Houma-Terrebonne Airport

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Houma-Terrebonne Airport
IATA: HUM – ICAO: KHUM – FAA: HUM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Houma-Terrebonne Airport Commission
Serves		Houma, Louisiana
Elevation AMSL		10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates		29°33′59″N 090°39′38″W / 29.56639, -90.66056
Website		www.houma-airport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
18/36	6,508	1,984	Concrete
12/30	5,000	1,524	Concrete
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			91,030
Based aircraft			109
Sources: airport web site^[1] and FAA^[2]

Houma-Terrebonne Airport (IATA: HUM, ICAO: KHUM, FAA LID: HUM) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) 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.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Houma-Terrebonne Airport covers an area of 1,813 acres (734 ha) and has two concrete paved runways. The north-south runway 18/36 is 6,508 by 150 ft. (1,984 by 46 m) with a full instrument landing system (ILS). The crosswind runway 12/30 is 5,000 x 200 ft. (1,524 x 61 m) with a non-precision approach.^[1]^[2]

The airport has two fixed base operators (FBOs): Houma Jet Center and Butler Aviation.

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.^[2]