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) and about 23 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 29,420 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Cameron County?
Its FAA code is PIL, and its ICAO code is KPIL.
Where is Cameron County?
It is 10 miles northwest of Port Isabel, Texas, 19 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Cameron County?
The longest of its 4 runways, 13/31, is 8,001 feet long.
Does Cameron County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Cameron County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Cameron County?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: R G V Flight Academy LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Cameron County?
1 pilot examiner and 3 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 Cameron County…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Brownsville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1943
Runways 4
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Brownsville/South Padre Island International (16 nm south), Valley International (17 nm west), Mid Valley International (34 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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 20 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 29,420, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 20 |
| general aviation, travelling | 11,000 |
| general aviation, local | 2,400 |
| military | 16,000 |
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 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- R G V Flight Academy LLC 2 aircraft · Bayview, 4 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 flight instructor; 1 for airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 3 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 training center examiners.
- Brian David Childs private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Gulf Aviation · Harlingen, TX (17 nm) · (956) 247-9464 · [email protected]
All 11 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- 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 · 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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Port Isabel 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- R G V Flight Academy LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,060 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 29,940 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PIL.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 27, 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.