Jack Brooks Regional
BPT · KBPT · Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas · Jefferson County · map
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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 65 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 17,646 takeoffs and landings a year. About 33,127 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Jack Brooks Regional?
Its FAA code is BPT, and its ICAO code is KBPT.
Where is Jack Brooks Regional?
It is 9 miles southeast of Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas, 15 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Jack Brooks Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 12/30, is 6,751 feet long.
Does Jack Brooks Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Jack Brooks Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Jack Brooks Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Dallas-Fort Worth International, Jack Brooks Regional, Abilene Regional, Waco Regional, Alexandria International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Jack Brooks Regional?
1 pilot examiner and 5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Jack Brooks Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Beaumont Municipal (12 nm northwest), Orange County (13 nm northeast), Chambers County/Winnie Stowell (23 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 725 departures from BPT in those twelve months, carrying 32,463 passengers in 48,140 seats (67% filled), to 11 destinations on 5 airlines.
All 11 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 41 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 14 |
| helicopters | 4 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 17,646, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,057 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,665 |
| general aviation, travelling | 10,282 |
| general aviation, local | 3,788 |
| military | 854 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
- John Emerson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lake Charles, LA (43 nm) · (337) 794-3064 · [email protected]
All 8 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,063 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,882 aircraft registered
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 700 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- Jack Brooks Regional (BPT) 16 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Abilene Regional (ABI) 1 flights in twelve months · Global Crossing Airlines, Inc.
- Waco Regional (ACT) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Alexandria International (AEX) 1 flights in twelve months · Global Crossing Airlines, Inc.
- Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field (BTR) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- George Bush Intcntl/Houston (IAH) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BPT.json.
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 21, 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.