William P Hobby Airport
HOU · KHOU · Houston, Texas · Harris County · map
William P Hobby Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Houston, 8 miles southeast of Houston, Texas, 46 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 7,602 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1).
Weather right now KHOU · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 8 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,800 feet, scattered clouds at 16,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 67°F (19°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 6,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm CDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 6,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHOU 061853Z 03008G17KT 10SM SCT048 SCT160 SCT250 31/19 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP133 T03110194 $
TAF KHOU 061720Z 0618/0718 05009KT P6SM FEW060 FM070100 07004KT P6SM FEW060 SCT250 FM071400 03007KT P6SM SCT250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HOU · ICAO KHOU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Houston
- Elevation
- 46 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1939
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 7,602 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13R/31L | 7,602 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13L/31R | 5,148 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 22: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), pole 125 ft high 4,400 ft from the end
- Runway 13R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 1,034 ft, 6,568 ft available for landing, pole 37 ft high 310 ft from the end
- Runway 31L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, road 13 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 13L: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 124.6 | Hobby |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 125.45 | Hobby |
| Ground | 121.9 | Hobby |
| Tower | 118.7 | Hobby |
| Approach · Bellr and star · Kiddz and star | 119.175 | Hobby |
| Approach · Bayyy and star · Pucks and star | 119.625 | Hobby |
| Approach · Hudzy and star · Ohiio and star East | 120.05 | Hobby |
| Approach West | 124.35 | Hobby |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace South | 134.45 | Hobby |
| Class B airspace · Departure North | 119.7 | Hobby |
| Class B airspace · Departure West | 123.8 | Hobby |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Hobby |
| Class B airspace · Eloco Rnav Dp · Hoodo Rnav Dp East | 127.125 | Hobby |
| Hou and vot | 108.4 | |
| Final approach | 119.1 | Hobby |
| Cesan and star | 121.3 | Hobby |
| Hobby and rco | 122.2 | Hobby |
| Snday Rnav Star | 124.225 | Hobby |
| Departure procedure (RETYR) | 126.675 | Hobby |
| Alexandria and dp · Bltwy Rnav Dp · Departure procedure (CRIED) | 132.25 | Hobby |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 713-847-1462.
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Aircraft registered in Houston from the FAA register
1,184 aircraft are registered to owners in Houston, Texas: 618 piston singles, 268 business jets, 77 piston twins, 73 turboprops, 73 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 43 since 1982, 6 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Approach ratio 36:1 to displaced threshold.
- Nmrs birds on and in vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway G centerline to parked aircraft on west side only 68 feet. Taxiway G centerline to edge of adjacent service vehicle road on west side only 48 feet.
- Due to complex runway confign; when tax to thresholds 13L and 13R check compass hdg bfr departing.
- Aircraft southbound on taxiway C to runway 31L threshold use extreme care; taxiway C makes a 45 degrees dogleg to the left xng taxiway K.
- Aircraft in takeoff ptn on runway 22 be alert for poss radio intfc or null on frequency 118.7. Use upper ant if so equipped.
- Customs ramp has mult obstructions; large aircraft will be asgnd an altn area by the control tower.
- Pilots/crew should be aware of departure turns in excess of 180 degreess. Read back of drctn of turns is highly encouraged.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 22.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.