West Houston Airport

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West Houston Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic use
OwnerWest Houston Airport Corp.
Serves Greater Katy
Location Houston
Elevation  AMSL 111 ft / 34 m
Coordinates 29°49′06″N095°40′21″W / 29.81833°N 95.67250°W / 29.81833; -95.67250
Website WestHoustonAirport.com
Map
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IWS
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IWS
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
15/333,9531,205Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations103,000

West Houston Airport( IATA : IWS, ICAO : KIWS, FAA LID : IWS) is a privately owned, public use airport in Harris County, Texas, [1] 15 miles west of Downtown Houston [1] in the Greater Katy area. It opened in 1962 and was known as Lakeside Airport until the early 1980s [2] due to its location near the edge of Addicks reservoir.

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The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport . [3] Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center in Houston is the airport's designated ARTCC. [4]

Facilities

West Houston Airport covers 200 acres (81 ha) at an elevation of 111 feet (34 m). Its single runway, 15/33, is 3,953 by 75 feet (1,205 x 23 m) asphalt. [1] [5]

In 2016 the airport had 103,000 aircraft operations, average 282 per day: 68% local general aviation, 31% transient general aviation, and 1% air taxi. [1]

The airport is home to more than 375 aircraft. Being privately owned, the airport does not receive federal funding for improvements. There is a landing fee for fixed-wing aircraft that's usually $10. There is also a US$10 Handling/Security/Facility fee will be invoiced to the aircraft's owner if incoming passengers do not make some sort of purchase to support the airport. [6] The terminal building is a two-story facility containing conference rooms and normal airport facilities.

West Houston Airport was named as one of America's "Most Needed Airports" list by NATA (National Air Transportation Association) [7]

Past scheduled passenger airline service

In the mid 1980s, West Houston Airport was served by Air West (a commuter air carrier not to be confused with Hughes Airwest) with eight nonstop flights every weekday to Dallas Love Field operated with four engine, 50-passenger seat de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 turboprops with these aircraft being STOL (short take off and landing) capable which was advantageous in light of the relatively short runway at IWS. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Form 5010 for IWS PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "West Houston Airport History" . Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  3. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Airport Information". West Houston Airport.
  5. ↑ West Houston Airport, 4000' x 75' Paved w/Parallel Taxiways
  6. ↑ "Copy of Fee Invoice Cover Letter".
  7. ↑ "National aviation group puts West Houston Airport on". 3 January 2001.
  8. ↑ "DAL85intro".
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