Brawley Municipal Airport (KBWC) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 1:53 AM PDT, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KIPL), KBWC is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Brawley Municipal Airport in Brawley, CA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KIPL): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Brawley Municipal Airport (KBWC) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Brawley, CA at a field elevation of -128 ft. KBWC has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KIPL, about 10 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (08/26), the longest 4,166 ft. CTAF is 122.9.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KIPL, 9.9 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 18°C (64°F), altimeter 29.87 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KIPL 280853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/11 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP114 T01780111 58003 $
What changed at KIPL (nearest station)?
Since the 0753Z (12:53 AM PDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Temperature down 3°C.
Current pilot readout for KBWC
Based on the nearest station (KIPL), KBWC is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately 250 ft (field elevation -128 ft). Review the latest TAF below for forecast changes before departure.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is calm: calm wind is not a factor for runway selection, and with no wind there is no head/tail or crosswind component to compute. Live numbers return automatically once a report includes a wind direction.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 | 4,166 ft | ASP | - | - |
| 26 | 4,166 ft | ASP | - | - |
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KBWC runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 08/264,166 × 60 ft · ASPCurrent useno stated-runway source at KBWCWind
- 08
- no steady wind
- 26
- no steady wind
no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence →
“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 23 h: wind 6→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
KBWC weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
Radar: NOAA/NWS via IEM · Forecast: NOAA HRRR · Lightning: NOAA · Map © Stadia Maps © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap
NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Recent aviation weather trends at KBWC
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KIPL reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the W.
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 26
- 65%
- 08
- 35%
TAF | Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
Issued 0520Z (10:20 PM PDT)
TAF KIPL 280520Z 2806/2906 24005KT P6SM FEW250 FM280800 VRB05KT P6SM BKN250
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Live crosswind meter
KBWC has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KIPL, 9.9 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
North up
Runway 08/26 drawn from FAA threshold coordinates.
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Nearby TFRs
Active FAA TFRs near KBWC
FAA TFR data shows active temporary flight restrictions near KBWC.
+ 1 more nearby TFR
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Airport info
From the FAA airport record (cycle 2026-10-01) and OurAirports.
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL · Jet A+
- Attended
- Unattended
- Repairs
- Airframe & engine, major
- Transient parking
- Tie-downs
- Landing fee
- No
- Other services
- Crop dusting · Air ambulance · Charter · Flight instruction · Aircraft rental
- Control tower
- None
- Wind indicator
- Lighted
Airport
- Type
- General aviation airport
- ICAO
- KBWC
- IATA
- BWC
- FAA LID
- BWC
- City
- Brawley
- State
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- -128 ft
- Coordinates
- 32.9929, -115.5170
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 4,166 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KIPL
- TAF
- Nearest KIPL
- CTAF
- 122.9 MHz
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Next sunset
- 15h 44m
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Nearby airports
Compare nearby METAR/TAF stations within 25, 50 and 100 NM before departure or arrival.
Within 25 NM
4 airports25–50 NM
9 airports+3 more within 50 NM
50–100 NM
7 airports+1 more within 100 NM
RC flying fields nearby
AMA model-aircraft club fields around this airport: live wind, crosswind & flyability on each page.
- Imperial Valley RC Assn 1 , Imperial, CA · 10 mi
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Pilot PIREPs for Brawley Municipal Airport (KBWC)
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