Houston/Southwest Airport
AXH · KAXH · Houston, Texas · Fort Bend County · map
Houston/Southwest Airport is a public-use airport, 15 miles southwest of Houston, Texas, 69 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KAXH · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 65°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAXH 061935Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM SCT050 32/19 A2991 RMK AO2 T03230185
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AXH · ICAO KAXH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 69 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1979
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 265 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 330 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 120.8 | |
| Alexandria and dp · Approach and departure · Bltwy Rnav Dp | 123.8 | |
| Tshirt and star · Tshrt and star | 119.175 | |
| Tkniq and star | 119.625 | |
| Hudzy and star · Ohiio and star · Wappl and star | 120.05 | |
| Cesan and star | 121.3 | |
| Axh and aWOS-3 | 123.625 | |
| Blubell and star · Snday Rnav Star | 124.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 281-431-6572.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Houston from the FAA register
1,184 aircraft are registered to owners in Houston, Texas: 618 piston singles, 268 business jets, 77 piston twins, 73 turboprops, 73 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 32 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 preset low intst sunset to sunrise. To incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27- the common traffic frequency.
- Wilson griffith
- Helicopter traffic in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 09 calm wind runway.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.