William P. Hobby Airport

ICAO KHOU29.6453°N 95.2768°W46 ft / 14 mLarge airport

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William P. Hobby Airport (IATA: HOU, ICAO: KHOU) is a large airport in Houston, Texas, United States. It opened in 1927. It has 3 runways; the longest is 7,602 ft (2,317 m). It is operated by Houston Airport System. In 2025 it handled 13.7 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1927–1927

1927

OpenedWilliam P. Hobby Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF

04/22044° / 224° · LIT

LENGTH7,602 ft2,317 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

13R/31L134° / 314° · LIT

LENGTH7,602 ft2,317 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

13L/31R134° / 314° · LIT

LENGTH5,148 ft1,569 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025

11.9M

12.6M

13.0M

13.5M

14.6M

6.6M

11.5M

13.4M

14.1M

14.4M

13.7M

141516171819202122232425

Routes

8 destinations · 1 country

Year-round5

DALDallas Love FieldUnited States · JSX (airline)386 km240 mi DFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle398 km247 mi GUFJack Edwards National AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air736 km457 mi ATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,118 km695 mi PVUProvo Municipal AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,900 km1,181 mi

Seasonal3

TYSMcGhee Tyson AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,257 km781 mi DSMDes Moines International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,330 km826 mi AVLAsheville Regional AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,355 km842 mi

Most destinationsAllegiant Air 5JSX (airline) 1American Eagle 1Delta Air Lines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from HOU. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “William P. Hobby Airport” (revision of 20 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers13.7M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#158of 3,974 · #43 North America · #36 US Longest runway7,602 ft2,317 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,016of 29,823 · =642 North America · #480 US Elevation46 ft14 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,433of 43,341 · =17,877 North America · =14,759 US AgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =42 North America · =40 US Runways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels

APPHOUSTON APP120.050

ATISATIS124.600

CLDCLNC DEL125.450

DEPHOUSTON DEP119.700

DEPHOUSTON DEP28.400

GNDGND121.900

RDOMONTGOMERY CO RDO122.350

TWRHOBBY TWR118.700

UNICUNICOM122.950