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Houston Southwest Airport

29.50610°N
-95.47690°W
ARR / DAY
8
33.0%
DEP / DAY
5
35.8%

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 8 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
5 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KAXH 122355Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A2991 RMK AO2 T03220235 10354 20322

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
73% of ops
480 land · 67 TO
27
27% of ops
179 land · 165 TO
Runway 09 carries 73% of operations (480 landings, 67 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

09 480 landings
UA 6%
27 179 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 09 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (27 UA events from 480 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
18.3
flights/day · 550 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 7pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 18.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (17.8 vs 19.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 401 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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