Live flights over William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 424 departures and 505 arrivals at William P. Hobby Airport, 465 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Dallas (DAL), Denver (DEN) and Orlando (MCO). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 205 | 262 | 467 |
| Sat 24 | 219 | 243 | 462 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Dallas DAL 61 flights
- Denver DEN 24 flights
- Orlando MCO 24 flights
- New Orleans MSY 24 flights
- Atlanta ATL 23 flights
- Austin AUS 22 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 21 flights
- Nashville BNA 20 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 16 flights
- Chicago MDW 16 flights
- Phoenix PHX 16 flights
- St Louis STL 16 flights
- San Antonio SAT 15 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 14 flights
- Oklahoma City OKC 13 flights
- Tampa TPA 13 flights
32 more connections
- Baltimore BWI 11
- Kansas City MCI 11
- Jackson JAN 10
- New York LGA 10
- Albuquerque ABQ 9
- Memphis MEM 9
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 8
- Indianapolis IND 8
- San Diego SAN 8
- Pflugerville KEDC 6
- Birmingham BHM 5
- Washington DCA 5
- Louisville SDF 5
- Asheville AVL 4
- Long Beach LGB 4
- Omaha OMA 4
- Pensacola PNS 4
- Panama City Beach ECP 3
- Miami MIA 3
- San Jose SJC 3
- Beaumont/Port Arthur BPT 2
- Charleston CHS 2
- Colorado Springs COS 2
- Fort Worth FTW 2
- Jacksonville JAX 2
- Lubbock LBB 2
- Monterey MRY 2
- Minneapolis MSP 2
- Oakland OAK 2
- Ontario ONT 2
- Atlanta PDK 2
- Pittsburgh PIT 2
Airlines
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 550
- ATP Flight SchoolCXK 30
- NetJetsEJA 19
- Envoy AirENY 14
- Delta Air LinesDAL 13
- JSXJSX 12
- FlexjetLXJ 9
- American Jet InternationalSCM 7
- flyExclusiveJRE 5
- Vista AmericaVJA 5
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 216
- Boeing 737-700 B737 204
- Boeing 737-800 B738 136
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 30
- Embraer Phenom 300 E55P 16
- B407 15
- C68A 13
- BE20 12
- C25B 12
- E145 12
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Southwest Airlines, ATP Flight School, NetJets, Envoy Air and Delta Air Lines.
What are the main connections from William P. Hobby Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Dallas (DAL, 61), Denver (DEN, 24), Orlando (MCO, 24), New Orleans (MSY, 24) and Atlanta (ATL, 23). 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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