IWS

West Houston Airport

ICAO KIWS29.8182°N 95.6726°W111 ft / 34 mSmall airport
On the map

West Houston Airport (IATA: IWS, ICAO: KIWS) is a small airport in Houston, Texas, United States. It opened in Apr 1964. It has one runway, 3,953 ft (1,205 m) long, asphalt.

Timeline

1 event · 1964–1964
APR 1964
OpenedWest Houston Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
15/33155° / 335° · LIT
LENGTH3,953 ft1,205 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,953 ft1,205 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=10,080of 29,823 · #4,201 North America · #3,517 USElevation111 ft34 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=36,425of 43,341 · =16,538 North America · =13,848 USAgeOpened 19642026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,263of 15,079 · =3,671 North America · =3,589 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
A/DHOUSTON APP/DEP123.800
CLDCLNC DEL121.150
UNICCTAF/UNICOM123.050