# Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (BRO / KBRO)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbro

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BRO / KBRO
- FAA: BRO
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Brownsville Department of Aviation
- Owner: City of Brownsville
- Serves: Brownsville, Texas, United States
- Opened: Sep 1937
- Elevation: 22 ft / 7 m
- Coordinates: 25.9072, -97.4252
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,399 ft / 2,255 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 279,395 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.flybrownsville.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsville/South_Padre_Island_International_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3385055
- Weather station: KBRO · WMO 72250
- Ident: KBRO

## Timeline

- Sep 1937: Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 7,399 ft / 2,255 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 18/36 | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 182° / 002° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00061AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 207,661 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 261,067 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 222,079 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 222,862 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 223,435 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 240,509 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 176,494 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 287,055 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 228,014 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 306,419 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 322,348 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 279,395 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [MTY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmmy.md) Monterrey International Airport · Mexico · 167 mi / 269 km · Aerus
- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 309 mi / 497 km · United Express
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 483 mi / 778 km · American Eagle
- [MCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmco.md) Orlando International Airport · United States · 1,005 mi / 1,617 km · Breeze Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BRO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- ZV [Aerus](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerus) · 1
- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1
- MX [Breeze Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/breeze-airways) · 1
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 279K (2025) | #1,382 of 3,974 | #312 in North America | #209 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,399 ft / 2,255 m | =3,178 of 29,858 | =700 in North America | =523 in US |
| Elevation | 22 ft / 7 m | =41,155 of 43,403 | =18,577 in North America | =15,223 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | VALLEY APP/DEP | 119.500 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.550 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.900 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | SAN ANGELO RDO | 122.300 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.900 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [MAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmma.md) General Servando Canales International Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [HRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khrl.md) Valley International Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [REX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmrx.md) General Lucio Blanco International Airport · 50 mi / 81 km
- [MFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmfe.md) McAllen Miller International Airport · 54 mi / 87 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brownsville/South_Padre_Island_International_Airport&oldid=1369139712), revision of 13 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbro/data