Brawley Municipal
BWC · KBWC · Brawley, California · Imperial County · map
Brawley Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Brawley, 1 mile northeast of Brawley, California, -128 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,166 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BWC · ICAO KBWC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Brawley
- Elevation
- -128 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,166 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 394 ft, rr 23 ft high 210 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 160 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Yuma and center (remote transmitter) High | 118.0 | · Use: clearance delivery/P. |
| El Centro Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.275 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Brawley from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Brawley, California: 24 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. 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:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude 800' conventional aircraft; 1200 jet aircraft.
- Public works dept office in Brawley
- For fuel use CARDLOCK-24/7.
- Runway 08 +7 feet fence 170 feet from end of runway.
- Runway 26 +15 feet road 115 feet from runway end +7 feet fence 66 feet from runway end.
- Runway 08 approach ratio 26:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio to displaced threshold +15 feet road 510 feet from displaced threshold 34:1.
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.