Jack Brooks Regional
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Jack Brooks Regional is a public-use airport owned by Jefferson County, 9 miles southeast of Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas, 15 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 6,751 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBPT · observed 3:53 pm CDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:56 pm CDT (17:56 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 10,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBPT 062053Z 03008KT 10SM BKN050 32/20 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T03220200 56025
TAF KBPT 061756Z 0618/0718 03008KT P6SM FEW100 FM070000 VRB04KT P6SM SCT250
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 BPT · ICAO KBPT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jefferson County
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 6,751 × 150 ft | Concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 5,071 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,508 ft available for landing, tree 46 ft high 1,041 ft from the end
- Runway 30: VASI, four boxes on the left, tree 41 ft high 1,024 ft from the end
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 34: VASI, four boxes on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.5 | Beaumont |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Bpt and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.3 | Beaumont |
| Clearance delivery | 118.3 | Beaumont |
| Ground | 124.85 | Beaumont |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service | 121.3 | Beaumont |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Beaumont |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 409-223-4011.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Beaumont/Port Arthur from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Beaumont/Port Arthur, TX as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 1 fatal
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
- Bird actvty on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Dusk to dawn. When the control tower closed runway end identifier lights runways 16, 30 and 34; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 and 16/34 preset med intst. Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 12 - the common traffic frequency.
- First 1000 feet runway 16 much darker than remainder of runway.
- First 4271 feet of runway 34 grvd.
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.