West Houston Airport
IWS · KIWS · Houston, Texas · Harris County · map
West Houston Airport is a public-use airport owned by West Houston Airport CORP, 13 miles west of Houston, Texas, 111 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,953 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IWS · ICAO KIWS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- West Houston Airport CORP
- Elevation
- 111 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
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,953 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the right, trees 50 ft high 600 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.15 | |
| 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 | |
| Blubell and star · Snday Rnav Star | 124.225 |
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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 · 33 since 1982, 5 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
- 20 feet deep, 25 feet wide ditch, 0-166 feet dstc air carriers approach.
- Dusk to dawn. High-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runways 15 and 33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Facility fee charged to NON-PATRONS, waived with minimum purchase.
- 15 feet road 150 feet east of threshold.
- Non-standard npi markings due to runway length. No aiming point.
- Non-standard npi markings due to runway length. No aiming point.
- No tgls between 10:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- No night helicopter training.
- No mult training flights by helicopters.
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.