Mid Valley International
TXW · KTXW · Weslaco, Texas · Hidalgo County · map
Mid Valley International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Weslaco, 1 mile northeast of Weslaco, Texas, 70 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 6,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 35 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 610 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KTXW · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 11,000 feet
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 69°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 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 KTXW 062235Z AUTO 05010KT 10SM SCT110 31/20 A2985 RMK AO2 T03070204
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 TXW · ICAO KTXW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Weslaco
- Elevation
- 70 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; Sunday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday, 7:00 am to 5:00 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
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Brownsville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 6,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 20 ft high 959 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 32 ft high 1,239 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 125.95 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.55 | |
| Txw and aWOS-3PT | 118.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 956-447-0414.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 610, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Weslaco from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Weslaco, Texas: 8 piston singles, 7 business jets, 2 helicopters, 1 piston twin. 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, 0 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
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours SELF-SERVE.
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.