William P. Hobby Airport safety profile
31 recorded occurrences at or near William P. Hobby Airport (1981–2026): 9 at the airport, 22 nearby; 4 fatal, 12 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 274 runway incursions at this airport, including 6 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2024-10-21 — National Helicopter Solutions, LLC (4 fatalities) — 13.8 km
- 2016-06-09 — SAFE AVIATION LLC (3 fatalities) — 2.0 km
- 2023-10-24 — Raytheon Hawker 850XP, Green Circle Demolition, LLC — 0.6 km
- 2023-02-17 — N/A — 0.2 km
- 2022-05-06 — N/A — 4.2 km
- 2020-07-28 — Anson Air Llc — 15.6 km
- 2020-05-20 — 0.1 km
- 2019-07-05 — Law Enforcement — 0.1 km
- 2012-07-24 — LIFE FLIGHT — 13.0 km
- 2011-03-04 — USMX AIRLINK — 0.6 km
- 2011-01-19 — CONVERSION AVIATION INC — 0.6 km
- 2010-04-28 — SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO — 0.6 km
Runways
- 04/22: 7,602 ft, CON, lighted
- 13R/31L: 7,602 ft, ASP, lighted
- 13L/31R: 5,148 ft, CON, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 33.495 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 70.89 days/year
- Snow: 1.3 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.023% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0.001% of observations
Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.