Runways at KRAS
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Mustang Beach Airport (Port Aransas) has one runway: 12/30 - 1,061 m long (3,482 ft), 21 m wide, asphalt surface.
Mustang Beach Airport (Port Aransas) (KRAS)
United States · elevation 5 ft AMSL
· 27.8118, -97.0888
About Mustang Beach Airport (Port Aransas)
Mustang Beach Airport (Port Aransas) is an airport with the ICAO code KRAS. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Port Aransas. OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the KR prefix, which marks airports in United States. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 27°48'42"N, 97°05'20"W, at an elevation of 5 ft (2 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Chicago.
Satellite view of KRAS
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
Runways of KRAS
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 120° | 1,061 m (3,482 ft) | 21 m (70 ft) | asphalt |
| 30 | 300° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
Climate at Mustang Beach Airport (Port Aransas) - statistics from METAR reports
What the METAR reports from KRAS for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.
We computed these statistics from 26,136 METAR reports issued by KRAS in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 73% of the time, MVFR 19% and IFR or LIFR 8%. Best month for VFR flying: August (92% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: February (23%).
Through the day, IFR or LIFR conditions are most frequent around 13:00 UTC (13% of reports at that hour) and least frequent around 22:00 UTC (4%).
Fog (FG) was reported on 26 days a year on average, most often in February. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 18 days a year on average, and snowfall on 0.7.
The wind most often blows from SE (135°) - 19% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 3% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in 2%. Warmest month: August (average high 32.2 °C); coldest: January (average low 11.4 °C).
Year
Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025
- VFR hours
- 73%
- IFR/LIFR hours
- 8%
- Avg high
- 26.1 °C
- Avg low
- 21.2 °C
- Fog days
- 26
- Thunderstorm days
- 18
- Snow days
- 0.7
- Prevailing wind
- SE · 19%
- Gusts ≥ 25 kt
- 2%
Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).
- VFR 73%
- MVFR 19%
- IFR 4%
- LIFR 5%
The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.
Wind rose
- 1-10 kt
- 11-20 kt
- over 20 kt
- calm: 3%
Most often: SE - 19% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high °C | Avg low °C | VFR | IFR/LIFR | Fog days | Thunderstorm days | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.8 | 11.4 | 62% | 20% | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| February | 19.7 | 13.5 | 57% | 23% | 7 | 0 | 0.3 |
| March | 23.5 | 17.9 | 58% | 17% | 6.7 | 1.7 | 0 |
| April | 25.5 | 20.8 | 59% | 11% | 1.3 | 2.7 | 0 |
| May | 29.2 | 24.9 | 58% | 7% | 0 | 3.7 | 0 |
| June | 31.2 | 27.3 | 75% | 1% | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| July | 31.3 | 27.3 | 88% | <1% | 0 | 1.3 | 0 |
| August | 32.2 | 28.1 | 92% | <1% | 0 | 2.4 | 0 |
| September | 31.2 | 26.9 | 89% | 1% | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0 |
| October | 28.4 | 23.5 | 90% | 1% | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0 |
| November | 24.5 | 19.3 | 83% | 5% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 |
| December | 20.9 | 15.2 | 67% | 14% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.
Runway headings and wind
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 12/30 on 120° and 300° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 12/30 axis, wind from the south-west (around 210°) or from the north-east (around 30°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 120° or 300° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
METAR and TAF for KRAS
Weather reports for Mustang Beach Airport (Port Aransas) are published under the ICAO code KRAS. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the KRAS report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for KRAS, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/Chicago zone is GMT-06:00 in winter and GMT-05:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Ingleside Regional Airport (Aransas Pass) (KTFP, 16 km), Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Truax Field (KNGP, 24 km), Waldron Field Naval Outlying Landing Field (Corpus Christi) (KNWL, 29 km). When no report is available for KRAS, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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