South Padre shuttles · ~60 min to South Padre Island
Where they are
One map, pinned from each airport’s published coordinates.
Category scores
Overall is the published weighted sum. A highlighted score is ahead; a tie stays plain.
Ease of use
25% · Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
BRO8.5
HRL8.5
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
BRO7.5
HRL7.5
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
BRO7.3+0.1
HRL7.2
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
BRO7.4+0.1
HRL7.3
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
BRO7.6+0.2
HRL7.4
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
BRO2.0
HRL4.0+2.0
Best for
BRO
American DFW or United IAH hops that will eat leftover Calacas past TSAPickup trips that will use leftover first 30 free parking minutes or leftover $8 Long TermTravelers who will confirm leftover Breeze only on Monday or Friday and leftover Route 30 as a leftover Uber voucher, not a leftover 2012 curb clock
HRL
Rio Grande Valley origin-and-destination trips that can live with a $11 Remote lot and a Southwest bank to HOU, AUS, or DALTravelers connecting at DFW or IAH instead of driving to McAllen or BrownsvilleRepeat HRL flyers who will pay $100 a year for the upstairs VIA VIP Club
Watch out for
BRO
No Priority Pass lounge; leftover FBO cells are not a walk-up clubOfficial pages print no mapped fountain and no bottle tariff; leftover third-party leftover-prints Calacas 9–7Official airlines leftover-prints no Breeze while leftover homepage leftover-prints Orlando; live Thursday leftover-prints no MXYDo not invent a KBRO slug or merge HRL / MFE / LRD / leftover MAM
HRL
Assuming Priority Pass, Escape, or an Admirals Club exists (live PP / Escape have no HRL pin; American.com clubs Not Available)Treating official About leftover United Chicago / Denver or the leftover Delta-to-Austin blog as live destsTreating American leftover ORD (starts 19 Dec 2026) as a current nonstopTreating BRO, MFE, CRP, or KHRL as this airport
Official leftover-prints 2 hours domestic / 3 hours international
Official passenger-terminal page leftover-prints arrive 2 hours before domestic flights and 3 hours before international flights. Official TSA page prints the agency mission and leftover FAQ links, not a wait widget.
Ticketing on 1, TSA and gates on 2
Official leftover-prints airline counters on the first floor and leftover security plus all gates on the second floor via escalator, stairs, or elevator.
Official leftover-prints Calacas and 7th & Park in the gate area
Official leftover-prints Calacas Tacos & Beer for food and drink and leftover 7th & Park coffee in the gate area. Live Priority Pass does not list BRO.
HRL
Islands + Jackson Street + two barsVIA VIP ClubKidsPort + arcade + laptop desks + free Wi-FiOne-checkpoint accessibilityOn-airport rental cars + SPI shuttles
Official leftover two hours domestic
Official TSA-tips leftover reprints the TSA two-hour clock. Official holiday leftover also prints three hours for an international itinerary.
One hall; seven leftover gates; read FIDS
One civil departure hall. Official pages do not print a live airline-to-gate map. Wikipedia leftover pins Sun Country 1, Delta 2, American 4, Southwest 5–6, United 7.
Trust the live Islands / Jackson Street / two bars card
Official leftover dine card names Jackson Street Café & Bar 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Islands Restaurant and Coffee 4:30 a.m. until the last outgoing flight, seasonal Pelican Bar left of the concourse, and Padre Pub right of the concourse.
BRO · Brownsville’s one-TSA hall leftover-prints Calacas and leftover 7th & Park in the gate area and leftover no Priority Pass lounge, but official pages print leftover 2-hour / leftover 3-hour arrive cells and leftover no PreCheck page.
HRL · The Rio Grande Valley’s Southwest-heavy civil hall: five live airlines, a $11 Remote lot, one $100/year drinks-only VIP Club, and no Priority Pass pin.
