Houma–Terrebonne Airport is a public

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located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Houma, a city in Terrebonne Parish,

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. It is owned by the Houma–Terrebonne Airport Commission.

Facilities and aircraft

Houma–Terrebonne Airport covers an area of and has two

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paved

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s. The north–south runway 18/36 is 6,508 by 150 ft (1,984 by 46 m) with a full

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(ILS). The crosswind runway 12/30 is 5,000 by 200 ft (1,524 by 61 m) with a non-precision approach. The airport has one

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(FBO): 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%

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, 38%

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and 1% military. At that time there were 109 aircraft based at this airport: 20% single-engine, 21% multi-engine, 2% jet and 57%

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History

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

References

External links

Apex Jet Center
* * Airports in Louisiana Buildings and structures in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Houma, Louisiana Closed installations of the United States Navy {{Louisiana-airport-stub