William P Hobby Airport Map Print (HOU)

HOU KHOU Houston, Texas

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Add the digital file + $10 A JPEG of your HOU artwork at 300 dpi, matched to your selected physical print size. Print a copy for your own space or use it as wallpaper. Save it within 30 days of receiving the email link; the file is yours to keep for personal use.

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Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
Houston's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.

Description

A runway diagram map print of William P Hobby Airport (HOU), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.

Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.

Shipping and Returns

Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.

Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.

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Materials

Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.

Dimensions

Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.

Made like something you keep.

The field itself

This is Houston's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.

Museum-quality cotton paper

Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.

Solid wood framing or glossy metal

Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.

William P Hobby

HOU · Houston, Texas

29.6458° N · 95.2772° W
Field elevation 46 ft

Identifier

HOU

ICAO code

KHOU

Field elevation

46ft

Runways

Magnetic variation

3°E

Runways

04/227,602 × 150 ft

13R/31L7,602 × 150 ft

13L/31R5,148 × 100 ft

Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.

William P Hobby Airport Runway Diagram Print

HOU draws as a hard X. Two of William P Hobby's three runways share the same published length of 7,602 feet, 04/22 in concrete and 13R/31L in asphalt, both 150 feet wide, and on the sheet they cross near the middle of the map area at a wide angle. The third runway, 13L/31R at 5,148 by 100 feet, runs parallel to 13R/31L a little higher on the page and clips across 04/22 above the main intersection. Elevation is 46 feet, set under the city line at the bottom. The field covers 1,304 acres about 7 miles from Houston city center, and the diagram holds that footprint on one page.

The field is older than the crisp geometry suggests. Hobby opened in 1927 as a private landing field on a 600 acre pasture known as W.T. Carter Field, and the site was acquired by the city and named Houston Municipal Airport in 1937. The first three Women Airforce Service Pilots training classes were held here in 1943. The airport was renamed for a former Texas governor, William P. Hobby, in 1967. It stayed Houston's primary airport until Houston Intercontinental opened in 1969, and jet airline service resumed in 1971, when Southwest Airlines began flying from the field. The city of Houston opened a new air terminal and hangar in 1940, and that art deco terminal building now houses the 1940 Air Terminal Museum.

As art the page is mostly quiet space around one strong mark. The two long runways carry the visual weight, the taxiway loops and aprons spread toward the top edge in light gray, and the terminal footprint sits up there without pulling focus. Runway ends are labeled 4, 22, 13L, 13R, 31L and 31R as published. Drawn to scale from published airport information, the sheet keeps the runway strips as the darkest lines on the page, in the colorway you choose. Hung as a set with the Beaumont and Lake Charles sheets, the shared format lines up.

Houston (HOU) print, common questions

How many runways does William P Hobby have?

Three. 04/22 and 13R/31L are each 7,602 feet long and 150 feet wide, and 13L/31R is 5,148 feet by 100 feet. On the print the first two form the X and the short one runs parallel to 13R/31L.

What is the longest runway at HOU, and what are the surfaces?

7,602 feet, and two runways share that length. 04/22 is concrete, 13R/31L is asphalt, and the shorter 13L/31R is concrete.

Where is the airport, and how high is the field?

Houston, Texas, at 29.6458 N, 95.2772 W, about 7 miles from Houston city center. Field elevation is 46 feet, and the coordinates and elevation are printed under the code.

What does the code HOU mean?

HOU is the identifier for William P Hobby in Houston, Texas, and it is the code set in large type at the bottom of the sheet. The airport also carries the ICAO code KHOU, but the print uses HOU.

How closely does the print follow the published layout?

The runway designators, relative lengths, widths and crossing angles come from published airport information for the 2608 cycle. It is a print and not a navigation document: fine details such as taxiway markings, lighting, signage and small structures are simplified or omitted, and the aprons and buildings are reduced to flat shapes.

What sizes are available, and does it work as a gift?

The diagram is composed for standard frame sizes and printed to order in the colorway you choose. Larger sizes give 13L/31R and the taxiway network more room to read. It lands well with anyone who has a Houston connection: a pilot who trained here, a regular through HOU, or someone who grew up under the approach.