Houston Executive Airport

is a public-use airport in unincorporated Waller County, Texas, United States. The airport is located 28 nautical miles (52 km) west of the central business district of Houston. in Brookshire, Texas. The airport is privately owned by WCF, LLC, which is based in Waller County.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned TME by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KTME Great Circle Mapper: KTME - Houston Executive Airport] ] (which assigned TME to Tame, Colombia [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/TME Great Circle Mapper: TME / SKTM - Tame, Colombia] ] ).

History

The airport, which opened in January 2007, was funded by Ron Henriksen, an area businessman and pilot. [" [http://www.houstonexecutiveairport.com/WCF_FAQ.htm FAQ and Community Issues] ." "Houston Executive Airport". Accessed September 6, 2008.] Henriksen said that the airport's business plan caters to businesses based in the Energy Corridor area of Houston. By June 2007 the airport has around 50 flight operations per working week and up to 80 flight operations per weekend block. Alan Clark, the transportation planning director for regional planning group Houston-Galveston Area Council, said that the data suggests that leisure travelers use the airport more often than corporate travel. " [http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4367300 TRANSPORTATION / A flurry of airport expansions in the Houston region can serve corporate customers who don't like the hassles of airline travel] ." "Houston Chronicle". June 17, 2008.]

By June 2007 the airport started construction on a 48,000-square-foot service center. The center, scheduled to open in 2008, has a business center, a crew lounge, a 26,000-square-foot hangar, a weather briefing room, and other facilities.

Facilities

Houston Executive Airport covers an area of 1,280 acres (518 ha) at an elevation of 166 feet (51 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 18/36 which measures 6,610 by 100 ft. (2,015 x 30 m).

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