Our Humble History - "Intercontinental Airport "

For those “young ones” of us who grew up in the Humble area, it’s hard to imagine there was a time when there was not a massive airport here. It might surprise some of you that the Intercontinental Airport is a rather “recent” addition to Houston. Houston’s “major” airport during the 1940s, 50s and 60s was the Houston Municipal Airport, located on the south side of Houston (it would be renamed “Hobby Airport” in 1967). There was no major airport on the north side. Instead, there were many private airports all around Houston. These private airports typically had one airstrip (sometimes two) and a few hangar buildings. They were each home to a number of private aircraft, sometimes as many as 40 at each airport.

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