Houma–Terrebonne Airport


Houma–Terrebonne Airport is a public airport located three miles southeast of the central business district of Houma, a city in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the Houma–Terrebonne Airport Commission.

Facilities and aircraft

Houma–Terrebonne Airport covers an area of and has two concrete paved runways. The north–south runway 18/36 is 6,508 by 150 ft with a full instrument landing system. The crosswind runway 12/30 is 5,000 by 200 ft with a non-precision approach.
The airport has one fixed-base operator : Apex Jet Center.
For the 12-month period ending December 30, 2005, the airport had 91,030 aircraft operations, an average of 249 per day: 61% air taxi, 38% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 109 aircraft based at this airport: 20% single-engine, 21% multi-engine, 2% jet and 57% helicopter.

History

Houma Airport started originally as Naval Air Station Houma, LA on May 1, 1943 as a station for Lighter-than-Air airships. The base was disestablished in November 1947, dismantled, and developed into the Houma-Terrebonne Airport.