1940 Air Terminal Museum
1940 Air Terminal Museum is a museum in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Blackwell Peninsula stands 3 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Silver Fleet Hangar - 1940 Air Terminal Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Texas Independence Trail passes 3.4 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The 1940 Air Terminal Museum was a museum located in Houston, Texas, United States, at William P. Hobby Airport. Collections were housed in the original art deco building which served as the first purpose-built terminal for passenger flight in Houston. The museum exhibited several collections focusing on Houston's civil aviation history and was operated by the Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society (HAHS), a recognized Texas 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
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Dates from 2003.
Wikidata Q4564680, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Houston Aeronautical Heritage Society
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Garden Villas Park: 1.3 mi
- Carter Park: 1.5 mi
- Dow Park: 1.5 mi
- Stewart Park: 1.6 mi
- Robert Stuart Park: 1.9 mi
- Site of Lubbock Ranch: 1.5 mi
- First Airplane Flight Over Texas: 3.4 mi
- Farnsworth & Chambers Building: 4.5 mi
- Harrisburg-Jackson Cemetery: 4.7 mi
- Old Harrisburg: 4.8 mi
- Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden: 2.7 mi
- Houston Botanic Garden: 2.9 mi
- Culinary Garden: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 2.9 mi
- Round About: 5.8 mi
- Healing Nature: 5.8 mi
- Healing Nature: 5.8 mi
- Doble Physichromic Modular: 5.9 mi
- Split Level: 6.0 mi
- Great Silver Fleet Hangar - 1940 Air Terminal Museum: 0.1 mi
- Blaffer Art Museum: 6.3 mi
- Pasadena Historical Museum: 6.3 mi
- Lone Star Flight Museum: 7.3 mi
- Vietnam War Flight Museum: 7.8 mi
- Flow Works: 7.9 mi
- TXU Energy presents Mythical Realms: 7.9 mi
- Weather Station: 7.9 mi
- Eco Station: 7.9 mi
- Frog Wall: 8.4 mi
- Brays Greenway Park: 5.3 mi
- Taub Greenspace: 7.8 mi
- Garver Greenspace: 8.0 mi
- Native Coastal Prairie Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Hogg Bird Sanctuary: 11.2 mi
- Lake Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- JP Morgan Chase Bench Area: 8.5 mi
- Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Seating Area: 8.5 mi
- CenterPoint Energy Seating Areas: 8.5 mi
- Sarofim Picnic Lawn: 8.6 mi
- Beauchamp Spring: 10.6 mi
- Riordan's Spring: 11.0 mi
- Blackwell Peninsula: 16.8 mi
- Mesquite Knoll: 21.4 mi
- Red Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of 1940 Air Terminal Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Peninsula | ENE 74° | 3 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mesquite Knoll | E 87° | 0 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 19:50 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:51 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 59 | 65 | 71 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 81 | 73 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houston William P Hobby AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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