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+1.5
REX7.0
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
BRO7.5+1.1
REX6.4
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
BRO7.3+1.3
REX6.0
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
BRO7.4+0.4
REX7.0
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
BRO7.6+1.0
REX6.6
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
BRO2.0
REX7.2+5.2
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
REX
Priority Pass holders on REX domestic banks before 21:30Aeroméxico MEX connectors and Viva leisure pinsBorder-metro travelers who prefer REX over crossing to McAllen for Mexican domestic
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
REX
REX is domestic-focused — US itineraries usually use McAllen (MFE)PP strip lists both 3h and 5h max-stay language — follow the card/deskConfirm live MXN taxi fares — omit invented tablesNo published MCT
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.
REX
OMA Premium Lounge (PP)Aeroméxico / Viva domestic banksTaxi into Reynosa / border metro
OMA Premium 06:30–21:30
Priority Pass lists 06:30–21:30 daily for REX OMA Premium.
1st Floor opposite Gate 3
Airside after security — 1st Floor, opposite Gate 3.
3 complimentary alcohol max
PP: complimentary standard alcohol limited to three per adult; consume inside lounge.
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.
REX · Tamaulipas’ Reynosa OMA border gateway (~441k pax 2025) with Aeroméxico Mexico City and Viva/Volaris leisure banks into Cancún, Guadalajara, AIFA and Veracruz — plus Priority Pass OMA Premium Lounge airside 1st Floor opposite Gate 3 (06:30–21:30, max stay listed 3–5h on strips, under-5 free, 3 alcohol max).
