FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | T65 |
| Lat/Long: | 26-10-39.5000N / 097-58-23.0000W
26-10.658333N / 097-58.383333W
26.1776389 / -97.9730556
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 70 ft. / 21 m (estimated) |
| Variation: | 07E (1985) |
| From city: | 2 miles NE of WESLACO, TX |
| Time zone: | UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 78596 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 07/1945 |
| Sectional chart: | BROWNSVILLE |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | HOUSTON CENTER |
| FSS: | SAN ANGELO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | T65 (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 0700-1900
PRIOR ARRANGEMENT RQRD OTHER TIMES FOR ARPT ATTENDANT. |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 13/31 & LDIN RY 13 PRESET LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST AND ACTVT REIL RYS 13 & 31 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 118.575 (956-447-0502) |
| VALLEY APPROACH: | 121.0 |
| VALLEY DEPARTURE: | 121.0 |
| CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 125.95 |
| WX ASOS at MFE (14 nm W): | PHONE 956-664-8212 |
| WX ASOS at HRL (17 nm E): | PHONE 956-428-7297 |
| WX AWOS-3 at EBG (18 nm NW): | 118.025 (956-380-1426) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| MFEr080/14.4 | | MC ALLEN VOR/DME | | 117.20 | | 09E |
| REXr046/(17.0) | | REYNOSA VOR | | 112.40 | | 08E |
| HRLr255/17.6 | | HARLINGEN VOR/DME | | 109.20 | | 05E |
| MAMr308/34.4 | | MATAMOROS VOR/DME | | 114.30 | | 07E |
| BROr286/35.6 | | BROWNSVILLE VORTAC | | 116.30 | | 09E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A
FUEL SVCS AVBL 24 HRS. |
| Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 13/31
| Dimensions: | 4998 x 70 ft. / 1523 x 21 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 13 | | RUNWAY 31 |
| Latitude: | 26-10.980617N | | 26-10.334317N |
| Longitude: | 097-58.667350W | | 097-58.099133W |
| Elevation: | 68.2 ft. | | 69.3 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.1% | | 0.1% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | right |
| Runway heading: | 135 magnetic, 142 true | | 315 magnetic, 322 true |
| Displaced threshold: | 172 ft. | | no |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Approach lights: | LDIN: lead-in light system | | |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 15 ft. road, 565 ft. from runway, 250 ft. left of centerline, 24:1 slope to clear
APCH SLOPE 44:1 TO ROAD 672 FT FM DSPLCD THLD 250 FT LEFT OF CNTRLN. | | 31 ft. pole, 1030 ft. from runway, 270 ft. right of centerline, 26:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF WESLACO
500 KANSAS STREET
WESLACO, TX 78596
Phone 956-968-3181 |
| Manager: | GEORGE GARRETT
1909 JOE STEPHENS
WESLACO, TX 78596
Phone 956-969-0291 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 60 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 43 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 10 | | Jet airplanes: | | 1 | | Helicopters: | | 3 | | Ultralights: | | 3 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 93/day * | | 50% | local general aviation | | 47% | transient general aviation | | 2% | air taxi | | <1% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 21 August 2008 | |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| GPS RWY 13 **CHANGED** | |
download (191KB) |
| VOR/DME-A **CHANGED** | |
download (172KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KMFE - Mc Allen Miller International Airport (14 nm W)
KHRL - Valley International Airport (17 nm E)
KEBG - South Texas International Airport at Edinburg (18 nm NW)
KBRO - Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport (34 nm SE)
KPIL - Port Isabel-Cameron County Airport (34 nm E)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 25-Nov-2009
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:34 | | 12:34 |
| Sunrise | | 06:59 | | 12:59 |
| Sunset | | 17:39 | | 23:39 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 18:04 | | 00:04 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 25-Nov-2009 14:22:53 |
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| Local (UTC-6) | 25-Nov-2009 08:22:53 |
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| METAR |
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| KT65 | 251345Z AUTO 36009KT 10SM OVC035 13/07 A3022 RMK AO2 T01330074
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KMFE
15nm W | 251353Z 36007KT 10SM OVC040 14/05 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP241 T01440050
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MMRX
16nm SW | 251344Z 32008KT 7SM OVC045 14/07 A3025 RMK 8/5// PRESRR HZY FU
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KHRL
18nm E | 251352Z 34009KT 10SM SCT039 BKN060 13/09 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP224 T01330089
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KEBG
18nm NW | 251346Z AUTO 01009KT 10SM BKN065 13/06 A3023 RMK AO2 T01330062
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KMFE
15nm W | 251142Z 2512/2612 33008KT P6SM OVC030 FM251300 34011KT P6SM SCT030 OVC040 FM251700 36008KT P6SM BKN050 FM252000 01008KT P6SM BKN250 FM260100 04005KT P6SM SCT250
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MMRX
16nm SW | 250529Z 2506/2612 34010KT 6SM HZ BKN015 OVC030 TEMPO 2506/2509 3SM -RA FM251200 35010KT P6SM BKN025 BECMG 2515/2516 36010KT SCT030 FM260300 02008KT P6SM BKN200
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KHRL
18nm E | 251142Z 2512/2612 01013KT P6SM SCT026 BKN040 BKN060 FM251500 34011KT P6SM SCT010 OVC060 FM251800 36011G17KT P6SM BKN050 FM252100 01010G16KT P6SM BKN100 FM260100 04005KT P6SM SCT250
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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