Houston Southwest Airport frequencies

Houston Southwest Airport (AXH · KAXH) in Rosharon, TX has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 123.0. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 123.625
An automated weather station reading the field conditions aloud — wind, visibility, ceiling, temperature and altimeter. It replaces ATIS at a field with no controller to record one. Get the altimeter setting before you descend below the transition altitude.
Clearance 120.8
Clearance delivery issues your IFR clearance, and at busier fields your VFR departure instructions and squawk code. Call before you request taxi, with the ATIS letter and your intended direction of flight.

Taxi & takeoff

CTAF 123.0
The common frequency pilots use to announce themselves to each other at a field with no operating control tower. Nobody is controlling traffic — you are self announcing. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern, and listen well before you transmit.
UNICOM 123.0
A ground station run by the FBO rather than the FAA, for fuel, parking and airport services. Use it for services. Where the field has no separate CTAF, the same frequency doubles as the advisory frequency.

Departure & arrival Houston

App/Dep 123.8 (ALEXANDRIA · BLTWY RNAV · BORRN RNAV +15 more departures)
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

What to say on 123.0

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KAXH, so every call is you telling other aircraft where you are. Open and close with the field name so a pilot tuned to a shared frequency knows which airport you mean — 123.0 is not unique to Houston Southwest Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Houston Southwest traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 09, Houston Southwest.
  • Entering the pattern Houston Southwest traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 09, Houston Southwest.
  • Before taking the runway Houston Southwest traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 09, Houston Southwest.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KAXH traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KAXH publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (12 more)
119.175TSHIRT STAR, TSHRT STAR
119.625TKNIQ STAR
120.05HUDZY STAR, OHIIO STAR, WAPPL STAR
121.3CESAN STAR
123.8ALEXANDRIA DP, BLTWY RNAV DP, BORRN RNAV DP, CRIED DP, DREMR DP, EL DORADO DP, GIFFA DP, HOODO RNAV DP, INDIE RNAV DP, KARRR RNAV DP, LEONA DP, LUFKIN DP, LURIC DP, MMALT RNAV DP, STRYA DP, STYCK DP, WATFO DP, WYLSN RNAV DP
124.225BLUBELL STAR, SNDAY RNAV STAR
226.675TKNIQ STAR
257.7ALEXANDRIA DP, APCH/P DEP/P, BLTWY RNAV DP, BORRN RNAV DP, CRIED DP, DREMR DP, EL DORADO DP, GIFFA DP, HOODO RNAV DP, INDIE RNAV DP, KARRR RNAV DP, LEONA DP, LUFKIN DP, LURIC RNAV DP, MMALT RNAV DP, STRYA DP, STYCK DP, WATFO DP, WYLSN RNAV DP
291.675TSHRT STAR
306.975BLUBELL STAR, SNDAY RNAV STAR
377.1CESAN STAR
379.1HUDZY STAR, OHIIO STAR, WAPPL STAR
Every KAXH frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS123.625
Clearance120.8
CTAF123.0
UNICOM123.0
App/Dep123.8 · ALEXANDRIA · BLTWY RNAV · BORRN RNAV +15 more departures

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KAXH?

Houston Southwest Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 123.0 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KAXH?

ASOS/AWOS at Houston Southwest Airport is 123.625. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.

What is the approach frequency for KAXH?

App/Dep for Houston Southwest Airport is 123.8, working as "Houston" (ALEXANDRIA · BLTWY RNAV · BORRN RNAV +15 more departures). Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.

Where do I get my clearance at KAXH?

Clearance delivery at Houston Southwest Airport is 120.8. Call before requesting taxi, with the current ATIS letter and your direction of flight.