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KAXH ·

Houston Southwest Airport

29.50610°N
-95.47690°W
ARR / DAY
13
▼ 27.8%
DEP / DAY
4
▼ 33.3%

Houston Southwest Airport (KAXH) is a small general aviation airport located in Houston, TX. It features 1 runway measuring 5,003 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 13 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KAXH 270755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/21 A2995 RMK AO2 T02130205

Runways

1 installed

5,003 FT MAX
09/27
5,003 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

09
75% of ops
269 land · 17 TO
27
25% of ops
88 land · 44 TO
Runway 09 carries 75% of operations (269 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 25%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

09 269 landings
UA 5%
27 88 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 09 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 269 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
16.2
flights/day · 487 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 7pm · 5pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 16.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (17.1 vs 16.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (23% of 347 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 123.800 —
APCH 257.700 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
AWOS 123.625 —
OTHER 119.175 —
TSHRT ST 119.175 —
TSHIRT S 119.175 —
OTHER 119.625 —
TKNIQ ST 119.625 —
OTHER 120.050 —
WAPPL ST 120.050 —
OHIIO ST 120.050 —
HUDZY ST 120.050 —
OTHER 120.800 —
CD/P 120.800 —
OTHER 121.300 —
CESAN ST 121.300 —
OTHER 123.800 —
ALEXANDR 123.800 —
LUFKIN D 123.800 —
WYLSN RN 123.800 —
CRIED DP 123.800 —
WATFO DP 123.800 —
DREMR DP 123.800 —
STYCK DP 123.800 —
EL DORAD 123.800 —
BLTWY RN 123.800 —
GIFFA DP 123.800 —
HOODO RN 123.800 —
BORRN RN 123.800 —
STRYA DP 123.800 —
INDIE RN 123.800 —
KARRR RN 123.800 —
MMALT RN 123.800 —
LEONA DP 123.800 —
LURIC DP 123.800 —
OTHER 124.225 —
BLUBELL 124.225 —
SNDAY RN 124.225 —
OTHER 226.675 —
TKNIQ ST 226.675 —
OTHER 257.700 —
BORRN RN 257.700 —
EL DORAD 257.700 —
LEONA DP 257.700 —
LURIC RN 257.700 —
KARRR RN 257.700 —
MMALT RN 257.700 —
DREMR DP 257.700 —
WATFO DP 257.700 —
INDIE RN 257.700 —
CRIED DP 257.700 —
ALEXANDR 257.700 —
STRYA DP 257.700 —
WYLSN RN 257.700 —
STYCK DP 257.700 —
HOODO RN 257.700 —
GIFFA DP 257.700 —
BLTWY RN 257.700 —
LUFKIN D 257.700 —
OTHER 291.675 —
TSHRT ST 291.675 —
OTHER 306.975 —
SNDAY RN 306.975 —
BLUBELL 306.975 —
OTHER 377.100 —
CESAN ST 377.100 —
OTHER 379.100 —
HUDZY ST 379.100 —
WAPPL ST 379.100 —
OHIIO ST 379.100 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
rstan
1/9/2017
Wonderful little airport and great repair facility
Jerry Parker is a wonderful person and a great mechanic Thanks for the emergency help
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