| William P. Hobby Airport | | IATA: HOU - ICAO: KHOU - FAA: HOU | | Summary | | Airport type | Public | | Operator | City of Houston | | Serves | Houston, Texas | | Elevation AMSL | 46 ft (14 m) | | Coordinates | 29°38′44″N, 95°16′44″W | | Runways | | Direction | Length | Surface | | ft | m | | 4/22 | 7,602 | 2,317 | Concrete | | 12L/30R | 5,148 | 1,569 | Concrete | | 12R/30L | 7,602 | 2,317 | Asphalt | | 17/35 | 6,000 | 1,829 | Asphalt/Concrete | | | William P. Hobby Airport (IATA: HOU, ICAO: KHOU, FAA LID: HOU) is a public airport located 8 miles (13 km) southeast of the central business district of Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. The airport covers 1,304 acres and has four runways. Hobby Airport is Houston's oldest commercial airport and was the city's primary air terminal until the opening of George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Hobby serves the city as a secondary airport handling domestic service and is a regional center for corporate and private aviation. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ...
The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ...
A Location Identifier takes the place of the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, weather station, and manned air traffic control facility in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services. ...
Nickname: Space City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area - City 1,558 km² (601. ...
The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ...
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Runway 13R/31L of El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. ...
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The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ...
Concrete being poured, raked and vibrated into place in residential construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
Base layer of asphalt concrete in a road under construction. ...
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An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ...
The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ...
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A Location Identifier takes the place of the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, weather station, and manned air traffic control facility in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services. ...
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A Central business district (CBD) or downtown is a commercial heart of a city. ...
Nickname: Space City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area - City 1,558 km² (601. ...
Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. ...
Official language(s) None See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area Ranked 2nd - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
An acre is an English unit of area, which is also frequently used in the United States and some Commonwealth countries. ...
Runway 13R/31L of El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. ...
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH) (for International Airport - Houston) is 23 miles (37 km) north of downtown Houston, Texas. ...
History
Hobby Airport began service in 1927 as a private landing field in a 600-acre pasture known as W.T. Carter Field. The airfield was served by Braniff and Eastern Airlines. The site was acquired by the City of Houston was named Houston Municipal Airport in 1937. [1] 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. [2] The airport's name was changed back to Houston Municipal because Hughes was living at the time and regulations did not allow federal improvement funds for an airport named after a living person. One of many different airplane livery designs of Braniff International Airlines. ...
For the Chinese airline, see China Eastern Airlines. ...
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. ...
Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. ...
The City of Houston opened and dedicated a new air terminal and hangar in 1940. Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
In 1950, Pan Am initiated a Houston-Mexico City flight. In 1954, a new and expanded terminal building was opened to support the 53,640 airline flights that carried 910,047 passengers. [3] The airport was renamed to Houston International Airport the same year. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Pan American World Airways, commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal international airline of the United States from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991. ...
Nickname: Country Mexico State Federal District Founded (as Tenochtitlan) 1325 Head of Government Marcelo Ebrard (PRD) Area - City 1,479 1 km² Elevation 2,240 m Population (2005) - City 8,720,916 - Density 5,741/km² - Urban 19,411,000 Time zone Central Time zone (UTC-6) 1 Area of...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 1957, the first scheduled turbojet aircraft were utilized in service to the airport. KLM started Amsterdam operations in 1957. KLM later moved to Houston Intercontinental Airport (now George Bush Intercontinental Airport), where it remains today. Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ...
KLM (in full: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before its merger with Air France, KLM was the national airline of the Netherlands. ...
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH) (for International Airport - Houston) is 23 miles (37 km) north of downtown Houston, Texas. ...
In 1967, the airport renamed after former Texas governor William P. Hobby. Despite occasional claims of being the only U.S. commercial airport to be named after a woman, it was not named after Oveta Culp Hobby. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...
Official language(s) None See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area Ranked 2nd - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
William Pettus Hobby (March 26, 1878–June 7, 1964) was the publisher of the Houston Post and the governor of the U.S. state of Texas from 1917 to 1921. ...
Secretary Hobby Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905–August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Womens Army Corps, and chairman of the board of the Houston Post. ...
Houston Intercontinental Airport (now George Bush Intercontinental Airport) was built in 1969 because of expansion limitations at Hobby. All commercial aviation operations at Hobby were moved to Houston Intercontinental. The Civil Aeronautics Administration recommended years earlier that Houston begin to plan to replace Hobby, since the airport was inadequate for the new aviation travel market. [4] George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH) (for International Airport - Houston) is 23 miles (37 km) north of downtown Houston, Texas. ...
Year 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...
Governments have played an important part in shaping air transportation. ...
Hobby was reopened to commercial aviation in 1971. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...
Operations Hobby Airport handles domestic service for eight commercial airlines and is an international point of entry for general aviation activity between Texas and Mexico. The airport is capable of handling all but the largest narrow-body aircraft in operation. Hobby has multiple low-fare carrier operations, as opposed to Bush Intercontinental Airport's hub operation with Continental Airlines. Business travellers on shorter routes to Houston from within the United States tend to prefer Hobby over Bush Intercontinental. Continental Airlines (IATA: CO, ICAO: COA, and Callsign: Continental) (NYSE: CAL) is a certificated air carrier of the United States. ...
In a survey among travelers in the United States by J.D. Power and Associates for an Aviation Week traveler satisfaction report, passengers have selected William P. Hobby Airport as the number one airport in the country for customer satisfaction. [5]
Southwest Airlines operated more than 80 percent of the total enplanements at Hobby in 2005 and an average of 10 flights per day per gate. Southwest Airlines plans to maintain Houston as a focus city and is looking to serve new markets from Hobby. [6] Southwest Airlines, Inc. ...
In the airline industry, a focus city is a location that is not a hub, but from which the airline has flights to at least several destinations other than its hubs. ...
Recent developments at Hobby include a new concourse to serve Southwest Airlines and the upgrade of Runway 4/22.
Terminals and airlines Hobby Airport has three concourses: A, C, and the new Central Concourse. All concourses are open as of October 2005. A major reconstruction program is underway to replace all three original concourses (A, B, and C). As of July 2006, Concourse B has been demolished to open up new gates on that side of the Central Concourse. Future plans call for Councourses A and C to be replaced with a new East Councourse to house all carriers except for Southwest.
Terminal map
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Concourse A Originally Southwest's center of operations at HOU, Concourse A currently serves as overflow for Southwest's Central Concourse. Plans call for Concourse A to be replaced with a new, modern East Concourse. Southwest Airlines, Inc. ...
Concourse B This concourse was demolished in the early 2000s to make room for additional gates on the Northeast side of the Central Concourse.
Central Concourse Southwest Airlines main center of operations, the Central Concourse replaced Concourse C which allowed Concourse B airlines to move there and Concourse B to be demolished. - Southwest Airlines (Albuquerque, Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham (AL), Chicago-Midway, Dallas-Love, Denver, El Paso, Fort Lauderdale, Jackson (MS), Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Midland/Odessa, Nashville, New Orleans, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis, Tampa, Tulsa)
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Concourse C Originally Southwest's Concourse A overflow, Concourse C currently houses all non-Southwest airlines. AirTran Airways (NYSE: AAI), is a low-cost airline based in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. ...
American Airlines and American Eagle aircraft at San Juan American Airlines (AA) is the largest airline in the world in terms of total passengers transported[] and fleet size[], and the second-largest airline in the world (behind Air France-KLM) in terms of total operating revenues[]. A wholly owned subsidiary...
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Delta Boeing 757-232 at Los Angeles International Airport in August 2003, showing the livery the airline instituted in 2000. ...
Delta Connection is the name under which seven regional airlines operate short and medium haul routes for mainline carrier, Delta Air Lines. ...
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) (IATA: EV, ICAO: ASQ, and Callsign: Acey) [1] is an airline based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA flying to over 150 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier. ...
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Sun Country Boeing 737-8Q8 N805SY (To learn about the computer language Sy, select Sy_language. ...
Former airlines In the past, this airport was also served by: One of many different airplane livery designs of Braniff International Airlines. ...
Continental Airlines (IATA: CO, ICAO: COA, and Callsign: Continental) (NYSE: CAL) is a certificated air carrier of the United States. ...
For the Chinese airline, see China Eastern Airlines. ...
KLM Tailfins KLM (in full: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before its merger with Air France, KLM was the national airline of the Netherlands. ...
Midwest Airlines Boeing 717 taxiing for departure at John Wayne Airport (Santa Ana, California, USA) in February 2004 Midwest Airlines is an American scheduled passenger airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operating from General Mitchell International Airport. ...
Northwest Airlines is an airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota in the United States of America. ...
Pan American World Airways, commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal international airline of the United States from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991. ...
Texas Air was an airline holding company in the USA that played a significant role in the downfall of the better-known Continental Airlines and Eastern Airlines. ...
Trans World Airlines (IATA: TW, ICAO: TWA, and Callsign: TWA), commonly known as TWA, was an American airline company that was acquired by American Airlines in April 2001. ...
Ground transportation
Bus The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, or METRO, offers bus service available at Curbzone 13 outside of the baggage claim area in the lower level. A group of METRO buses parked at the Texas Medical Center Transit Center The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO) operates bus, lift bus, and light rail service in Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston. ...
Courtesy Vans Courtesy vans are operated by various hotels and motels in and around the Houston Area. There are courtesy telephones in the baggage claim areas to request pick-up for most hotels and motels.
Taxi Taxis are available at Curb Zone 3 outside of the baggage claim area in the lower level. All destinations within Houston's city limits to/from Bush Intercontinental Airport are charged according to the flat Zone Rate or the meter rate.
Notes
External links - Houston Airport System — William P. Hobby Airport
- The 1940 Air Terminal Museum at William P. Hobby Airport
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