BRO

Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport

ICAO KBRO25.9072°N 97.4252°W22 ft / 7 mMedium airport
On the map
Brownsvilleiap-8feb2002
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (IATA: BRO, ICAO: KBRO) is a medium airport in Brownsville, Texas, United States. It opened in Sep 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,399 ft (2,255 m). It is operated by Brownsville Department of Aviation. In 2025 it handled 279 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1937–1937
SEP 1937
OpenedBrownsville South Padre Island International Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
13/31135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH7,399 ft2,255 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
18/36182° / 002° · LIT
LENGTH6,000 ft1,829 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
208K
261K
222K
223K
223K
241K
176K
287K
228K
306K
322K
279K
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Routes

4 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsAerus 1United Express 1American Eagle 1Breeze Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BRO. From the Wikipedia article “Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport” (revision of 13 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers279K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,382of 3,974 · #312 North America · #209 USLongest runway7,399 ft2,255 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,177of 29,823 · =700 North America · =523 USElevation22 ft7 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,095of 43,341 · =18,568 North America · =15,215 USAgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =141 North America · =123 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DVALLEY APP/DEP119.500
ATISATIS128.550
CTAFCTAF118.900
GNDGND121.900
RDOSAN ANGELO RDO122.300
TWRTWR118.900
UNICUNICOM122.950