KHOU · William P. Hobby Airport

HOUSTON, TEXAS · LARGE AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

Elevation ft

Runways

7,602

Longest ft · 04/22

29.65N

95.28W

William P. Hobby Airport serves Houston, Texas at 46 ft elevation with its longest runway, 04/22, at 7,602 by 150 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
04/22	7,602 × 150 ft	concrete	lit
13R/31L	7,602 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit
13L/31R	5,148 × 100 ft	concrete	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 46 ft is about 15°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 15°C)	46 ft	2,447 ft	2,115 ft	3,172 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,246 ft	2,681 ft	2,241 ft	3,362 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,446 ft	2,915 ft	2,368 ft	3,552 ft
35°C afternoon	2,457 ft	2,917 ft	2,369 ft	3,554 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (04/22, 7,602 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,554 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KHOU is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KEFD Ellington Airport	7 nm E	9,001 ft
KAXH Houston Southwest Airport	13 nm SW	5,002 ft
KSGR Sugar Land Regional Airport	20 nm W	8,000 ft
KIAH George Bush Intercontinental Airport	21 nm N	12,001 ft
K54T RWJ Airpark	24 nm E	5,035 ft
KDWH David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport	29 nm NW	7,009 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KHOU

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KHOU, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KHOU or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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