KAXH Houston Southwest Airport
Houston, TX · 15 miles SW of HOUSTON, TX
Public
Non-towered
Privately-owned
ICAO KAXH
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 68.9 ft
- Coordinates
- 29-30-22.1000N 095-28-36.9000W
- Lat / Long
- 29.5061389, -95.4769167
- Mag. variation
- 05E (2000)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 02/1979
- ARTCC
- HOUSTON CENTER
- FSS
- MONTGOMERY COUNTY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- CXO (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- CONTINUOUS
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- MIRL RWY 09/27 PRESET LOW INTST SS-SR. TO INCR INTST & ACTVT REIL RWY 09 & 27- CTAF.
Airport diagram
Range from KAXH
Runways
Longest 5002 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5002 x 100 ft. / 1525 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 60.0
Runway 9
- Heading
- 089 magnetic, 094 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- LOC/DME
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 68.9 ft.
- Obstructions
- 15 ft. road, 265 ft. from runway, 260 ft. left of centerline, 4:1 slope to clear
Runway 27
- Heading
- 269 magnetic, 274 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 66.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- 15 ft. road, 330 ft. from runway, 8:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 25
- ALEXANDRIA THREE ↗
- ALEXANDRIA THREE, CONT.1 ↗
- BLTWY SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- BORRN SIX (RNAV) ↗
- BORRN SIX (RNAV), CONT.1 ↗
- CRIED ONE ↗
- EL DORADO ONE ↗
- EL DORADO ONE, CONT.1 ↗
- GIFFA ONE ↗
- GIFFA ONE, CONT.1 ↗
- HOODO SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- INDIE EIGHT (RNAV) ↗
- KARRR SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- KARRR SEVEN (RNAV), CONT.1 ↗
- LEONA FOUR ↗
- LEONA FOUR, CONT.1 ↗
- LUFKIN FOUR ↗
- LUFKIN FOUR, CONT.1 ↗
- LURIC EIGHT (RNAV) ↗
- MMALT SEVEN (RNAV) ↗
- STRYA EIGHT (RNAV) ↗
- STYCK EIGHT (RNAV) ↗
- WATFO SIX (RNAV) ↗
- WYLSN EIGHT (RNAV) ↗
- TAKEOFF MINIMUMS ↗
Approaches — IAP 3
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 123.0
- Wx Awos-3
- 123.625 (281-431-6572)
- Houston Approach
- 123.8
- Houston Departure
- 123.8
- Clearance Delivery
- 120.8
- Instrument Approach
- LOC/DME
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A+
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A+
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.