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Alice International

ALI · KALI · Alice, Texas · Jim Wells County · map

Alice International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Alice & Jim Wells CO, 3 miles southeast of Alice, Texas, 178 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 5,997 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).

Weather right now KALI · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago

VFR good flying weather

  • Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 9 knots
  • Visibility 10 miles or more
  • Sky: a few clouds at 5,500 feet, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet, a broken layer at 11,000 feet
  • Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 69°F (21°C)
  • Altimeter 29.88 inHg

The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)

  • From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 6,000 feet, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet VFR
  • From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
  • From Wed 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 6,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)

METAR KALI 062053Z AUTO 06009KT 10SM FEW055 SCT070 BKN110 33/21 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP114 T03280206 56028

TAF KALI 061720Z 0618/0718 02008KT P6SM FEW060 SCT100 FM070000 VRB04KT P6SM FEW250 FM071600 03009KT P6SM FEW060

From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.

The airport

Codes
FAA ALI · ICAO KALI
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
City of Alice & Jim Wells CO
Elevation
178 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A
Parking
hangar, tiedown
On the chart
Brownsville sectional
Magnetic variation
6E
In the FAA's files since
February 1943

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

13311735N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
13/315,997 × 100 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
17/354,490 × 100 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 15 ft high 690 ft from the end
  • Runway 31: localizer with DME, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS)
  • Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left
  • Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, power line 30 ft high 1,300 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM123.0
Approach and departure119.9
Ali and vor114.5
Ali and automated weather (ASOS)119.225
Alice and rco122.6Alice
Sarita and center (remote transmitter) Low128.15

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 361-668-0069.

Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com

Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.

Aircraft registered in Alice from the FAA register

7 aircraft are registered to owners in Alice, Texas: 3 turboprops, 3 helicopters, 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Extreme Helicopter Service LLC 3Fesco Holdings INC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal

1997-08-12CHI97FA256 · Beech Be-65-A90 N41VC · accident · 4 killed
1996-04-23FTW96LA185 · Piper Pa-38-112 N2537D · accident · no injuries
1987-06-21FTW87LA148 · Cessna 182 N5496E · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Activate mals runway 31; runway end identifier lightss runway 13; PAPI runway 17 and 35 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runways 13/31 and 17/35 preset low intst DUSK-2300; to incr intst or activate aft 2300 - the common traffic frequency.
  • 100LL available 24 hours at SELF-SVC pump.
  • Runway markings discolored.
  • This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.