William P. Hobby Airport (HOU/KHOU) (Houston, Texas)

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William P. Hobby Airport (IATA: HOU, ICAO: KHOU, FAA LID: HOU) is a public airport owned by the city of Houston and operated by the Houston Airport System. It is located 8 miles southeast of downtown Houston, and covers 1,304 acres (5.3 km²) with four runways.

The airport, originally called Houston International Airport, was re-named William P. Hobby Airport in 1967 in honor of a former Texas governor. It was the city's primary passenger air facility until the opening of Houston Intercontinental Airport (now George Bush Intercontinental Airport) in June 1969. Hobby now serves the city as a secondary airport handling domestic service, and is a regional center for corporate and private aviation.

On May 30, 2012, the Houston City Council approved a deal with Southwest Airlines (the airport's major tenant) to construct a $150 million international terminal at Hobby and begin operating flights to Mexico, Central America, and South America. On October 15, 2015 the new terminal opened, and the airport was officially re-branded as "William P. Hobby International Airport".

The airport is also the home of the 1940 Air Terminal Museum, which houses a collection in the original Art Deco building that served as the first terminal for passenger flight in Houston.

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www.txdot.gov/publications/aviation/directory/hou.pdf
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