William P Hobby Airport

Check in easy and quick. Got here 2.5 hrs early and in just 40 min only to see Delta 292 did not even show anywhere on the boards. Called Delta and was told gate 30. 1.5 hours later we see a screen on 32 for 292. Still nothing on the boards.
How sad get here early and Delta will show up when they like

Dirty bathrooms! Filthy long time dirty !! Scanned and reported it to the scan code and they responded by correcting the word stank to stink … Either way …
Houston Lobby team stop walking around and looking busy all ya and clean the bathrooms for real!

This review is mainly for my experience with customs on Memorial Day!
I’ve flown in and out of Hobby a handful of times, and just recently went through customs here from Belize. Granted it was Memorial Day, so true Americans were chillin’ in their backyards eating hotdogs and such so this may attribute to the incredible ease experienced on this holiday. Their herding system to the customs areas was quick. They’ve got these new fangled machines that take your picture and ask you if ya got da’ fruits and what-​nots (though we still had to fill out the paper on the plane, odd). Bags came through über quick like, and we passed through customs with ease. The bathrooms in this area were very clean with automated flushers, soap squirters, water faucets, and hand dryers so if you’re a germaphobe you do not have to touch ANYTHING.
The only «wtf» moment was when we checked our bags back in (very easily) and the dude working this area literally shot puts our bags on to the conveyor belt. I guess it’s his way of saying, «if you’ve got a bottle of Belizean rum you didn’t declare, may the gods smile down on you when I chuck this bag over here.»
After you pass through this customs area, you’re kind of on a «where to now?» path but it’s easy enough to figure out, and blessed be this day because there was NO security line, though I’ve not had the biggest issues in the world with their security in the past.
Other than that, they’ve got a Pappasito’s around every corner. Personally I think they should rename it the Pappasito’s Airport. Publisher of the Houston Post and the 27^th Governor of the U.S. state of Texas OR delicious and expeditious maker of burritos? You tell me what you’d rather fly into?

Nice airport. Was in the southwest terminal. Ample seating equipped with outlets on the chairs and also cup holders. The carpeting looks fairly new. Decent food selections.

Not my favorite. Kind of dirty around the edges, not nice salons, mini spas (Express to go is meh) and food choices extremely lacking.
I think that’s why everyone ends up at Starbucks– which of course is out of stock of everything.
Prices seeme
d unusually astronomical even for an airport:
Kind Bar: $ 3.79
People Magazine: $ 7.31
No charm (South Carolina– rocking chairs!) or flair (New Orleans) or art (San Diego) or awesome food (LAX) or interesting history (O’Hare) and nothing that reflects the city and it’s unique personality (SEA).
Bathrooms were barely kept up.

I currently live in South Texas and always fly through this airport.
PROS:
It’s the Southwest airlines airport.
The concourses here are nice, everything is clean and updated.
Decent restaurant selection, several gift shops available.
Traffic to get here is usually not terrible.
Parking is usually easy to find.
There is valet parking available.
CONS:
The road to the airport has been under construction for the entire two years I’ve lived here and doesn’t look a bit different. What gives?
The parking garage is under construction as well but they’re almost done with a newer one so that’ll be nice.
My biggest beef? For god’s sake please do something to fix your baggage claim. This is slowest baggage claim I’ve ever seen, and the most poorly organized. The flights with claim number are NEVER listed when you get there so you basically have to stand around and try to use eagle vision to scan all the claim signs. It’s hard to get around as there’s always wall-​to-​wall people standing around. There are some staff who make announcements, but with all the crowd they’re impossible to hear over the speaker system. After a long day in airports, the last thing I feel like doing is waiting this long to retrieve my luggage and having to muscle others out of the way so I can reach my bag when it does finally come around.

I like this airport. Though smaller than IAH, it’s just as modern and easy to get around. Clear signage and helpful airport personnel work together to make your experience as smooth as possible. I know Security lines can be long but I personally have never experienced more than a 10 minute wait. I wish they had footies available. I NEVER remember to wear socks. Ick!

Well I usually fly into the larger Houston airport for my connecting flight so this was my first time here. For a smaller airport I have to say I was impressed. Larger than a regional airport, and it was very clean.
Getting to our terminal was easy and there were plenty of power outlets for my phone and iPad! There was a dunkin donuts and a Starbucks plus plenty of restaurants open for breakfast.

Wow, This airport has the most expensive food in the world! Why, Houston, why? I’m gluten intolerant so my choices were limited. I had a soft chicken taco plate for $ 14.99 with rice and beans, and of course corn tortillas. It’s $ 14.99 before tax, and $ 16.23 including taxes, and you order at the counter, no table service. Pappasitos in the airport.
I also had a cup of Peet’s coffee which was undrinkable, dark and tasted like it had been made a while ago and heated too long.
One ladies room had many plugged toilets, and several sinks were out of soap. Fix the plumbing please!
Even in the London airport, I haven’t seen order at the counter fast food this expensive!!!)-;
Not my favorite airport.

I love flying out of Hobby, especially compared to Bush. Hobby is really easy to get to from my house, so I’m sure that skews my view a little, but it’s a small airport, so getting in and out tends to be a lot easier than the bigger airports. The security checkpoint is pretty easy to maneuver. There are several basic food options, as well as a few outposts of Houston’s Pappas brand restaurants.
There are only about four airlines that service Hobby, but among them are Southwest, Delta and American, which are some of my favorites of the major carriers. If you’re flying to or through Dallas, Hobby makes it especially easy. If you can get a direct flight to other destinations out if Hobby, better yet. I’ve flown direct to Newark and LaGuardia, so it’s not just obscure destinations like some smaller airports.

The airport with Texas flair and Texas food!
This airport is very easy to navigate. It’s very well maintained and clean. It was generally quick to make your way through security. Their agents here were friendly enough that you didn’t feel like a criminal.
Walking through you’ll notice about every other restaurant is Pappas, i.e. Pappasito’s, Pappadeux’s, Pappa Burger. Of course there were many other food options such as Wendy’s, Chick-​fil-​A and Starbucks. It would be safe to say you’ll be well fed here.
We traveled international in and out. It was a breeze without any stress. There are kiosks set up so scan your passport. I was surprised you didn’t need the customs form anymore when re-​entering the states for citizens.
It is a lovely airport and I’m hoping swing through soon!

I used to come to this airport and dread the long security lines. Now however, the lines are super fast and the employees are very understanding and fast. They also expanded the airport so there’s more parking and greater space all together. Overall I really thought the process was fast, efficient, and organized.
I do wish the airport had more meal options spread out through the gates. But other than that I think this airport is great#

I’m a huge fan of Southwest Airlines, so whenever I need to travel to Houston (pretty much for business), I like Hobby Airport (HOU) far better than the larger Bush International Airport (IAH). There is a direct OAK-​HOU flight on Southwest, but even the connections aren’t too bad.
Hobby is geographically closer to downtown Houston, Sugarland, and Galveston, in case you want to check out a resort and/​or cruise terminal. For me, unless I need to travel to the Woodlands way North of Houston, choosing HOU over IAH is a no-​brainer.
The other great aspects of HOU are the free wifi and the plethora of Pappa’s restaurant chains: Pappa’s BBQ, Pappa’s Burger, Pappacito, and my all-​time favorite, Pappadeux for NOLA-​style seafood.

As all the times I used to travel with my parents when I was a kid, you could say I’d lived and breathed this place, literally.
I had my first airplane ride at this airport and most of the trips we went on was flown out of this airport, so I have nothing bad coming out of this place.
The TSA here isn’t the best, but they aren’t the worst either. I’ve never had to deal with them personally, as they padded me down in the right places.
This is fairly a big airport and clean, it always seems they are doing some sort of remodeling and construction to make this an accommodating airport. I even noticed how they are fixing up Airport BLVD and the areas within it, to make it seem as if Houston is beautiful.
You basically can’t get lost in this airport even if you tried and wanted too. I’ve tried once and immediately found my parents. To get to and from sides of the airport, they have this gliding sidewalk you can get on and it slightly moving your body.
Go to Pappas Burger, the chocolate brownie sundae is so dang good. I had it just before our flight to Kingston, Jamaica and it was so yummy. The whole long trip was well-​worth it.
However, the airport system on the outside is pretty straight forward, usually I have to pick up one of my family members from here and know about the whole round-​around situation as I probably have it memorized.

The Hobby airport is a small airport so it’s easy to find your way around. They have signs and directions to your destination. If you rent a car, you have to take a shuttle no matter what. The rental car location is far from the airport. Once they drop you off, you can pick up your rental car. The paperwork happens once you arrive to the booth, then they let you off.
The security here are very strict. They are so over protective with the stuff you bring. My toothpaste, hairspray, and pomade gel are not allowed on the flight. I agreed to just toss them away since I don’t want to waste my time. When I was at SJC airport, they allow those items.
The lines at the check-​in does move pretty fast though.

I have always flown out of IAH, but flew Southwest because of a short-​notice trip to the Northwest. I had picked up another person here before and HATED the long lines and parking situation. I flew out early, so this was not an issue. Still, the TSA line was long. In fact, the «TSA Pre» line took longer than the standard line!
Though this airport is much closer to my home, I will try to fly in and out of IAH!

Food: ²⁄₅
Service: ³⁄₅
Cleanliness: ³⁄₅
Décor & Style: ²⁄₅
I’m not a very big fan of this airport. It’s small, old, has a slightly moldy smell, not a good place to find good food if you are waiting, and personally it is in a very bad location for me. My family/​friends all live in the NW side of Houston so my drive is over an hour with traffic or worse if they pick me up then it is a 2.5 hour roundtrip for them. It takes a VERY, EXTREMELY cheap Southwest airline ticket for me to come to Hobby, otherwise I stay loyal with United and fly to Bush.

I’ve only been here for a layover, but I think it’s okay.
This is a really small airport. Southwest occupies ⁴⁄₅ of the airport, but if you’re bored you can walk from one end to the other. It really is that small.
First off, the dining options are horrible, in my opinion. There is a small food court with expensive restaurants. I think there was an Asian place. There is a Subway ($ 5 foot long turns into $ 9), Pappadeaux, and a burger place. They are all really expensive. It is airport food, but still higher than average. A plus though is that there is a Peet’s coffee.
Luckily, the bathrooms are large and clean, as is the gate waiting areas. It’s a really bright airport, so it doesn’t feel old.
Just be prepared if you are stuck here for a while. A few of my layovers here were over three hours long, and There. Is. Nothing. To. Do. No shopping, nothing. I just sat and watched planes take off eventually.
Overall this place would be okay for a short layover, but anything over an hour would be really tedious and boring.

I have worked the Gulf coast for many years in oil and gas industry. I always fly into Hobby as its near the ship channel and generally near to all the refineries and chem plants. I actually prefer it over IAH– there is actually more food options (for Delta flyers), easy in and out and has flights for my schedule, small footprint.
TSA are a good team– mature team– just seems to be a better airport for me and my schedule. Get a car by bus downstairs to the service rd (no on site rentals) but limited choice, and all together in same area. Plenty of busses. If you work in Texas, and occasionally get your hands dirty, Hobby makes the trip a lot easier than Bush.

This was my first time flying Southwest, however they ran a special I couldn’t resist.
With it being my first time, I made a mistake that caused our luggage to be in Dallas and we we’re in Houston. We we’re assured, our luggage we be on the next flight out of Dallas upon our arrival into Hobby at 2:35pm. Well that wasn’t true, the reservation woman in Dallas never, sent the claim to baggage claim for it to be sent to Houston. Luggage was now coming on next plane that would arrive at 6:30pm, then due to bad weather, the plane was delayed. By 7:30 it was time to speak to a supervisor, supervisor greeted us and said, you should have been asked for me. He gave us vouchers to purchase dinner, and $ 50 per person flying vouchers (totaling $ 200 that everyone gave to me) good for one year. Even though due to the bad weather and tornado, in Garland and North, Texas, we didn’t get our luggage until 10:30pm, that night, I truly appreciate, Mr. Warren, showing us some compassion.
Not to mention the flight attendants were some of the best and down to earth we have ever had!

The smaller of the two airports in Houston but definitely a nice one, especially after the renovations over the past few years. The Southwest Airlines area is pretty well set up and runs efficiently. There are several decent eateries in case you have extra time before your flight or in between flights. Because of its smaller size, it’s easier to navigate and you have less walking to do.
The adjoining parking garage and pick up areas are also a big convenience. Plus, since it’s only 10 to 15 minutes from downtown Houston, it makes for easier access from the heart of the city.
While I was living in Houston, I used to stay away from Hobby Airport but now I may even prefer it to Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston just for sheer convenience.