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West Houston Airport

airport in Texas, United States of America
Place airport Q7985422
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Summary

West Houston Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Texas[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Named after: Houston[5]
  • IATA airport code: IWS[6]
  • ICAO airport code: KIWS[7]
  • FAA airport code: IWS[8]
  • Commons category: West Houston Airport[9]
  • Runway: 15/33[10]
  • Coordinate location: 29.818333333333, -95.6725[11]
  • Official website: http://www.westhoustonairport.com/[12]
  • Place served by transport hub: Houston[13]
  • Elevation above sea level: 111[14]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 29.81819, -95.67261[15]
  • Patronage: 10[16], 30[17]

Why It Matters

West Houston Airport is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Texas United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Aerodrome reference point → {'latitude': 29.81819, 'longitude': -95.67261}
    Place served by transport hub → Houston
    Patronage → {'amount': '+10'}, {'amount': '+30'}
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "KIWS"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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