HOU — William P. Hobby Airport, Houston
Houston's original airport, close to the city, made secondary when Intercontinental opened in 1969. Compact, with short runways.
The airport
- City
- Houston
- Country/region
- United States of America
- Runway
- 2,317 m
- Slots
- 180
- Open
- 1927 onwards
- International flights
- Not accepted — domestic only
- Playable in
- US Widebody Golden Age · US Jet Age to Modern · US Low-Cost & Globalization · US Modern
Its 2,317 m runway takes 99 of the game's 182 aircraft types — up to the Airbus A310-300.
About Houston
Fourth-largest US city, near the Gulf of Mexico, and the global centre of the oil industry. Petrochemicals, shipping and NASA's manned spaceflight programme drive it.
Population about 5,946,000 at the game's 2010 snapshot.
Houston is a business market: its traffic comes from companies and connections rather than from holidays, which rewards frequency over seat count.