Bush Intercontinental Airport

George Bush Intercontinental Airport
IATA: IAH ICAO: KIAH FAA LID: IAH WMO: 72243
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Houston
Operator	Houston Airport System
Serves	Greater Houston
Location	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Hub for	Atlas Air United Airlines
Focus city for	Spirit Airlines
Elevation AMSL	97 ft / 30 m
Coordinates	29°59′04″N 095°20′29″W / 29.98444°N 95.34139°W / 29.98444; -95.34139Coordinates: 29°59′04″N 095°20′29″W / 29.98444°N 95.34139°W / 29.98444; -95.34139
Website	Fly2Houston.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
IAH Show map of Texas IAH Show map of the US Location of airport in Texas / United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15L/33R 12,002 3,658 Concrete 15R/33L 9,999 3,048 Concrete 9/27 10,000 3,048 Concrete 8L/26R 9,000 2,743 Concrete 8R/26L 9,402 2,866 Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 41,615,689 Aircraft operations 470,780
Sources: Fly2Houston.com

George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH, FAA LID: IAH) is an international airport in Houston, Texas, United States, under class B airspace, serving the Greater Houston metropolitan area, the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Located about 23 miles (37 km) north of Downtown Houston, between Interstate 45 and Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 with direct access to the Hardy Toll Road expressway, George Bush Intercontinental Airport has scheduled flights to a large number of domestic and international destinations. The airport is named after George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.

George Bush Intercontinental Airport served 43,023,224 passengers in 2015, making the airport the tenth busiest for total passengers in North America. In 2006, the airport was named the fastest-growing of the top ten airports into the United States by the United States Department of Transportation. Houston Bush Intercontinental is the largest passenger hub for United Airlines enplaning 16.6 million passengers annually with an average of 45,413 passengers daily. The airport also serves as a focus city for Spirit Airlines. Under operations as United Express, Expressjet Airlines and Skywest Airlines operate hub operations from IAH. During the 1970s and early 1980s, Intercontinental served as focus city for several major airlines including the original Braniff International Airways, Delta, Eastern, National, and Pan Am. IAH was the premier domestic and international hub for Continental Airlines prior to its merger with United Airlines and served as a hub for Houston-based Texas International Airlines and commuter air carrier Metro Airlines which was also based in the Houston area and started its first flights when Intercontinental opened in 1969.