KRAS — Mustang Beach
Port Aransas, TX · field elevation 5 ft · NON-ATCT
KRAS current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KRAS 111155Z AUTO 16007KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A3007 RMK AO2 T02870258 10290 20285
- Wind
- from 160° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 29 °C / dewpoint 26 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,448 ft · pressure altitude -145 ft
- Observed
- 19 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 160° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 6 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 30 | 6 kt tail | 4 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
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 34,000–34,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KRAS — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KRAS — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 27.81183, -97.08875
- Elevation
- 5 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1157Z / 0110Z
- Magnetic variation
- 5° (2005)
- Fuel
- 100LL
- Sectional
- Brownsville
- County
- Nueces, TX
Everything else KRAS publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,482 | 70 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.9
- Approach
- 125.4
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KTFP Ingleside Rgnl9 nm
- KNGP Corpus Christi NAS (Truax Fld)13 nm
- KNWL Waldron Fld Nolf16 nm
- KRKP Aransas County17 nm
- KCRP Corpus Christi Intl22 nm
- KRBO Nueces County32 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KRAS 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.