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Houston_Southwest_Airport Latitude and Longitude:

29°30′22″N 095°28′37″W / 29.50611°N 95.47694°W / 29.50611; -95.47694
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Houston Southwest Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerJames Griffith, Jr.
Serves Houston, Texas
Location Arcola, Texas
Elevation  AMSL69 ft / 21 m
Coordinates 29°30′22″N 095°28′37″W / 29.50611°N 95.47694°W / 29.50611; -95.47694
Website www.HoustonAirport.com
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AXH is located in Texas
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Location of airport in Texas
AXH is located in the United States
AXH
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AXH (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 5,002 1,525 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 4/11/2023)42,624
Based aircraft120
Sources: airport web site [1] and FAA [2]

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

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]

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