KHOU Runway 17/35 — William P. Hobby Airport
6,000 × 150 ft pem · true headings 179° / 359° · field elevation 46 ft
Runway 17/35 at William P. Hobby Airport (KHOU) in Houston, TX is 6,000 ft long and 150 ft wide, pem, with true headings 179° and 359°. KHOU publishes a digital ATIS, so this page shows the runway the tower is actually using right now and builds a record of how often each end is assigned.
Runway 17/35 — current status
CLOSED- The FAA runway record lists this runway as closed.
Sources: FAA runway record (OurAirports) · D-ATIS 0253Z (9:53 PM CDT). Runway NOTAMs stream live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service (SWIM); the official text is shown verbatim below the card. Always confirm with a current briefing.
No received NOTAM currently names runway 17/35 at KHOU. NOTAMs are received live from the FAA NOTAM Management Service through SWIM and recorded since Sep 19, 2026; a NOTAM issued before that and not re-issued since may be missing. Get a full briefing before flight.
Current active runways at KHOU
As stated by the tower — its TFDM surface system and its D-ATIS broadcast. Not an estimate.
Airport rates: 24 arrivals / 36 departures per hour. In effect since 2026-06-09 1510Z (10:10 AM CDT).
This D-ATIS configuration has been stated since 1653Z (11:53 AM CDT).
Show the D-ATIS text
HOU ATIS INFO E 0253Z. 15006KT 10SM CLR 27/23 A3004 (THREE ZERO ZERO FOUR) RMK AO2 SLP177 T02720228 53009. ILS APPROACH RY 13R APPROACH IN USE. LNDG AND DEPG RWY 13R. GROUND CONTROL COMBINED WITH TOW ER ON118.7. NOTAMS... RUNWAY 13L, 31R, 22, 4 CLOSED. TAXIWAY B, H 2, K 1, K 2, TWY D BTWN TWY Z AND TWY M CLSD. TWY J BTWN RWY 4 AND TWY K CLSD. TWY K BTWN RWY 22 AND R CLSD. TWY Y BTWN Y HAMMER HEAD AND RWY 22 CLOSED. RWY 31L RIGHT SIDE OF APPROACH END REILS OTS, 13R PAPI OTS. CRANE .25 WEST OF TOWER AOB 160FT. CRANE 3 EAST AOB 120. BIRD ACTIVITY VICINITY HOU ARPT. READBACK ALL RWY HOLD SHORT INSTRUCTIONS. ALL ACFT TAXI WITH TRANSPONDER ON. ...ADVS YOU HAVE INFO E.
Current wind on Runway 17/35
Wind from the southeast (140°) at 6 kt
- Headwind
- 5 kt
- Crosswind
- 4 ktfrom left
- Tailwind
- 5 kt
- Crosswind
- 4 ktfrom right
Wind-favored runway at KHOU right now: 13L (6 kt headwind) — a different runway than this one.
Components use TRUE runway headings and TRUE METAR wind. “Favored by wind” is arithmetic, not an ATC assignment.
ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway
Which runway at KHOU is likely to be in use over the next 12 hours — an estimate, not an ATC assignment.
| Time | Likely runway | Confidence | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now0331Z · 10:31 PM CDT | 22 and 13Ractive · tower TFDM stated by the tower (TFDM) | stated | 140° at 6 kt |
| +1 h0431Z · 11:31 PM CDT | 13R calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind | Low55% | VRB at 4 kt |
| +2 h0531Z · 12:31 AM CDT | 13R calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind | Low55% | VRB at 4 kt |
| +3 h0631Z · 1:31 AM CDT | 13R calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind | Low55% | VRB at 4 kt |
| +6 h0931Z · 4:31 AM CDT | 13R calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind | Low55% | VRB at 4 kt |
| +12 h1531Z · 10:31 AM CDT | 13R calm wind: the end this airport most often used in calm wind | Low55% | VRB at 4 kt |
ATIS Alerts Predicted Runway is an estimate from the TAF wind forecast and runway geometry (most headwind, crosswind penalised, tailwind over 5 kt avoided, longest runway breaks ties). It is not an ATC assignment and does not know about noise abatement, traffic flow or construction unless the D-ATIS states them. TAF issued 0254Z (9:54 PM CDT).
Counts the tower's surface system expects per runway over the next two hours — the tower's plan, not an ATIS Alerts estimate and not an ATC assignment. A runway with zero expected demand is not in the plan for that period. During a runway change the plan can lag the configuration above for a few minutes (flights already assigned to the old runways stay counted there until reassigned).
- GDP → SAN · since 09/19 0000Z · by DCC · Volume/Terminal:Volume: — ground delay program
- GDP → SFO · since 09/19 0200Z · by DCC · Volume/Terminal:Volume: — ground delay program
- APREQ → KATL · since 07/09 1315Z · until further notice — approval request — departures need a release time
- APREQ → KAUS · since 07/09 1317Z · until further notice — approval request — departures need a release time
Restrictions on departures from KHOUtoward the named airports or fixes, as recorded by the tower's surface system; they change the departure flow, not the runway in use. Not an FAA product.
Runway 17/35 overview
Physical characteristics from the FAA-derived runway record.
- Length
- 6,000 ft
- Width
- 150 ft
- Surface
- Partially concrete/asphalt
- Runway lights
- Lighted
- Airport elevation
- 46 ft
- FAA record status
- Closed
- True heading
- 179°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 177°
- FAA record
- Closed
- True heading
- 359°
- Magnetic (approx.)
- ≈ 357°
- FAA record
- Closed
Runway 17/35 numbers are magnetic; the stored geometry and every wind calculation on this page are TRUE north, so they never need a variation correction. Magnetic variation here is about 1.7°E (World Magnetic Model). Displaced thresholds, declared distances (TORA/TODA/ASDA/LDA), approach lighting, PAPI/VASI, ILS equipment and traffic-pattern direction are FAA NASR fields not yet loaded — they are omitted rather than guessed.
Recorded runway use at KHOU — last 30 days
How often the tower's TFDM configuration listed each end for arrivals and departures (the tower's own statement, via FAA SWIM).
Over the last 30 days ATIS Alerts captured 720 hours of stated runway configuration at KHOU (30.0 days, 1 configuration change). Shares are the fraction of those hours in which the tower's TFDM system listed each end.
- Arrivals
- 0% (0 h)
- Departures
- 0% (0 h)
- Arrivals
- 0% (0 h)
- Departures
- 0% (0 h)
| Wind from | Hours | 17 arrivals | 35 arrivals | 17 departures | 35 departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calm / light (< 5 kt) | 720 | - | - | - | - |
Time of day is airport-local.This is the facility's stated configuration, not an estimate from wind.
Historical wind and crosswind on runway 17/35
20-year hourly climatology from the ASOS archive, computed per runway end.
Long-term wind statistics for runway 17/35 are not loaded yet. ATIS Alerts computes them from the 20-year ASOS archive for stations with continuous records; check back as coverage expands.
Runway 17/35 closure history
Runway NOTAM history begins when the NOTAM feed goes live (next phase).
D-ATIS broadcasts recorded since Jun 9, 2026 declared runway 17 closed on 0 days and runway 35 closed on 0 days in the last 30 days. Scheduled and unscheduled closure NOTAMs, with start and end times and the official text, will appear here once ATIS Alerts records runway NOTAMs; there is no retrievable archive, so history accrues from that date forward.
Instrument approaches to runway 17/35
From the FAA d-TPP, linked to the official plates.
Runway 17
No straight-in instrument approach published to this end.
Runway 35
No straight-in instrument approach published to this end.
25 departure procedures · 20 STARs · FAA hot spots page ↗ · FAA d-TPP cycle 2610. Plates open on aeronav.faa.gov (public domain); ATIS Alerts does not reproduce charts or minimums.
Methodology and sources
Short version below; the full write-up is at Runway Intelligence methodology, and every launched airport is listed on the Runway Intelligence hub.
- Active runwayscome first from the tower's TFDM (Terminal Flight Data Manager) airport configuration, received as structured data through the FAA SWIM Cloud Distribution Service at towers that have it (KHOU does); otherwise from the airport's D-ATIS text (community relay of the FAA broadcast) with an open, tested parser, and the broadcast text is always shown. Every change is recorded, so “recorded use” is what the facility stated, never an inference. ATIS Alerts is not an FAA product and this is not FAA data; SWIM content is for non-operational use.
- Wind components use the current METAR (aviationweather.gov) against TRUE runway headings from the OurAirports/FAA runway record.
- Runway visual range, tower demand and traffic-management restrictions come from FAA SWIM: STDDS Airport Data (RVR and light settings, about 130 airports) and TFDM (15-minute runway demand, APREQ/MIT restrictions). Each block is stamped with its own time; none of it is an FAA product or a clearance.
- Predicted runway scores each open end from the TAF wind (headwind, crosswind penalty, tailwind avoidance, longest-runway tie-break); confidence falls with forecast distance, gusts and TAF age. It does not model noise abatement or flow programs.
- Climatology: Iowa Environmental Mesonet ASOS archive, one observation per hour, 45° wind sectors, percentiles via t-digest; runway geometry is today's record applied to all years. Methodology v1.
- Approaches: FAA d-TPP metafile, current charting cycle; plates link to aeronav.faa.gov. No minimums are reproduced.
- Data freshness: METAR and D-ATIS refresh every minute on this page; the D-ATIS recorder ran 1 min ago; the tower TFDM feed last delivered 12 min ago; climatology through the archive end.
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