Official FAA digital chart — free GeoTIFF and PDF download
| Format | What you get | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeoTIFF | Georeferenced raster at 300 dpi, with world file and FGDC metadata | 25.2 MB | Download |
| Print-ready chart, no georeferencing | 51.9 MB | Download |
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Go PROGreater Houston’s spread of urban development, bayous and ship-channel industry fills this sheet, from the Katy Prairie east towards Anahuac and from the Lake Conroe area south to the upper reaches of Galveston Bay. The landscape is predominantly flat coastal plain, with wetlands, reservoirs and winding waterways providing much of the visual structure beyond the dense metropolitan core. To the south-east, the adjoining US Gulf Coast chart extends coverage towards the coast.
This Helicopter Route Chart concentrates on the congested Houston terminal area and its helicopter-oriented route presentation. The Terminal Area Chart covers the same broad place at a detailed terminal scale but serves a wider mix of aircraft and terminal operations. The Sectional Aeronautical Chart places Houston within a much larger regional setting, making it the more useful companion when a simulated flight begins or ends well beyond the metropolitan area. Together, the three products offer progressively different views of Houston’s urban centre, surrounding coastal plain and wider cross-country context.
| ID | Airport | City | Elev | Rwys | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIAH IAH | George Bush Intcntl/Houston | HOUSTON, TX | 95 ft | 5 | 12,001 ft |
| KEFD EFD | Ellington | HOUSTON, TX | 32 ft | 3 | 9,001 ft |
| KSGR SGR | Sugar Land Rgnl | HOUSTON, TX | 81 ft | 1 | 8,000 ft |
| KHOU HOU | William P Hobby | HOUSTON, TX | 46 ft | 3 | 7,602 ft |
| KDWH DWH | David Wayne Hooks Meml | HOUSTON, TX | 152 ft | 7 | 7,009 ft |
| KTME TME | Houston Exec | HOUSTON, TX | 165 ft | 1 | 6,610 ft |
| 54T | Rwj Airpark | BAYTOWN, TX | 33 ft | 3 | 5,035 ft |
| KAXH AXH | Houston/Southwest | HOUSTON, TX | 68 ft | 1 | 5,002 ft |
| 2H5 | Houston Fort Bend | HOUSTON, TX | 105 ft | 1 | 4,400 ft |
| KHPY HPY | Baytown | BAYTOWN, TX | 33 ft | 1 | 4,334 ft |
| KLVJ LVJ | Pearland Rgnl | HOUSTON, TX | 43 ft | 1 | 4,313 ft |
| T41 | La Porte Muni | LA PORTE, TX | 25 ft | 2 | 4,165 ft |
| KIWS IWS | West Houston | HOUSTON, TX | 111 ft | 1 | 3,953 ft |
| T51 | Dan Jones Intl | HOUSTON, TX | 166 ft | 1 | 3,440 ft |
| X09 | Covey Trails | FULSHEAR, TX | 130 ft | 1 | 3,352 ft |
| T54 | Lane Airpark | ROSENBERG, TX | 94 ft | 1 | 3,013 ft |
| 3T2 | Wolfe Air Park | MANVEL, TX | 55 ft | 1 | 2,910 ft |
| T79 | Skyway Manor | PEARLAND, TX | 55 ft | 1 | 2,525 ft |
18 public-use airports within this chart's coverage, ordered by runway length. A further 18 private and restricted landing facilities are not listed. Source: FAA NASR 28-day subscription.
Approach plates and airport diagrams for every airport in the states this sheet covers:
Flying the area on this sheet? Every approach plate and airport diagram for Texas is available as a single 393.0 MB archive (2,019 charts) — see the Texas airports.
It spans 29.5°N to 30.3°N and 95.9°W to 94.8°W. Airports on the sheet fall within Texas. The full list of public-use airports within its coverage is on this page.
Take the GeoTIFF if you are loading the chart into moving-map software or a flight planner — it is georeferenced, so the software can place it correctly on a map, and it ships with a world file and FGDC metadata at 300 dpi (25.2 MB). Take the PDF to print it or read it on a second screen (51.9 MB); it is the same chart without georeferencing.
This is the FAA edition effective 9 July 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. Visual charts are reissued every 56 days and we publish each new edition on the day it takes effect. It is for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.
US Gulf Coast to the south-east. Each is linked from this page, so a route running off one edge can be continued on the next sheet.
Yes, with no account required. FAA charts are United States Government works and are not subject to copyright protection in the US under 17 U.S.C. § 105. Guest downloads are speed-capped, so a sheet this size takes a while; PRO members download at full line speed and can take the whole family as one archive.
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