The nearest airport is MFE - Mcallen Mc Allen Miller Intl, located 77.9 km east of El Refugio.
Other airports nearby include REX - Reynosa General Lucio Blanco Intl (86.1 km south east), MTY - Monterrey General Mariano Escobedo Intl (130.9 km south west), NLD - Nuevo Laredo Quetzalcoatl Intl (131.2 km north west), HRL - Harlingen Valley Intl (133.8 km east),