KAXH Houston/Southwest

PROBABLE 68%

Runway 9 — local convention slightly favors it

No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. Weather observation is 4718 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: 68% evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind 030° true at 3 kt · VFR · 4718 min old

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9 62% 5002 ft · 1 kt head, 3 kt x-left · calm-wind rwy

27 38% 5002 ft · 1 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-right

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 9

PRIOR 9 is the designated calm-wind runway +0.50
WIND 1 kt headwind, 3 kt left crosswind 4718 min ago +0.00

Runway 27

WIND 1 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt right crosswind 4718 min ago -0.00

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	4718 min
ADSB	OK	42 min	MODERATE
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

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KAXH field & runways

Houston/Southwest, Houston, Texas. Field elevation 69 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 5.0°E on record, 1.8°E today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.081°/year west — about 1° every 12 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
27	274.3°	272.5°	matches rule gives runway 28 in ~31 yr	5,002 ft	ASPH	left
9	94.3°	92.5°	matches rule gives runway 10 in ~31 yr	5,002 ft	ASPH	left	ILS calm-wind RWY 09 CALM WIND RWY.

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KAXH ☆ Houston/Southwest