HOUSTON, TX · 59 FAA charts · cycle 3 Sep 2026
10 published instrument approaches: 5 ILS approaches including CAT II/III minima, 4 RNAV (GPS), serving 4 runway ends.
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| TAKEOFF MINIMUMS | — | ||
| ALTERNATE MINIMUMS | — |
Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| HOT SPOT | — |
From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 3 Sep 2026.
| Service | Frequency | Call sign |
|---|---|---|
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Tower | 118.7 | Hobby |
| Ground | 121.9 | Hobby |
| Clearance delivery | 125.45 | Hobby |
| ATIS | 124.6 | Hobby |
| Approach | 119.175119.625120.05East124.35West134.45South | Hobby |
| Departure | 119.7North123.8West | Hobby |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Hobby |
Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 7,602 ft | 150 ft | Concrete Good | High intensity |
| 04 44°T | ILS/DME · PAPI (4-box) 3° · ALSF-2 approach lighting | |||
| 22 224°T | LOC/DME · PAPI (4-box) 3° · MALS approach lighting | |||
| 13R/31L | 7,602 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt Good | High intensity |
| 13R 134°T | ILS/DME · PAPI (4-box) 3° · MALSR approach lighting · displaced threshold 1,034 ft | |||
| 31L 314°T | ILS/DME · PAPI (4-box) 3° | |||
| 13L/31R | 5,148 ft | 100 ft | Concrete Fair | Medium intensity |
| 13L 134°T | PAPI (4-box) 3° | |||
Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.
29.6458000, -95.2772320
46 ft8 nm SEPaste the coordinates into a simulator’s world map to drop straight onto the field.
Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.
William P Hobby’s three-runway layout presents six runway ends, but published approaches serve four of them. The mix includes ILS, localiser and RNAV (GPS) procedures, with one ILS carrying CAT II/III minima. Two runways extend to 7,602 ft on different alignments, while the parallel 13/31 runway is considerably shorter. The chart set is weighted heavily towards departure procedures and standard terminal arrivals, indicating extensive structured routing beyond the immediate runway environment.
Ellington has nearly comparable procedure coverage, while Pearland Regional and Baytown have notably thinner sets; La Porte Municipal and Houston/Southwest sit between those extremes. The Houston Sectional and Terminal Area Chart add broader visual and terminal-area context, while the Houston and US Gulf Coast helicopter route charts provide specialised coverage not represented by the instrument procedures.
| ID | Airport | City | Distance | Charts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEFD | Ellington | HOUSTON, TX | 7 nm E | 57 |
| KLVJ | Pearland Rgnl | HOUSTON, TX | 8 nm S | 30 |
| T41 | La Porte Muni | LA PORTE, TX | 11 nm E | 40 |
| KAXH | Houston/Southwest | HOUSTON, TX | 13 nm SW | 41 |
| KHPY | Baytown | BAYTOWN, TX | 19 nm NE | 29 |
| KSGR | Sugar Land Rgnl | HOUSTON, TX | 20 nm W | 45 |
| KIAH | George Bush Intcntl/Houston | HOUSTON, TX | 21 nm N | 102 |
| KIWS | West Houston | HOUSTON, TX | 23 nm NW | 38 |
59 current FAA charts for William P Hobby, including 10 instrument approachs, 25 departure procedures, 20 arrival procedures, 1 airport diagram. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 3 September 2026 cycle.
Tower 118.7; Ground 121.9; ATIS 124.6; UNICOM 122.95; Clearance delivery 125.45. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.
William P Hobby has 3 runways. The longest is 04/22 at 7,602 ft by 150 ft, concrete. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.
Yes — 5 ILS procedures are published, including CAT II/III minima. In total KHOU has 10 published instrument approaches, of which 4 are RNAV (GPS).
The official FAA airport diagram for William P Hobby is free to download at the top of this page. It shows runways, taxiways, ramp layout and hold-short positions, and is reissued every 28 days.
Yes. 1 of the published ILS procedures carry CAT II/III minima, which allow approaches in lower visibility than a standard CAT I ILS. Those plates are listed separately in the approach table above, marked CAT II or CAT III in the chart name.
Yes. William P Hobby has an operating control tower, within Houston Center's airspace. Tower, ground and clearance frequencies are listed on this page.
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