Live flights over William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,894 departures and 1,941 arrivals at William P. Hobby Airport, 548 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Dallas (DAL), New Orleans (MSY) and Atlanta (ATL). The airline seen most often is Southwest Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- HOU
- ICAO code
- KHOU
- City
- Houston
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 14 m (46 ft)
- Coordinates
- 29.64534, -95.27681
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of William P. Hobby Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Houston.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 187 | 197 | 384 |
| Mon 2 | 299 | 312 | 611 |
| Tue 3 | 271 | 279 | 550 |
| Wed 4 | 281 | 291 | 572 |
| Thu 5 | 340 | 325 | 665 |
| Fri 6 | 294 | 298 | 592 |
| Sat 7 | 222 | 239 | 461 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Dallas DAL 250 flights
- New Orleans MSY 98 flights
- Atlanta ATL 90 flights
- Phoenix PHX 83 flights
- Denver DEN 79 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 78 flights
- Orlando MCO 74 flights
- Nashville BNA 72 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 71 flights
- Austin AUS 63 flights
- Chicago MDW 61 flights
- St Louis STL 52 flights
- San Antonio SAT 50 flights
- Baltimore BWI 46 flights
- New York LGA 42 flights
- Oklahoma City OKC 42 flights
28 more connections
- Tampa TPA 40
- Los Angeles LAX 39
- Washington DCA 37
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 36
- Kansas City MCI 34
- San Diego SAN 33
- Albuquerque ABQ 30
- Memphis MEM 29
- Jackson JAN 28
- Cancún CUN 18
- Lubbock LBB 15
- Oakland OAK 15
- Ontario ONT 15
- Birmingham BHM 14
- San Jose SJC 13
- Colorado Springs COS 12
- Indianapolis IND 12
- Pittsburgh PIT 12
- Pensacola PNS 12
- Louisville SDF 12
- Tulsa TUL 11
- Houston IAH 9
- Columbus CMH 7
- Long Beach LGB 7
- Salt Lake City SLC 7
- Omaha OMA 6
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 6
- Miami MIA 5
Airlines
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 1,938
- NetJetsEJA 141
- ATP Flight SchoolCXK 121
- Envoy AirENY 59
- FlexjetLXJ 57
- Delta Air LinesDAL 51
- JSXJSX 47
- American Jet InternationalSCM 37
- HRCHRC 25
- Executive Jet ManagementEJM 19
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 777
- Boeing 737-700 B737 693
- Boeing 737-800 B738 478
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 132
- EC45 113
- Embraer Phenom 300 E55P 72
- CL35 70
- H500 67
- C68A 60
- C56X 58
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of William P. Hobby Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/29.64534/lon/-95.27681/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Houston right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over William P. Hobby Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Houston: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of HOU, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from William P. Hobby Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Southwest Airlines, NetJets, ATP Flight School, Envoy Air and Flexjet.
What are the main connections from William P. Hobby Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Dallas (DAL, 250), New Orleans (MSY, 98), Atlanta (ATL, 90), Phoenix (PHX, 83) and Denver (DEN, 79). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Houston? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for William P. Hobby Airport? +
William P. Hobby Airport has IATA code HOU and ICAO code KHOU. It lies in Texas, United States, at coordinates 29.64534, -95.27681.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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