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Port Isabel Cameron County Airport

26.16620°N
-97.34590°W
ARR / DAY
0
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
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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 8,000 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
88°F
Wind
14 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPIL 312353Z AUTO 12014KT 10SM CLR 31/25 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP124 60000 T03060250 10356 20306 56007

Runways

4 installed

8,000 FT MAX
03/21
4,999 ft × 150
PEM○ unlit
08/26
5,300 ft × 150
CON○ unlit
13/31
8,000 ft × 200
PEM● LITMED
17/35
4,200 ft × 150
CON○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

13
50% of ops
93 land · 2 TO
08
42% of ops
77 land · 2 TO
17
3% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
26
2% of ops
4 land · 2 TO
03
2% of ops
3 land · 2 TO
21
1% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 13 carries 50% of operations (93 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

13 93 landings
UA 4%
08 77 landings
UA 3%
17 5 landings
UA 0%
26 4 landings
UA 0%
03 3 landings
UA 0%
21 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 13 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 93 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
4.7
flights/day · 140 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 2pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 4.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (3.9 vs 5.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

27 · 25%
10 · 9%
10 · 9%
9 · 8%
9 · 8%
6 · 6%
Activity is led by (25% of 107 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
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