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KPIL ·

Port Isabel Cameron County Airport

26.16620°N
-97.34590°W
ARR / DAY
5
20.8%
DEP / DAY
1
11.1%

Port Isabel Cameron County Airport (KPIL) is a small general aviation airport located in Port Isabel, TX, 20 mi north east of Brownsville. It features 4 runways with the longest being 8,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPIL 281553Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP167 T03220228

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

08
47% of ops
122 land · 1 TO
13
41% of ops
107 land · 2 TO
17
6% of ops
17 land · 2 TO
21
3% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
03
1% of ops
3 land · 6 TO
26
1% of ops
2 land · 2 TO
Runway 08 carries 47% of operations (122 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 41%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

08 122 landings
UA 1%
13 107 landings
UA 2%
17 17 landings
UA 0%
21 8 landings
UA 12%
03 3 landings
UA 0%
26 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 122 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
10.9
flights/day · 326 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 10.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (8.5 vs 12.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (18% of 219 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 119.500
APCH 257.600
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 118.525
OTHER 119.200
CD/P 119.200
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 16:54 UTC