Houston Southwest Airport

Houston Southwest Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KAXH FAA LID: AXH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	James Griffith, Jr.
Serves	Houston, Texas
Location	Arcola, Texas
Elevation AMSL	69 ft / 21 m
Coordinates	29°30′22″N 095°28′37″W
Website	www.HoustonAirport.com
Map
AXH Location of airport in Texas AXH 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 aircraft 120
Sources: airport web site and FAA

Houston Southwest Airport or Houston-Southwest Airport (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.

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.

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.

See also

• List of airports in Texas

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for AXH
  • AirNav airport information for AXH
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for AXH