William P. Hobby
Airport

Yes, and it is the Houston field the desk uses for most trips. Two 7,602 foot runways, six FBOs, US customs on the field and a position seven miles from downtown. Intercontinental is the choice only when an airline connection or a long-haul arrival is involved.

Hobby for the city, the Medical Center, the Galleria and the energy corridor, all inside half an hour by road. Intercontinental when you are connecting from a scheduled flight or arriving on a long-haul that wants the bigger federal inspection facility. The desk picks the field for the address.

Yes. Hobby is a port of entry with Customs and Border Protection on the field, so an arrival from Mexico, the Caribbean or further afield clears at Hobby. Permission to land is requested ahead through the general aviation centre and the eAPIS manifest is filed before departure; the desk does both with the trip.

Runway 04/22 is 7,602 feet of concrete, 13R/31L is 7,602 feet of asphalt, and 13L/31R is 5,148 feet, at 46 feet elevation. Nothing in business aviation is limited by them.

No. Domestic private movements need neither; the FBO books the parking and the handling. International arrivals need the customs permission to land, which the desk arranges with the fact sheet procedure.

Atlantic Aviation, Signature, Jet Aviation, Million Air, Wilson Air Center and Galaxy all serve the general aviation side. The desk appoints one for the aircraft, the address and the crew’s needs, and confirms the fuel with the booking.

About 45 minutes on a turboprop or a light jet, wheels up to wheels down, against three and a half to four hours by road. For a group of four or more with a day that starts in one city and ends in the other, it is the most flown sector on the Dallas desk.

About seven miles south east, inside Loop 610 and Beltway 8, 15 to 30 minutes by road depending on the hour. The Medical Center is about 20 minutes, the Galleria about 25.

Yes, with customs available around the clock under the port’s permission-to-land procedure. The FBOs run 24 hours or on request, and the desk confirms the hours for a late arrival.

Around the morning and evening Southwest banks every day, during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in March, and on the big game weekends. The desk times the private movement around the banks and asks for firm dates for the rodeo weeks.

Yes, Jet A and 100LL at every FBO, some with Prist. The desk confirms the uplift with the handling booking so the departure is not waiting on a truck.

Central Time, CST in winter and CDT in summer, UTC-6 and UTC-5. The desk files in UTC and confirms the local times back to you, and Dallas is in the same zone, so the Texas sector never crosses a clock.