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West Houston Airport

29.81820°N
-95.67260°W
ARR / DAY
39
▲ 98.5%
DEP / DAY
39
▲ 94.3%

West Houston Airport (KIWS/IWS) is a small general aviation airport located in Houston, TX. It features 1 runway measuring 3,953 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 39 arrivals and 39 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KSGR, 14 mi away (KIWS does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
80°F
Wind
5 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KSGR 131253Z 15005KT 10SM CLR 27/26 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP151 T02670256

Runways

1 installed

3,953 FT MAX
15/33
3,953 ft × 75
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

15
87% of ops
913 land · 803 TO
33
13% of ops
142 land · 167 TO
Runway 15 carries 87% of operations (913 landings, 803 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 33 at 13%.

Approach quality

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

15 913 landings
UA 10%
33 142 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 15 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (91 UA events from 913 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
55.3
flights/day · 1,658 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 55.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (67.8 vs 53.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 1,178 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050 —
APCH 123.800 —
APCH 257.700 —
UNICOM 123.050 —
TSHRT ST 119.175 —
TSHIRT S 119.175 —
OTHER 119.175 —
TKNIQ ST 119.625 —
OTHER 119.625 —
WAPPL ST 120.050 —
OHIIO ST 120.050 —
HUDZY ST 120.050 —
OTHER 120.050 —
CD/P 121.150 —
OTHER 121.150 —
CESAN ST 121.300 —
OTHER 121.300 —
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 123.800 —
BLUBELL 124.225 —
SNDAY RN 124.225 —
OTHER 124.225 —
TKNIQ ST 226.675 —
OTHER 226.675 —
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 257.700 —
TSHRT ST 291.675 —
OTHER 291.675 —
SNDAY RN 306.975 —
BLUBELL 306.975 —
OTHER 306.975 —
CESAN ST 377.100 —
OTHER 377.100 —
HUDZY ST 379.100 —
WAPPL ST 379.100 —
OHIIO ST 379.100 —
OTHER 379.100 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Elevation:
111 ft
Mag var:
5° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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