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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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.
Barker
Hamlet
Barker is an unincorporated community in western Harris County, Texas, United States. It lies along local roads off Interstate 10 and is seventeen miles west of downtown Houston.
West Houston
West Houston, at first glance, seems to be no more than urban sprawl at its worst: strip malls, gridlock, billboards, and more strip malls. Yet one need not travel far from the interstate to discover a trove of hidden gems: tranquil parks, the absolute highs…
Lakes of Parkway
Neighborhood
Lakes of Parkway is a gated community in western Houston, Texas, also the most southern community in the Energy Corridor. It has 888 lots. Peggy O'Hare of the Houston Chronicle stated in 2002 that the houses were "upscale". Lakes of Parkway is situated 5 miles southeast of West Houston Airport.
West Houston Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.8177° or 29° 49′ 4″ northLongitude
-95.6738° or 95° 40′ 26″ westElevation
108 feet (33 metres)IATA airport code
IWSICAO airport code
KIWSFAA airport code
IWSOpen location code
76X6R89G+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 652924438OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
4740905Wikidata ID
Q7985422
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Satellite Map
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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”
- French: “IWS”
- Indonesian: “IWS”
- Indonesian: “KIWS”
- Persian: “IWS”
- Persian: “KIWS”
- Persian: “فرودگاه وست هوستون”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul West Houston”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи вист ҳавас”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ ہیوسٹن ہوائی اڈا”
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