0109Z
- Magnetic variation
- 5° (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 →
Nearby airports
- KBRO Brownsville/South Padre Island Intl16 nm
- KHRL Valley Intl17 nm
- KTXW Mid Valley34 nm
- KEBG South Texas Intl At Edinburg45 nm
- KMFE Mc Allen Intl48 nm
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.