West Houston Airport

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Coordinates: 29°49′06″N 095°40′21″W / 29.81833, -95.6725

West Houston Airport
IATA: IWS – ICAO: KIWS – FAA: IWS
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner West Houston Airport Corp.
Serves Houston, Texas
Elevation AMSL 111 ft / 34 m
Website www.WestHoustonAirport.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 3,953 1,205 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 103,000
Based aircraft 292
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

West Houston Airport (IATA: IWS, ICAO: KIWS) is a general aviation airport located in unincorporated western Harris County, Texas, United States, immediately west of the Houston city limits.

The airport is located 13 miles (21 km) west of Downtown Houston. Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center in Houston is the airport's designated ARTCC.[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

West Houston Airport covers an area of 200 acres (81 ha) which contains one runway designated 15/33 with a 3,953 x 75 ft. (1,205 x 23 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending March 28, 2006, the airport had 103,000 aircraft operations, an average of 282 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 292 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 2% jet and 2% helicopter.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Master Record for IWS (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. ^ "Airport Information," West Houston Airport

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