Brownwood Regional
BWD · KBWD · Brownwood, Texas · Brown County · map
Brownwood Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Brownwood, 5 miles north of Brownwood, Texas, 1,387 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,599 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBWD · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBWD 061935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/10 A3000 RMK AO2 T02880099 $
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 BWD · ICAO KBWD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Brownwood
- Elevation
- 1,387 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,599 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,608 × 101 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), trees 33 ft high 1,185 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 27 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
- Runway 31: trees 52 ft high 1,450 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Bwd and aWOS-3 | 118.325 | |
| Brownwood and rco | 122.5 | Brownwood |
| Brownwood and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.45 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 888-297-9399.
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 Brownwood from the FAA register
38 aircraft are registered to owners in Brownwood, Texas: 32 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 2 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 mals runway 17; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
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.