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William P. Hobby Airport

William P. Hobby Airport
Houston Hobby
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  • IATA: HOU
  • ICAO: KHOU
  • FAA LID: HOU
    HOU is located in Texas
    HOU
    HOU
    HOU is located in the US
    HOU
    HOU
    Location of airport in Texas / United States
Summary
Owner City of Houston
Operator Houston Airport System
Serves Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land
Location Houston, Texas (United States)
Focus city for Southwest Airlines
Elevation AMSL 46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates 29°38′44″N 95°16′44″W / 29.64556°N 95.27889°W / 29.64556; -95.27889Coordinates: 29°38′44″N 95°16′44″W / 29.64556°N 95.27889°W / 29.64556; -95.27889
Website http://www.fly2houston.com/hobby
Map
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 7,602 2,317 Concrete
13L/31R 5,148 1,569 Concrete
13R/31L 7,602 2,317 Asphalt
17/35 6,000 1,829 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations 200,587
Total Passengers 12,095,482
Aircraft operations 200,587
Total Passengers 12,095,482

William P. Hobby Airport (IATA: HOUICAO: KHOUFAA LID: HOU) is an international airport in Houston, Texas, 7 miles (11 km) from downtown Houston. Hobby is Houston's oldest commercial airport and was its primary commercial airport until Houston Intercontinental Airport, now George Bush Intercontinental Airport, opened in 1969. After the opening of Intercontinental, Hobby became a secondary airport for domestic airline service as well as a regional center for corporate and private aviation.

Houston is a hub and focus city for Southwest Airlines, and was the seventh-largest city in Southwest's network as of 2015. Hobby is classified as a medium-sized airport, and is currently the third-largest of this airport classification in terms of passengers (behind only Nashville and St. Louis). Southwest opened its first international terminal at Hobby, it began service from Hobby to Mexico and Central and South America on October 15, 2015.

The airport covers 1,304 acres (528 ha) and has four runways. Its original art deco terminal building, which was the first passenger airline terminal in Houston, now houses the 1940 Air Terminal Museum.

Hobby Airport opened in 1927 as a private landing field in a 600-acre (240 ha) pasture known as W.T. Carter Field. The airfield was served by Braniff International Airways and Eastern Air Lines. The site was acquired by the city of Houston and was named Houston Municipal Airport in 1937. The airport was renamed Howard R. Hughes Airport in 1938. Howard Hughes was responsible for several improvements to the airport, including its first control tower, built in 1938. The airport's name changed back to Houston Municipal because Hughes was still alive at the time and regulations did not allow federal improvement funds for an airport named after a living person.


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