Houma–Terrebonne Airport

Houma–Terrebonne Airport 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.Facilities and aircraftHouma–Terrebonne Airport covers an area of 1,813acre 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 by 200 ft (1,524 by 61 m) with a non-precision approach.The airport has two fixed-base operators (FBOs): Houma Jet Center and Butler AviationFor 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.HistoryHouma Airport started originally as Naval Air Station Houma, LA on May 1, 1943 as a station for Lighter-than-Air (LTA) airships.