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 based aircraft. 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.
Weather right now KHOU · observed 11:53 am CDT (16:53 UTC), 28 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (130°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 4,200 feet, a few clouds at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 87°F (31°C), dew point 64°F (18°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 10:37 am CDT (15:37 UTC), good until Mon 7:00 am CDT (12:00 UTC)
- From Sun 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the south at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet, a few clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 9:00 pm CDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 24,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHOU 111653Z 13006KT 10SM FEW042 FEW250 31/18 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP201 T03060178
TAF KHOU 111537Z 1116/1212 18008KT P6SM FEW025 FEW200 FM111800 14011KT P6SM FEW250 FM120200 13007KT P6SM FEW240
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
3 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- B38M at 37,000 ft, 32 nm southeast, 12:00 pm CDT (17:00 UTC): light chop turbulence.
- B738 at 37,000 ft, 32 nm southeast, 11:21 am CDT (16:21 UTC): light to moderate chop turbulence.
- B737 at 38,000 ft, 45 nm north, 9:40 am CDT (14:40 UTC): no turbulence.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (HOU), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 150° at 13 kt; 6,000 ft: 170° at 12 kt, 16 °C; 9,000 ft: 170° at 18 kt, 11 °C; 12,000 ft: 180° at 12 kt, 7 °C; 18,000 ft: 250° at 12 kt, -5 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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.
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 |
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Houston from the FAA register
1,185 aircraft are registered to owners in Houston, Texas: 618 piston singles, 269 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
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.
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 in Houston, by their names on the register:
- Texas Southern University 14 aircraft
- Aviator Air Flight School LLC 10 aircraft Aviator Academy of Texas is a flight school operating from Mid-Way Regional Airport in Midlothian, Texas, serving the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
- Flying Tigers Flight School LTD 6 aircraft Flying Tigers Flight School is a flight training school based in Houston, Texas that offers pilot certification programs including private pilot, instrument, commercial pilot, and certified flight instructor certificates under Part 61 and P
- Flying Tigers Flight School LLC 3 aircraft Flying Tigers Flight School is a flight training school in Houston, Texas that offers pilot certification programs including private pilot, instrument, commercial pilot, and certified flight instructor certificates under Part 61 and Part 14
- Long Time Flyers LLC 2 aircraft American Flyers is a flight training organization that operates six training facilities across the United States.
- Northshore Flyers 1 aircraft
- Raiders Tigers Flying Club INC DBA 1 aircraft Raiders Tigers Flying Club is a Houston-based flight training school and 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides pilot training to aspiring aviators.
- Raiders-Tigers Flying Club 1 aircraft Raiders Tigers Flying Club is a Houston-based flight training school and 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides pilot training to aspiring pilots.
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 24/7 organ procurement medevac services throughout the United States and internationally.
- 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 JetDirect 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 is a charter operator based in Houston, Texas that provides jet charter services, aircraft management, and aircraft sales.
- 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 and Republic Airport 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
- Aircraft Custom Interiors
- Amtech Solutions Group LLC
- Av8 Mro LLC
- Brazos Avionics INC
- Bz Logistics LLC
- Challenger Aviation Services INC
- Conocophillips CO.
- Falcon Crest Accessories INC
- Friedkin Aviation Services
- General Avionics INC
- Harco Aviation LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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 · sandy@avconsults.net
- 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 · flysafe2000@hotmail.com
- 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 · jeff@klingaviation.com
- 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 · hurricane.dpe@gmail.com
- 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 · cshepfly@gmail.com
- 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 · daryl.stewart@charter1.com
- 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 · ekesslerdpe@gmail.com
- 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 · g.pat.brown@gmail.com
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.
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
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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Houston 1,185 aircraft · 618 piston singles, 269 business jets, 77 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 16 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
- Texas Southern University 14 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Aviator Air Flight School LLC 10 aircraft · flight school
- Flying Tigers Flight School LTD 6 aircraft · flight school
- Aeroplus Interiors INC · repair station
- Aircraft Custom Interiors · repair station
- Amtech Solutions Group LLC · repair station
- Av8 Mro LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 43 since 1982 · 6 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,068 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 29,860 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 9, 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.