William P. Hobby Airport

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The William P. Hobby Airport is an American regional airport near Houston, Texas. It was named after former Texas Governor William Hobby Pettus. Hobby Airport is Houston's oldest commercial airport. Before the construction of the Houston Intercontinental Airport (now George Bush Intercontinental Airport ) in 1969, he was Houston's only airport. He was temporarily closed to commercial traffic, however, is the increase in air traffic since 1971, again as a commercial airport in operation.

History

The beginning of a pure pasture with an area of 2.4 km ² existing airport was put into operation in 1927. At that time, it still served as a private airfield. The first airlines that landed regularly there were Braniff and Eastern Airlines. The site was later acquired by the city Hoston and renamed in 1937 in Houston Municipal Airport. Issued back in 1938 after numerous improvements at the airport and the construction of the first tower was renamed Howard R. Hughes Airport. The name was changed shortly afterwards, as the then applicable regulations, no building means for objects allowed that were named after living persons .. 1940 a new terminal and a hangar was put into operation. Ten years later, took the airline Pan Am on a scheduled service to Mexico City. Due to continued growth in flight and passenger numbers began with the construction of a larger terminal, which opened in 1954. In the same year, the airport in Houston International Airport was renamed. Opened in 1957, the Dutch KLM, the first connection (Houston -Amsterdam ), which was served by jet aircraft.

1967, the airport after former Governor William P. Hobby was named. Since the capacity for expansion of the airport were exhausted, in 1969 the construction of a new airport was approved. The U.S. aviation authority Civil Aeronautics Administration had previously issued a recommendation for a new building as a hobby for the increasing number of scheduled flights was no longer sufficient. The airline flight operation was moved (later George Bush Intercontinental Airport renamed) after the completion of the Houston Intercontinental Airport. In 1971, the airport was used as a supplement to Houston International for the commercial airline traffic.