Houston Southwest Airport

Houston Southwest Airport
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	69 ft / 21 m
Coordinates	29°30′22″N 095°28′37″W / 29.50611°N 95.47694°W
Website	www.HoustonAirport.com
Map
	AXH Location of airport in Texas AXH AXH (the United States)
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 4/11/2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 4/11/2023)	42,624
Based aircraft	120
	Sources: airport web site and FAA

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]

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 edit

Houston-Southwest Airport covers an area of 165 acres (67 ha) which contains one runway designated 9/27 with a 5,002 x 100 ft (1,525 x 30 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending April 11, 2023, the airport had 42,624 aircraft operations, an average of 117 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 120 aircraft based at this airport: 102 single-engine, 13 multi-engine, 2 jet and 3 helicopter.^[2]