West Houston Airport
West Houston Airport is a privately owned, public use airport in Harris County, Texas, 15 miles west of Downtown Houston in the Greater Katy area. It opened in 1962 and was known as Lakeside Airport until the early 1980s due to its location near the edge of Addicks reservoir.
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Texas, United States of America
- Also known as: “IWS” and “KIWS”
- Address: TX
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barker and West Houston.
Lakes of Parkway
Neighborhood
Lakes of Parkway is a gated community in western… Lakes of Parkway is situated 5 miles southeast of West Houston Airport.
West Houston Airport
- Categories: airport and transport
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.8177° or 29° 49′ 4″ north
Longitude
-95.6738° or 95° 40′ 26″ west
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
IATA airport code
IWS
ICAO airport code
KIWS
FAA airport code
IWS
Open location code
76X6R89G+3F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“West Houston Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Houston Airport”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مطار ويست هيوستن”
- French: “aérodrome de West Houston”
- Persian: “فرودگاه وست هوستون”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul West Houston”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи вист ҳавас”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ ہیوسٹن ہوائی اڈا”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Barkers Crossing and Barkers Branch.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Viên Thông Tự Vietnamese Buddhist Temple and Pine Forest Country Club.
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