Weiser Air Park

Weiser Air Park (ICAO: KEYQ, FAA LID: EYQ) was a privately owned, public-use airport located on the Northwest Freeway (U.S. Highway 290) in Cypress, an unincorporated area of Harris County, Texas, United States.[2] The airport was 11 nautical miles (20 km) northwest of the central business district of Houston[1]

Weiser Air Park
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCecil & Robert Weiser
ServesHouston, Texas
LocationHarris County, Texas
ClosedNovember 3, 2019
Elevation AMSL137 ft / 42 m
Coordinates29°56′07″N 095°38′23″W
Websitewww.WeiserAirpark.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 3,455 1,053 Asphalt
16/34 2,000 610 Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations38,020
Based aircraft75
Source: FAA[1] and airport web site[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Weiser Air Park was assigned EYQ by the FAA but had no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Weiser Air Park covered an area of 102 acres (41 ha) at an elevation of 137 feet (42 m) above mean sea level. It had two runways: 9/27 has a 3,455 x 40 ft (1,053 x 12 m) asphalt pavement and 16/34 has a 2,000 x 33 ft (610 x 10 m) turf surface.[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 3, 2006, the airport had 38,020 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 99.9% general aviation and 0.1% air taxi. At that time there were 75 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine and 7% multi-engine.[1]

History

The Jackson Airport grass strip was purchased by Cecil Weiser in 1951, and renamed Weiser Airpark in 1963. The runway was paved in 1980. Cecil died in Nov. 2017, followed by the sale of the 102 acres.[4]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for EYQ PDF, effective 2008-04-10
  2. Weiser Air Park
  3. Great Circle Mapper: KEYQ - Houston, Texas (Weiser Air Park)
  4. Begley, Dug. "Weiser Airpark flies into the sunset with one last party and some final high moments before the planes move away". Houston Chronicle. Hearst. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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