HOU — William P. Hobby Airport
- IATA code
- HOU
- ICAO code
- KHOU
- City code
- HOU
- All Houston airports
- Passengers
- 13,166,253
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 108
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−6 / UTC−5
- America/Chicago
- Elevation
- 14 m
- 46 ft
- Runways
- 3
- Longest 2,317 m
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About HOU
William P. Hobby Airport is a large airport serving Houston, United States. It opened in 1927 and is run by Houston Airport System. 13,166,253 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 108 nonstop routes from HOU. On tickets, the city code HOU covers it together with the other Houston airports.
Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from HOU
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| HOU → DAL | 385 km | 802,444 |
| HOU → ATL | 1,119 km | 640,977 |
| HOU → DEN | 1,421 km | 601,837 |
| HOU → PHX | 1,641 km | 556,941 |
| HOU → LAS | 1,988 km | 555,926 |
| HOU → MCO | 1,366 km | 540,502 |
| HOU → MDW | 1,508 km | 505,727 |
| HOU → BNA | 1,078 km | 451,633 |
| HOU → MSY | 486 km | 435,455 |
| HOU → BWI | 2,005 km | 400,818 |
| HOU → LGA | 2,298 km | 368,879 |
| HOU → LAX | 2,237 km | 343,653 |
| HOU → STL | 1,106 km | 337,092 |
| HOU → HRL | 445 km | 299,540 |
| HOU → SAT | 310 km | 276,622 |
| HOU → CUN | 1,273 km | 264,128 |
| HOU → OKC | 674 km | 255,137 |
| HOU → AUS | 238 km | 253,865 |
| HOU → TPA | 1,257 km | 252,703 |
| HOU → ELP | 1,089 km | 249,276 |
| HOU → MAF | 710 km | 243,181 |
| HOU → SAN | 2,113 km | 239,395 |
| HOU → MCI | 1,072 km | 229,702 |
| HOU → ABQ | 1,222 km | 217,257 |
| HOU → FLL | 1,540 km | 215,350 |
| HOU → DCA | 1,961 km | 215,314 |
| HOU → DFW | 398 km | 209,511 |
| HOU → CRP | 301 km | 202,187 |
| HOU → MEM | 779 km | 174,256 |
| HOU → SJD | 1,609 km | 140,888 |
| HOU → JAN | 578 km | 138,300 |
| HOU → LGB | 2,211 km | 123,632 |
| HOU → TUL | 729 km | 116,301 |
| HOU → OAK | 2,643 km | 110,087 |
| HOU → IND | 1,386 km | 109,521 |
| HOU → SJO | 2,462 km | 105,993 |
| HOU → SLC | 1,954 km | 103,020 |
| HOU → SMF | 2,614 km | 100,649 |
| HOU → BHM | 918 km | 96,410 |
| HOU → ONT | 2,164 km | 93,296 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at HOU
- WN Southwest Airlines · 106,757 flights
- DL Delta Air Lines · 2,754 flights
- MQ Envoy Air · 1,829 flights
- OH PSA Airlines · 1,254 flights
- OO SkyWest Airlines · 794 flights
- G4 Allegiant Air · 445 flights
- XP TEM Enterprises dba Avelo Airlines · 212 flights
- SY Sun Country Airlines · 98 flights
- UA United Air Lines · 16 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 73.4%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Departures counted
- 53,891
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Other airports in Houston
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| IAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | 38 km |
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | 126 km |
| CLL | Easterwood Field | 148 km |
| VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | 182 km |
| LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | 205 km |
| AUS | Austin Bergstrom International Airport | 238 km |
Distance from HOU to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,317 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 13R/31L | 2,317 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
| 13L/31R | 1,569 m | 30 m | Concrete |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.6453, -95.2768
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