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David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport is a public-use airport located near the city of Tomball in unincorporated Harris County, Texas. It is northwest of the central business district of Houston. It is the busiest general aviation airport in Texas and one of the busiest general aviation airports in the United States. The airport is privately owned by Jag Gill.〔 The airport is notable because it is one of only a few privately owned airports with a Federal Aviation Administration control tower; the airport is owned by Jag Gill and managed by Robert Schmidt.〔http://www.airnav.com/airport/KDWH〕 On June 27, 2007, The Texas State Legislature approved Tomball's request to annex Hooks Airport even though the airport does not border the Tomball city limits. Since the airport is in the city of Houston's extraterritorial jurisdiction, the city of Tomball must get permission from Houston to annex the airport.〔"(Tomball gets OK to annex airport / Legislation clears one hurdle in city's quest to buy Hooks )." ''Houston Chronicle''. July 5, 2007.〕 As of summer of 2010, the annex still has not been finalized. ==Facilities and aircraft== David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport covers an area of which contains two asphalt paved runways: 17R/35L measuring 7,009 x . and 17L/35R measuring 3,987 x 35 ft (1,215 x 11 m). It also has a seaplane landing area designated as runway 17W/35W which is 2,530 x 100 ft (771 x 30 m).〔 For the 12-month period ending August 5, 2002, the airport had 223,585 aircraft operations, an average of 612 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. There are 300 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 3% jet and 4% helicopter.〔 Facilities include: *The main Gill Aviation terminal *The Aviator Grill, a locally owned and operated restaurant connected to the Gill Aviation terminal. The grill is a popular community restaurant, and provides a spectacular view of the main ramps and runway 17R. *Tomball Jet Center *Helicopter Services Inc. *LifeFlight Alert center, with Memorial Herman Hospital operated LifeFlight 4 on permanent standby. *Sunrise Helicopter,Inc. The airport also includes numerous flight schools, including Silver State Helicopters, American Flyers, ATP Flight School and (United Flight Systems ). The airport was also previously a local favorite for its diverse mix of aircraft and openness. However, as of March 2012, citing safety concerns from pilots, barbed wire fencing went up around the airport, sealing off the previously popular observation areas and leaving only the inside of Aviator's Grill as the sole observation area for the public. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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