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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 (5.3 km²) 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 in 1969. Hobby serves the city as a secondary airport
handling domestic service and is a regional center for corporate and private
aviation.
History
Hobby Airport began service in 1927 as a private landing field in a 600 acre
(2.4 km²) 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 and was named
Houston Municipal Airport in 1937. [2] 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. 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.
The City of Houston opened and dedicated a new air terminal and hangar in 1940.
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. The airport was renamed to Houston International
Airport the same year.
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.
In 1967, the airport renamed after former Texas governor William P. Hobby.
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.
Hobby was reopened to commercial aviation in 1971.
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 travelers on shorter routes to Houston from within the United
States tend to prefer Hobby over Bush Intercontinental.
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 in 2006 and again in 2007.
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.
Developments at Hobby in the 2000s include a new concourse to serve Southwest
Airlines and the upgrade of Runway 4/22.
The Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center serves as the airport's ARTCC.
Terminal
William P. Hobby Airport consists of one Central Concourse terminal.
The terminal includes an interfaith chapel.
Airlines and destinations
* AirTran Airways (Atlanta)
* American Airlines
o American Eagle (Dallas/Fort Worth)
* Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
o Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
o Delta Connection operated by Shuttle America (Atlanta)
o Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Atlanta)
* JetBlue Airways (New York-JFK)
* Southwest Airlines (Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham
(AL), Chicago-Midway, Corpus Christi, Dallas-Love, Denver, El Paso, Fort
Lauderdale, Harlingen/South Padre Island, Jackson (MS), Jacksonville, Las Vegas,
Little Rock, Los Angeles, Midland/Odessa, Nashville, New Orleans, Oakland,
Oklahoma City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, St.
Louis, Tampa, Tulsa)
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.
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.
Shuttle Service
Shared-ride shuttle servivce is available at HOU. SuperShuttle takes
reservations and picks-up travelers at their homes or businesses and transports
them to the airport and vice versa. Additionally, regularly scheduled bus and
shuttle service is provided by various carriers to locations from HOU to areas
outside the Houston Metropolitan area and to Galveston and College Station.
These services can be found in the baggage claim area.
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.
Accidents and incidents
The following involved flights departing or arriving at the airport:
* 1959: Braniff Flight 542 crashed in Buffalo, Texas, on September 29, 1959. It
was en route to Dallas, Texas, from Houston, Texas. Twenty-nine passengers and
five crew members died in the crash. The plane, a turboprop Lockheed L-188
Electra with the registration number N9705C, was eleven days old when it
crashed. The Civil Aeronautics Board blamed the crash on the "whirl-mode" prop
theory.
* 1968: Braniff Flight 352: Broke into pieces during flight in a thunderstorm on
Houston-Dallas route
* 2004: A Gulfstream III, N85VT, enroute from Dallas Love Field on November 24th
to pick up former President George H. W. Bush, and other passengers, struck a
street light and crashed while on an instrument landing system approach to
runway 4.
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