KHOU · William P. Hobby Airport
ICAO · US · 42 NTSB events
Live conditions
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Wind / Visibility
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Density altitude (now)
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Runways
6 runway ends on file. Longest: 7,602 ft. Max gradient: 0.10%
| Designator | Heading | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting | Gradient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | 044° | 7,602 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | Yes | 0.04% |
| 22 | 224° | 7,602 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | Yes | 0.04% |
| 13R | 134° | 7,602 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 31L | 314° | 7,602 ft | 150 ft | ASP | Yes | — |
| 13L | 134° | 5,148 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | Yes | — |
| 31R | 314° | 5,148 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | Yes | — |
Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).
Communications · 9 frequencies
- ATIS ATIS 124.600
- CLD CLNC DEL 125.450
- GND GND 121.900
- TWR HOBBY TWR 118.700
- APP HOUSTON APP 120.050
- DEP HOUSTON DEP 128.400
- DEP HOUSTON DEP 119.700
- RDO MONTGOMERY CO RDO 122.350
- UNIC UNICOM 122.950
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Navaids
- VOR-DME HUB
Hobby
117.10 MHz · DME 117.10 · BOTH · HIGH
Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 1 matched · 32 not yet translated
Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.
TL;DR
- ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
Watch for
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Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
wildlife hazard
All translated remarks (1)
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Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational
birds on and invof arpt.
Not yet translated · raw FAA text (32 sentences)
- ·360 TEXAS – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU)(KHOU) 8 SE UTC–6(–5DT) N29º38.75´ W95º16.63´ 46 B LRA Class I, ARFF Index C NOTAM FILE HOU RWY 04–22: H7602X150 (CONC–GRVD) S–75, D–200, 2S–168, 2T–461, 2D–400, 2D/D1–444, C5–717 PCR 620 R/C/W/T HIRL CL RWY 04: ALSF2.
- ·PAPI(P4R)—GA 3.0º TCH 58´.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 49´.
- ·RWY 13R–31L: H7602X150 (ASPH–GRVD) S–75, D–195, 2S–168, 2T–461, 2D–220, 2D/D1–444, C5–717 PCR 670 R/B/W/T HIRL CL RWY 13R: MALSR.
- ·PAPI(P4R)—GA 3.0º TCH 52´.
- ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 76´.
- ·RWY 13L–31R: H5148X100 (CONC–GRVD) S–30, D–45, 2D–80 PCR 200 R/D/W/T MIRL RWY 13L: PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 60´.
- ·RWY 04: TORA–7602 TODA–7602 ASDA–7602 LDA–7602 RWY 13L:TORA–5148 TODA–5148 ASDA–5148 LDA–5148 RWY 13R:TORA–7602 TODA–7602 ASDA–7602 LDA–6568 RWY 22: TORA–7602 TODA–7602 ASDA–7602 LDA–7602 RWY 31L:TORA–7602 TODA–7602 ASDA–7602 LDA–7602 RWY 31R:TORA–5148 TODA–5148 ASDA–5148 LDA–5148
- ·S2 FUEL 100LL, JET A, A1 OX 1, 2, 3, 4
- ·Arpt clsd to acft with wing span over 125 ft excp 24 hrs PPR call opns 713–417–5710.
- ·Operate transponders with altitude reporting mode and ADS–B (if equipped) enabled on all airport surfaces.
- ·Pilots/crew should be aware of dep turns in excess of 180 degs.
- ·Read back of drctn of turns is highly encouraged.
- ·Cust ramp has mult obstns; large acft will be asgnd an altn area by ATCT.
- ·Acft in tkof ptn on Rwy 22 be alert for poss radio intfc or null on freq 118.7.
- ·Use upper ant if so equipped.
- ·Twy G cntrln to parked acft on west side only 68´.
- ·Twy G cntrln to edge of adjacent svc veh road on west side only 48´.
- ·Due to complex rwy confign; when tax to thrs 13L and 13R check compass hdg bfr departing.
- ·Acft southbound on Twy C to Rwy 31L thr use extreme care; Twy C makes a 45 deg dogleg to the left xng Twy K.
- ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 713-845-6555
- ·ASOS (713) 847–1462 TDWR.
- ·D–ATIS 124.6 (713) 847–1491 UNICOM 122.95 HOBBY RCO 122.2 (MONTGOMERY COUNTY RADIO) ®HOUSTON APP CON 119.175 119.625 134.45 (South) 124.35 (West) 120.05 (East) ®HOUSTON DEP CON 134.45 (South) 123.8 (West) 119.7 (North) HOBBY TOWER 118.7 HOUSTON GND CON 121.9 CLNC DEL 125.45 PRE–TAXI CLNC 125.45 CPDLC (LOGON KUSA) PDC
- ·CLASS B See VFR Terminal Area Chart.
- ·VOR TEST FACILITY (VOT) 108.4
- ·HUMBLE (H) (H) VORTACW 116.6 IAH Chan 113 N29º57.42´ W95º20.74´ 164º 19.0 NM to fld. 81/5E.
- ·VORTAC monitored by ATCT VOR portion unusable: 060º–070º byd 35 NM 175º–185º byd 20 NM blo 3,000´ Byd 30 NM blo 2,000´ DME unusable: 015º–090º byd 30 NM blo 2,000´ 130º–320º byd 30 NM blo 2,000´ 175º–185º byd 20 NM blo 3,000´ 230º–250º TACAN AZIMUTH unusable: 040º–055º blo 5,000´ 150º–320º blo 4,500´ 150º–320º byd 10 NM ILS/DME 109.9 I–HUB Chan 36 Rwy 04.
- ·ILS/DME 111.3 I–PRQ Chan 50 Rwy 13R.
- ·LOC/DME 109.9 I–OIB Chan 36 Rwy 22.
- ·DME unusable byd 34º left of course.
+ 2 more sentences · see Chart Supplement page below for the full text
FAA Chart Supplement
NTSB events
42 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .
Total events
48
since 1982
Fatal
6
12.5% of total
Last 5 years
6
≈ 1.2/yr
Last 10 years
10
≈ 1.0/yr
Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗
Operations volume
FAA TAF · history through 2024
Peak: 272,024 ops in 1990
2024 total
204,644
10-yr total
1,922,888
2024 mix
AC/AT 75% · GA 24% · Mil 0%
Events / million ops
5.2
last 10 years
Fatal / million ops
0.65
approximate · 10-yr scaled
Last 10 years · n=6
- Engine failure / power loss 3
- Loss of control 2
- Gear-up landing 1
All time · n=42
- Other 13
- Engine failure / power loss 7
- Ground collision 5
- Gear-up landing 4
- Fuel exhaustion / starvation 4
- Stall / spin 4
- Loss of control 4
- Midair / near-midair 1
Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.
Designees in TX
DPEs nearby
Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.
| Designee | City | ST | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Salibo | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
| Charles Hoy Hainline | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
| Jeffrey Vincent Kling | Friendswood | TX | 9 nm |
| Brian Jay Sheatz | Houston | TX | 10 nm |
| Corey Deshawn Shepard | Houston | TX | 10 nm |
| Daryl Gene Stewart | Houston | TX | 10 nm |
| Erik Daniel Kessler | Houston | TX | 10 nm |
| George Patrick Brown | Houston | TX | 10 nm |
| Timothy Ryan Hulon | Houston | TX | 10 nm |
| Deborah Rihn-Harvey | La Porte | TX | 12 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.
CFIs nearby
City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.
| Instructor | City | ST | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Lee Dawson | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
| Thomas Leslie Holley | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
| Gary Arnold Hosmer | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
| Thomas Eugene Miskelly | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
| Andrew Joseph O'Connor | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
| Richard Eugene Sharpe Jr | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
| Jeffrey Louis Reeves | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
| Charles Hoy Hainline | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
| Wilson Gordon Wing Iii | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
| Stephen Paul Devine | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.
A&P mechanics nearby
City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.
| Mechanic | City | ST | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persio Elizardo Morel | South Houston | TX | 3 nm |
| Thomas Wayne Scott | South Houston | TX | 3 nm |
| Steven Paul Falber | South Houston | TX | 3 nm |
| Timothy Fannett Franke | South Houston | TX | 3 nm |
| Emilio Aguilera Mata | South Houston | TX | 3 nm |
| Victor Albert Montano | South Houston | TX | 3 nm |
| Juan Tirso Perrett | South Houston | TX | 3 nm |
| Noe Ricardo Reyes | South Houston | TX | 3 nm |
| Juan Antonio Cornejo | South Houston | TX | 3 nm |
| Kim Scott Fewlass | Pearland | TX | 6 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.
Repair stations nearby
By airport location.
| Shop | Distance |
|---|---|
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Houston, TX Houston, TX | 1 nm |
| Brazos Avionics, Inc. Houston, TX | 6 nm |
| K & W Aviation, Inc. LA PORTE, TX | 11 nm |
| General Avionics, Inc. Houston, TX | 23 nm |
| CXO MX, LLC Conroe, TX | 43 nm |
| Avionics Unlimited, Inc. Conroe, TX | 43 nm |
| ALTMAN AVIATION SERVICES LLC. Lockhart, TX | 126 nm |
| Castleberry Instruments & Avionics Pflugerville, TX | 131 nm |
| McKee Avionics, Inc. San Marcos, TX | 136 nm |
| Central Texas Avionics, Inc. Georgetown, TX | 139 nm |
Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.
References
- FAA Chart Supplement (CSUP) A/FD entry — official FAA ↗
- SkyVector — sectional + IFR charts Charts, runways, fuel, NOTAMs ↗
- AirNav — frequencies, FBOs, fuel Pilot-facing summary ↗
- NTSB CAROL — accident search Filter by airport name ↗
- FAA Notice to Air Missions NOTAMs (live) ↗
- aviationweather.gov — METAR / TAF Live observation ↗