At one point in time, like many other metropolitan-based airports that have “grown up,” West Houston Airport (KIWS) was once a small country airstrip with a bright future. Through perseverance, flexibility, and most importantly, a passion for aviation, the airport’s leadership has propelled the airport to become what it is today.
Shelly Lesikar deZevallos, Ed.D., is the daughter of Woody Lesikar, who first came to West Houston as a young and determined flight instructor. The same year he started instructing at what was then called Lakeside Airport, his employer sold him the one-airplane training operation. Lesikar’s footprint quickly grew from that point forward, and he ultimately purchased the airfield six years later.
