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William P. Hobby Airport

airport in Houston, Texas, United States
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William P. Hobby Airport
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William P. Hobby Airport

Summary

William P. Hobby Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 0.16% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (603 views/month, #12 of 7,663).[2]

Key Facts

  • William P. Hobby Airport is located in Houston[3].
  • William P. Hobby Airport is in the country of United States[4].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[5].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[6].
  • William P. Hobby Airport is owned by Houston[7].
  • William P. Hobby Airport is operated by Houston Airport System[8].
  • William Pettus Hobby, Sr. is named after William P. Hobby Airport[9].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as HOU[10].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as KHOU[11].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's FAA airport code is recorded as HOU[12].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's Commons category is recorded as William P. Hobby Airport[13].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's located in time zone is recorded as America/Chicago[14].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's runway is recorded as 04/22[15].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's runway is recorded as 13L/31R[16].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's runway is recorded as 13R/31L[17].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's runway is recorded as 17/35[18].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.65491, 'lon': -95.2758}[19].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's official website is recorded as https://www.fly2houston.com/hobby[20].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Greater Houston[21].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Houston[22].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's date of official opening is recorded as +1927-00-00T00:00:00Z[23].
  • William P. Hobby Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+14'}[24].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': 29.6458, 'lon': -95.27723}[25].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+8750339'}[26].
  • William P. Hobby Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+8864921'}[27].

Body

Geography

William P. Hobby Airport is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Houston[3].

Physical Characteristics

William P. Hobby Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+14'}[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[5] and commercial traffic aerodrome[6].

History and Context

William P. Hobby Airport is owned by Houston[7]. William Pettus Hobby, Sr. is named after it[9].

Why It Matters

William P. Hobby Airport ranks in the top 0.16% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (603 views/month, #12 of 7,663).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . faa.gov. faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . nfdc.faa.gov. nfdc.faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . nfdc.faa.gov. nfdc.faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . nfdc.faa.gov. nfdc.faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . nfdc.faa.gov. nfdc.faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → Houston
    Located in → —
    Place served by transport hub → Greater Houston, Houston
    Operator → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Airport", "KHOU"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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