# West Houston Airport (IWS / KIWS)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiws

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IWS / KIWS
- FAA: IWS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Houston, Texas, United States
- Opened: Apr 1964
- Elevation: 111 ft / 34 m
- Coordinates: 29.8182, -95.6726
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,953 ft / 1,205 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 17 departures, 7 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.westhoustonairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Houston_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7985422
- Weather station: KIWS
- Ident: KIWS

## Timeline

- Apr 1964: West Houston Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,953 ft / 1,205 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 155° / 335° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,953 ft / 1,205 m | =10,084 of 29,858 | #4,203 in North America | #3,519 in US |
| Elevation | 111 ft / 34 m | =36,480 of 43,403 | =16,546 in North America | =13,855 in US |
| Age | Opened 1964 | =5,263 of 15,079 | =3,671 in North America | =3,589 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | HOUSTON APP/DEP | 123.800 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.150 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.050 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiws/data