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Westheimer Air Park was a privately owned, public-use airport in
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, United States. The airport was west of the central business district of
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. It was located along
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east of Fulshear. The airport was closed in March 2015.


Facilities and aircraft

Westheimer Air Park covered an area of at an elevation of above
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. It had one runway designated 11/29 with a
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surface. For the 12-month period ending September 2, 2004, the airport had 6,000
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aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single-
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and 4% multi-engine.


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Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Texas, Western Houston area
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