Houston Southwest Airport or Houston-Southwest Airport is a public-use airport located in Arcola, a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of the central business district of Houston. It is privately owned by James Griffith, Jr. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Houston Southwest Airport is assigned AXH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Houston-Southwest Airport covers an area of 165 acre which contains one runway designated 9/27 with a 5,002 x 100 ft (1,525 x 30 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending April 11, 2023, the airport had 42,624 aircraft operations, an average of 117 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 120 aircraft based at this airport: 102 single-engine, 13 multi-engine, 2 jet and 3 helicopter.