MC Allen International
MFE · KMFE · Mc Allen, Texas · Hidalgo County · map
MC Allen International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Mc Allen, 2 miles south of Mc Allen, Texas, 107 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 7,120 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KMFE · observed 2:53 pm CDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (350°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 5,500 feet, a broken layer at 7,000 feet, a broken layer at 9,000 feet
- Temperature 92°F (33°C), dew point 69°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:58 pm CDT (17:58 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north at 10 knots, gusting to 18, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 5:00 pm CDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the north at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 7:00 am CDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the north at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMFE 061953Z 35013KT 10SM SCT055 BKN070 BKN090 33/21 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP114 T03330206 $
TAF KMFE 061758Z 0618/0718 35010G18KT P6SM BKN050 FM062200 01009KT P6SM SCT070 FM070000 VRB05KT P6SM SCT070 FM071200 35007KT P6SM FEW250
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 MFE · ICAO KMFE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Mc Allen
- Elevation
- 107 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 12:01 am
- 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
- Notes
- customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Brownsville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 7,120 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 2,639 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 137 ft, 6,983 ft available for landing, road 14 ft high 650 ft from the end
- Runway 32: ILS with DME, VASI, two boxes on the left
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 18 ft high 575 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.5 | Mc Allen |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 128.5 | Mc Allen |
| Ground | 121.8 | Mc Allen |
| Approach and departure | 126.55 | Mc Allen |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Mc Allen |
| Mc Allen Rco | 122.2 | Mc Allen |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 956-664-8212.
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Aircraft registered in Mc Allen from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Mc Allen, TX as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 25 since 1982, 4 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
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 14; high-intensity runway lights runway 14/32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) with 219 feet setback 381 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 32.
- Runway 18/36 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- PAPI out of service indefinitely.
- Approach ratio 37:1 from displaced threshold.
- No 180 degreess locked wheel turns on runway 14/32.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport (seasonal).
- Jet or large propeller aircraft training prohibited (including practice approaches; tgl and practice instrument approach procedures) due to noise abatement procedures effect 11:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- When departing airport fly runway hdg until reaching 1000 feet above ground level bfr making PT.
- Taxiway C between taxiway C2 and the approach end of runway 18 not vsb from the control tower.
- No aircraft eng RUN-UPS on terminal apn.
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.