David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport satellite view
📍 Houston⬆ 152 ft3 runways
KDWH · DWH

David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport

30.06180°N
-95.55280°W
ARR / DAY
108
▲ 63.3%
DEP / DAY
117
▲ 57.4%

David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (KDWH/DWH) is a small general aviation airport located in Houston, TX. It features 3 runways with the longest being 7,009 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 108 arrivals and 117 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
7 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KDWH 121553Z 16007G14KT 10SM SCT025 29/23 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02940233

Runway intelligence

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

17R
47% of ops
1,366 land · 3 TO
35L
32% of ops
909 land · 1,184 TO
35R
14% of ops
391 land · 7 TO
17L
7% of ops
212 land · 1,722 TO
Runway 17R carries 47% of operations (1,366 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35L at 32%.

Approach quality

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

17R 1,366 landings
UA 2%
35L 909 landings
UA 3%
35R 391 landings
UA 4%
17L 212 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 17R show a 2% unstable-approach rate (21 UA events from 1,366 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
155.7
flights/day · 4,672 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 4pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 155.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (157.0 vs 162.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (39% of 3,287 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 118.400 —
TWR 118.400 0700-2200
TWR 127.400 0700-2200
TWR 354.100 0700-2200
GND 121.800 0700-2200
GND 239.000 0700-2200
ATIS 128.375 0700-2200
APCH 119.700 —
APCH 281.400 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
ASOS 128.375 —
LCL/P 118.400 0700-2200
CD/P 119.450 0700-2200
OTHER 119.450 0700-2200
HOODO RN 119.700 —
INDIE RN 119.700 —
BORRN RN 119.700 —
ALEXANDR 119.700 —
KARRR RN 119.700 —
WYLSN RN 119.700 —
BLTWY RN 119.700 —
CRIED DP 119.700 —
LEONA DP 119.700 —
DREMR DP 119.700 —
WATFO DP 119.700 —
EL DORAD 119.700 —
TRUAX DP 119.700 —
GIFFA DP 119.700 —
STYCK DP 119.700 —
STRYA DP 119.700 —
JUNCTION 119.700 —
PIEGY RN 119.700 —
LUFKIN D 119.700 —
LURIC RN 119.700 —
MMALT RN 119.700 —
LAKE CHA 119.700 —
OTHER 119.700 —
HUDZY ST 120.050 —
OHIIO ST 120.050 —
OTHER 120.050 —
INDIE RN 123.800 —
HOODO RN 123.800 —
JUNCTION 123.800 —
WATFO DP 123.800 —
WYLSN RN 123.800 —
KARRR RN 123.800 —
BORRN RN 123.800 —
OTHER 123.800 —
RIICE ST 124.350 —
OTHER 124.350 —
LCL/P 127.400 0700-2200
HOODO RN 257.700 —
INDIE RN 257.700 —
KARRR RN 257.700 —
WYLSN RN 257.700 —
BORRN RN 257.700 —
JUNCTION 257.700 —
WATFO DP 257.700 —
OTHER 257.700 —
LAKE CHA 281.400 —
WATFO DP 281.400 —
INDIE RN 281.400 —
LURIC RN 281.400 —
WYLSN RN 281.400 —
MMALT RN 281.400 —
HOODO RN 281.400 —
JUNCTION 281.400 —
BLTWY RN 281.400 —
PIEGY RN 281.400 —
KARRR RN 281.400 —
BORRN RN 281.400 —
ALEXANDR 281.400 —
STRYA DP 281.400 —
GIFFA DP 281.400 —
STYCK DP 281.400 —
EL DORAD 281.400 —
TRUAX DP 281.400 —
DREMR DP 281.400 —
CRIED DP 281.400 —
LEONA DP 281.400 —
LUFKIN D 281.400 —
OTHER 281.400 —
RIICE ST 316.150 —
OTHER 316.150 —
LCL/P 354.100 0700-2200
OHIIO ST 379.100 —
HUDZY ST 379.100 —
OTHER 379.100 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 10 AM · 1 movement every 200 s
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)

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davidsherrod
7/22/2007
Flight Training
Did some flight training here. Not a good school but a great airport.
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