Houston Southwest Airport[1] or Houston-Southwest Airport[2] (ICAO: KAXH, FAA LID: AXH) is a public-use airport located in Arcola, a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of the central business district of Houston. It is privately owned by James Griffith, Jr.[2]

Houston Southwest Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KAXH FAA LID: AXH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	James Griffith, Jr.
Serves	Houston, Texas
Location	Arcola, Texas
Elevation AMSL	68 ft / 21 m
Coordinates	29°30′22″N 095°28′37″W
Website	www.HoustonAirport.com
Map
AXH Location of airport in Texas / United States Show map of Texas AXH AXH (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 5,003 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 46,381 Based aircraft 151
Sources: airport web site[1] and FAA[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Houston Southwest Airport is assigned AXH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Houston-Southwest Airport covers an area of 165 acres (67 ha) which contains one runway designated 9/27 with a 5,003 x 100 ft (1,525 x 30 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending January 27, 2006, the airport had 46,381 aircraft operations, an average of 127 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% military and <1% air taxi. At that time there were 151 aircraft based at this airport: 74% single-engine and 26% multi-engine.[2]

References

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for AXH
  • AirNav airport information for AXH
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for AXH

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