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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1) and about 207 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 204,644 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6,668,438 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for William P Hobby Airport?
Its FAA code is HOU, and its ICAO code is KHOU.
Where is William P Hobby Airport?
It is 8 miles southeast of Houston, Texas, 46 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at William P Hobby Airport?
The longest of its 3 runways, 04/22, is 7,602 feet long.
Does William P Hobby Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at William P Hobby Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1.
Where can you fly nonstop from William P Hobby Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Dallas Love Field, Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Denver International, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, Phoenix Sky Harbor International. Every route
Are there flight schools at William P Hobby Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Kling Aviation INC and G T Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to William P Hobby Airport?
16 pilot examiners and 41 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1; the services card below
- 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
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Ellington Airport (7 nm east), Pearland Regional (8 nm south), LA Porte Municipal (11 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
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Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 58,560 departures from HOU in those twelve months, carrying 6,633,176 passengers in 9,056,731 seats (73% filled), to 197 destinations (34 abroad) on 42 airlines.
All 197 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 11 |
| multi-engine | 32 |
| jets | 155 |
| helicopters | 9 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 204,644, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 124,395 |
| air taxi and commuter | 29,539 |
| general aviation, travelling | 50,072 |
| military | 638 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Houston from the FAA register
1,183 aircraft are registered to owners in Houston, Texas: 613 piston singles, 273 business jets, 76 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Houston, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Kling Aviation INC 4 aircraft · Friendswood, 11 miles away Kling Aviation, Inc.
- G T Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Bellaire, 12 miles away Texins Flying Club is a flying club based at McKinney National Airport in McKinney, Texas.
Charter operators and airlines based in Houston (12 of 13):
- Wing Aviation Charter Services LLC 21 aircraft on the certificate
- American Jet International Corporation 14 aircraft on the certificate American Jet International is an FAA-certified air carrier based in Houston, Texas, offering on-demand charter flights, aircraft management, and air medical/medevac services.
- Lone Star Aviators, LLC 12 aircraft on the certificate Lone Star Aviators is a Part 135 certified charter operator and Part 145 repair station based in Houston and Dallas, Texas.
- Houston Jet Direct Management and Charter, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate Houston Jet Direct Management and Charter, Inc.
- South Florida Aviation Group LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate
- Tavaero Jet Charter Corporation 6 aircraft on the certificate Tavaero Jet Charter Corporation operates a charter jet service based in Houston, Texas, offering both executive and retail charter flights.
- Memorial Hermann Health System 6 aircraft on the certificate
- Ameritex Airways Inc. 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Paradigm Helicopters LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Paradigm Helicopters operates on-demand helicopter charter services across Texas and the Gulf Coast, based in Houston.
- Stewart, Daryl G. 2 aircraft on the certificate
- Heliroutes LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate HeliRoutes LLC operates helicopter charter services from MacArthur Airport (KISP) and Republic Airport (KFRG) in the New York area.
- Enterprise Products Company 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Houston (12 of 24, all of them):
- Aeroplus Interiors INC AeroPlus Interiors, Inc.
- Aircraft Custom Interiors AeroPlus Interiors, Inc.
- Amtech Solutions Group LLC AMTECH Aircraft Services is an FAA Part 145 repair station based in Houston, Texas, providing line maintenance engineering, on-wing AOG recovery, and technical consulting services to commercial and cargo operators.
- Av8 Mro LLC Av8 MRO LLC is a repair station specializing in landing gear overhaul and component repair for business aviation aircraft, primarily Embraer Phenom 100/300 and Hawker 125 series.
- Brazos Avionics INC
- Bz Logistics LLC Semper Fli Aircraft Battery Shop is an FAA-certified repair station specializing in aircraft battery maintenance, repair, and recertification.
- Challenger Aviation Services INC Challenger Aviation Services Inc is an FAA-certified repair station operating from Houston Hobby Airport.
- Conocophillips CO.
- Falcon Crest Accessories INC Falcon Crest Accessories Inc.
- Friedkin Aviation Services
- General Avionics INC General Avionics is an FAA-certificated repair station in Houston, Texas, specializing in avionics installations, systems integration, and retrofits for single and twin engine aircraft.
- Harco Aviation LLC Harco Aviation is a repair station and aircraft management company based in Houston, Texas, operating from Hobby Airport and Ellington Field.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 15 for commercial and instrument, 12 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 41 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 6 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 16 training center evaluators, 8 aircrew program designees, 4 training center examiners.
- Allen Salibo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pearland Regional Airport · Pearland, TX (6 nm) · (713) 299-3583 · [email protected]
- Brian Jay Sheatz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · COASTAL SKIES AERO CLUB · Pearland, TX (6 nm) · (281) 455-9911 · [email protected]
- Jeffrey Vincent Kling private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Friendswood, TX (9 nm) · (832) 379-4991 · [email protected]
- Deborah Rihn-Harvey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · La Porte, TX (11 nm) · (281) 216-1484 · [email protected]
- Corey Deshawn Shepard private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Houston, TX (21 nm) · (713) 373-6389 · [email protected]
- Daryl Gene Stewart private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Atlantic Aviation · Houston, TX (21 nm) · (713) 824-8021 · [email protected]
- Erik Daniel Kessler private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Houston, TX (21 nm) · (346) 552-1079 · [email protected]
- George Patrick Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Houston, TX (21 nm) · (832) 654-9831 · [email protected]
All 106 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Houston 1,183 aircraft · 613 piston singles, 273 business jets, 76 piston twins
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration 41 aircraft in town
- Comanche Warbirds INC 19 aircraft in town
- Lone Star Flight Museum 17 aircraft in town
- Comanche Maverick Air LLC 17 aircraft in town
- International Trading Energy Fuels LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- M7 Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Welch Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Wing Aviation Charter Services LLC 21 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- American Jet International Corporation 14 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Lone Star Aviators, LLC 12 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Houston Jet Direct Management and Charter, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Kling Aviation INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- G T Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Aeroplus Interiors INC · repair station
- Aircraft Custom Interiors · repair station
- Amtech Solutions Group LLC · repair station
- Av8 Mro LLC · repair station
- Dallas Love Field (DAL) 5,130 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Delux Public Charters d/b/a JSX
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 2,854 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Denver International (DEN) 2,381 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY) 2,310 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 2,093 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Orlando International (MCO) 2,039 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Harry Reid International (LAS) 2,021 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1,930 flights in twelve months · Envoy Air, PSA Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 43 since 1982 · 6 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,061 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,938 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/HOU.json.
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 26, 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.