David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport satellite view
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KDWH · DWH

David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport

30.06180°N
-95.55280°W
ARR / DAY
28
54.6%
DEP / DAY
33
50.1%

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 28 arrivals and 33 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
5 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KDWH 251353Z AUTO VRB05KT 6SM HZ SCT015 29/26 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP197 T02890256 $

Runway intelligence

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

17R
87% of ops
4,928 land · 3 TO
35R
5% of ops
309 land · 7 TO
17L
5% of ops
287 land · 6,179 TO
35L
2% of ops
118 land · 37 TO
Runway 17R carries 87% of operations (4,928 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 35R at 5%.

Approach quality

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

17R 4,928 landings
UA 1%
35R 309 landings
UA 4%
17L 287 landings
UA 2%
35L 118 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 17R show a 1% unstable-approach rate (49 UA events from 4,928 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
109.4
flights/day · 3,281 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 109.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (128.0 vs 107.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (40% of 2,355 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 11 AM · 1 movement every 277 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
07/22/2007
Flight Training
Did some flight training here. Not a good school but a great airport.
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