KHOU William P Hobby

13R

CONFIRMED 99%

Runway 13R — assigned by ATIS (information T)

certainty: 99% evidence: STRONG towered now Class B

Wind 040° true at 7 kt · VFR · 25 min old

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13R 98% 7602 ft · 0 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-left

31L 2% 7602 ft · 0 kt head, 7 kt x-right

13L CLOSED 5148 ft · 0 kt TAIL, 7 kt x-left

22 CLOSED 7602 ft · 7 kt TAIL, 0 kt x-right

31R CLOSED 5148 ft · 0 kt head, 7 kt x-right

4 CLOSED 7602 ft · 7 kt head, 0 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

RWY CLOSED RWY 13L/31R until 12-31 23:00Z

RWY 13L/31R CLSD

RWY CLOSED RWY 4/22 until 12-31 18:00Z

RWY 04/22 CLSD

LIGHTING RWY 13R until 10-29 20:00Z

RWY 13R PAPI U/S

LIGHTING RWY 22 until 12-31 18:00Z

RWY 22 ALS U/S

APCH OTS RWY 22 until 12-31 18:00Z

NAV ILS RWY 22 LOC U/S

LIGHTING RWY 22 until 12-31 18:00Z

RWY 22 PAPI U/S

LIGHTING RWY 4 until 12-31 18:00Z

RWY 04 ALS U/S

APCH OTS RWY 4 until 01-26 21:11Z

HOU ILS RWY 04 IM U/S

LIGHTING RWY 4 until 12-31 18:00Z

RWY 04 PAPI U/S

APCH OTS RWY 4 until 03-08 18:11Z

IAP WILLIAM P HOBBY, HOUSTON, TX. ILS RWY 4 (CAT II AND III), AMDT 43A ... S-ILS 4 CAT II NA EXCEPT FOR AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH RADAR ALTIMETER. I-HUB INNER MARKER OUT OF SERVICE

APCH OTS RWY 4 until 12-31 18:00Z

NAV ILS RWY 04 U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 13R

ATIS ATIS (info T) names 13R for arrivals 18 min ago +3.80
WIND 1 kt TAILWIND, 7 kt left crosswind 25 min ago -0.35

Runway 31L

ATIS 31L not named for arrivals on current ATIS 18 min ago -1.90
ATIS ATIS names 31L for departures only 18 min ago +1.43
WIND 1 kt headwind, 7 kt right crosswind 25 min ago -0.11

Runway 13L

NOTAM 13L not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2300Z 31 Dec

Runway 22

NOTAM 22 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 1800Z 31 Dec

Runway 31R

NOTAM 31R not considered — closed by NOTAM until 2300Z 31 Dec

Runway 4

NOTAM 4 not considered — closed by NOTAM until 1800Z 31 Dec

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	OK	18 min
METAR	OK	25 min
ADSB	OK	1 min	GOOD
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

Was this right?

KHOU field & runways

William P Hobby, Houston, Texas. Field elevation 46 ft. Class B airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 3.0°E on record, 1.6°E today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.081°/year west — about 1° every 12 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
13L	134.1°	132.4°	matches rule gives runway 14 in ~32 yr	5,148 ft	CONC		CLOSED
13R	134.1°	132.5°	matches rule gives runway 14 in ~32 yr	7,602 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
22	223.8°	222.2°	matches rule gives runway 23 in ~35 yr	7,602 ft	CONC	left	ILS CLOSED
31L	314.1°	312.5°	matches rule gives runway 32 in ~32 yr	7,602 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
31R	314.1°	312.4°	matches rule gives runway 32 in ~32 yr	5,148 ft	CONC		CLOSED
4	43.8°	42.2°	matches rule gives runway 5 in ~35 yr	7,602 ft	CONC	left	ILS CLOSED

What KHOU usually does

Of 29 operations this service has observed at KHOU since 2026-08-25:

13R 86% 25 ops
31L 7% 2 ops
13L 7% 2 ops

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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KHOU ☆ William P Hobby