David Wayne Hooks Memorial
DWH · KDWH · Houston, Texas · Harris County · map
David Wayne Hooks Memorial is a public-use airport, 17 miles northwest of Houston, Texas, 152 feet above sea level. It has 6 runways; the longest, 17R/35L, is 7,009 feet of asphalt. It has 1 water landing area. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KDWH · observed 2:53 pm CDT (19:53 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 90°F (32°C), dew point 64°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 KDWH 061953Z 03007KT 10SM CLR 32/18 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP125 T03220178
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 DWH · ICAO KDWH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 152 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 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
- September 1963
Runways 7
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17R/35L | 7,009 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 17L/35R | 3,500 × 35 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| 17W/35W | 2,530 × 100 ft | Water, good | |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| H2 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| H3 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| H4 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 17R: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 1,007 ft, 6,002 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 35L: PAPI, four lights on the left, 6,700 ft available for landing, trees 60 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 35R: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 208 ft, trees 60 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 17W: berm on the approach
- Runway 35W: right-hand traffic pattern, berm on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower West | 118.4 | Hooks |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Dwh and automated weather (ASOS) | 128.375 | Hooks |
| Clearance delivery | 119.45 | Hooks |
| Ground | 121.8 | Hooks |
| Tower East | 127.4 | Hooks |
| Alexandria and dp · Approach and departure · Bltwy Rnav Dp Runway 35L, 35R | 119.7 | Hooks |
| Hudzy and star · Ohiio and star | 120.05 | Hooks |
| Borrn Rnav Dp · Hoodo Rnav Dp · Indie Rnav Dp Runway 17L, 17R | 123.8 | Hooks |
| Riice and star | 124.35 | Hooks |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 281-251-7853.
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 · 76 since 1982, 7 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
- Taxiways unlighted.
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runways 17R and 35L; high-intensity runway lights runway 17R/35L - the common traffic frequency.
- Northwest airport management, L.P.
- 8 feet fence, 0 feet dstc, 240 L, 15 feet road, 145 feet dstc, 238 feet L.
- Runway end identifier lights located 126 feet beyond displaced threshold.
- Buoy
- Buoy
- Approach ratio 26:1 at displaced threshold ovr 100 feet trees 2600 feet dstc.
- Obstruction clnc slope 7:1 at displaced thld.
- Also 25 feet hangars, 185 feet dstc, 135 feet L, 7:1.
- Aft sunset large aircraft use taxiway P between taxiways east and C.
- Helicopter practice area west of the control tower at or below 600 feet.
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.