West Houston Airport

West Houston Airport

Infobox Airport
name = West Houston Airport


IATA = IWS
ICAO = KIWS
FAA = IWS
type = Public
owner = West Houston Airport Corp.
operator =
city-served = Houston, Texas
location =
elevation-f = 111
elevation-m = 34
website = [http://www.westhoustonairport.com/ www.WestHoustonAirport.com]
r1-number = 15/33
r1-length-f = 3,953
r1-length-m = 1,205
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 103,000
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 292
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=IWS|use=PU|own=PR|site=24068.2*A, effective 2007-12-20]

West Houston Airport airport codes|IWS|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. [" [http://www.westhoustonairport.com/information.htm Airport Information] ," "West Houston Airport"]

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.westhoustonairport.com/ West Houston Airport]
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