Cameron County
PIL · KPIL · Port Isabel, Texas · Cameron County · map
Cameron County is a public-use airport owned by Cameron County, 10 miles northwest of Port Isabel, Texas, 19 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 8,001 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPIL · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (360°) at 15 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 84°F (29°C), dew point 77°F (25°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 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 KPIL 061853Z AUTO 36015KT 10SM CLR 29/25 A2988 RMK AO2 RAE1756 SLP117 P0001 T02890250 $
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 PIL · ICAO KPIL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Cameron County
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Brownsville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1943
Runways 4
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 8,001 × 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 5,317 × 150 ft | Concrete, poor | |
| 03/21 | 5,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, poor | |
| 17/35 | 4,200 × 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 08: fence 8 ft high 330 ft from the end
- Runway 26: trees 25 ft high 268 ft from the end
- Runway 35: tower 273 ft high 4,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 119.2 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.5 | |
| Pil and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.525 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 956-233-1954.
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 Port Isabel from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Port Isabel, Texas: 2 piston singles. 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 · 4 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
- Pre dates the act.
- 100 LL and jet a available self serve and full serv.
- Vegetation growing through pavement.
- Vegetation growing through pavement.
- No hold line markings.
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.