Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport, named after the 27th Governor of Texas, was established in 1927 as a private airfield, with a main airport passenger terminal added in the 1950’s. Hobby Airport was the primary commercial airport for the city until a new Houston Intercontinental Airport opened in 1969. After that, Hobby continued as Houston’s secondary airport for domestic corporate and private airline service. …
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David W. Hillery, P.E., is a Senior Structural Engineer working in Construction Administration for building projects with Henderson + Rogers. He can be reached at dhillery@hendersonrogers.com.