Weiser Air Park (ICAO: KEYQ, FAA LID: EYQ) was a privately owned, public-use airport located on the Northwest Freeway (U.S. Highway 290) in Cypress, an unincorporated area of Harris County, Texas, United States.[2] The airport was 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) northwest of the central business district of Houston[1]

Weiser Air Park
IATA: none ICAO: KEYQ FAA LID: EYQ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Cecil & Robert Weiser
Serves	Houston, Texas
Location	Harris County, Texas
Closed	November 3, 2019
Elevation AMSL	137 ft / 42 m
Coordinates	29°56′07″N 095°38′23″W
Website	www.WeiserAirpark.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 3,455 1,053 Asphalt 16/34 2,000 610 Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 38,020 Based aircraft 75
Source: FAA[1] and airport web site[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Weiser Air Park was assigned EYQ by the FAA but had no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Weiser Air Park covered an area of 102 acres (41 ha) at an elevation of 137 ft (42 m) above mean sea level. It had two runways: 9/27 has a 3,455 ft × 40 ft (1,053 m × 12 m) asphalt pavement and 16/34 has a 2,000 ft × 33 ft (610 m × 10 m) turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 3, 2006, the airport had 38,020 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 99.9% general aviation and 0.1% air taxi. At that time there were 75 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine and 7% multi-engine.[1]

History

The Jackson Airport grass strip was purchased by Cecil Weiser in 1951, and renamed Weiser Airpark in 1963. The runway was paved in 1980. Cecil died in Nov. 2017, followed by the sale of the 102 acres.[4]

References

External links

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