IAH
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH) is a large airport in Houston, Texas, United States. It opened in Jun 1969. It has 5 runways; the longest is 12,001 ft (3,658 m). It is operated by Houston Airport System. In 2025 it handled 46.7 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1969–1969JUN 1969
OpenedGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF15L/33R152° / 332° · LIT
LENGTH12,001 ft3,658 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
09/27090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH10,000 ft3,048 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
15R/33L152° / 332° · LIT
LENGTH10,000 ft3,048 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
08R/26L090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH9,402 ft2,866 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
08L/26R090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH9,000 ft2,743 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
Passengers per year
2014–202540.3M
41.6M
40.4M
39.3M
42.6M
44.1M
17.5M
32.7M
39.9M
44.7M
47.0M
46.7M
141516171819202122232425
Routes
197 destinations · 40 countriesYear-round171
VCTVictoria Regional AirportUnited States · United Express198 km123 miLCHLake Charles Regional AirportUnited States · United Express204 km127 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines225 km140 miAEXAlexandria International AirportUnited States · United Express306 km190 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines306 km190 miSHVShreveport Regional AirportUnited States · United Express309 km192 miCRPCorpus Christi International AirportUnited States · United Express324 km201 miLFTLafayette Regional AirportUnited States · United Express324 km201 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle, United Airlines +1362 km225 miBTRBaton Rouge Metropolitan AirportUnited States · United Express407 km253 miHEZNatchez–Adams County Airport / Hardy-Anders FieldUnited States · United Express427 km265 miHRLValley International AirportUnited States · United Express475 km295 miLRDLaredo International AirportUnited States · United Express485 km301 miMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines489 km304 miABIAbilene Regional AirportUnited States · United Express493 km306 miBROBrownsville South Padre Island International AirportUnited States · United Express497 km309 miMFEMcAllen Miller International AirportUnited States · United Express510 km317 miJANJackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportUnited States · United Express564 km350 miPIBHattiesburg Laurel Regional AirportUnited States · United Express597 km371 miLITBill & Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams FieldUnited States · United Express603 km375 miGPTGulfport Biloxi International AirportUnited States · United Express604 km375 miOKCOKC Will Rogers World AirportUnited States · United Express637 km396 miMTYMonterrey International AirportMexico · United Express, United Airlines, Viva662 km411 miMEIKey Field / Meridian Regional AirportUnited States · United Express679 km422 miMOBMobile Regional AirportUnited States · United Express686 km426 miMAFMidland International Air and Space PortUnited States · United Express, United Airlines689 km428 miTULTulsa International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines693 km431 miXNANorthwest Arkansas National AirportUnited States · United Express707 km439 miLBBLubbock Preston Smith International AirportUnited States · United Express736 km457 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines754 km469 miPNSPensacola International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines785 km488 miHOBLea County Regional AirportUnited States · United Express806 km501 miSGFSpringfield Branson National AirportUnited States · United Express827 km514 miAMARick Husband Amarillo International AirportUnited States · United Express833 km518 miICTWichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National AirportUnited States · United Express874 km543 miMGMMontgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) AirportUnited States · United Express889 km552 miTAMGeneral Francisco Javier Mina International AirportMexico · United Express892 km554 miBHMBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International AirportUnited States · United Express904 km562 miECPNorthwest Florida Beaches International AirportUnited States · United Express918 km570 miHSVHuntsville International AirportUnited States · United Express956 km594 miPAHBarkley Regional AirportUnited States · United Express994 km618 miSLNSalina Municipal AirportUnited States · United Express1,002 km623 miSLPPonciano Arriaga International AirportMexico · United Express, Volaris1,024 km636 miMCIKansas City International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,038 km645 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,057 km657 miELPEl Paso International AirportUnited States · United Express1,072 km666 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,076 km669 miCHAChattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)United States · United Express1,103 km685 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Express, United Airlines +11,108 km688 miQROQuerétaro Intercontinental AirportMexico · United Express, United Airlines, Volaris1,149 km714 miAGUAguascalientes International AirportMexico · United Express1,155 km718 miMIDManuel Crescencio Rejón International AirportMexico · United Airlines1,157 km719 miBJXGuanajuato International AirportMexico · United Express, United Airlines, Viva1,174 km729 miABQAlbuquerque International SunportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,196 km743 miVERGeneral Heriberto Jara International AirportMexico · United Airlines1,209 km751 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · United Airlines, Volaris, Viva1,232 km766 miTYSMcGhee Tyson AirportUnited States · United Express1,241 km771 miPBCHermanos Serdán International AirportMexico · United Express, Volaris1,242 km772 miOMAEppley AirfieldUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,260 km783 miMLMGeneral Francisco J. Mujica International AirportMexico · United Express, Volaris1,264 km785 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,265 km786 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · United Express1,268 km788 miDSMDes Moines International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,293 km803 miCOSCity of Colorado Springs Municipal AirportUnited States · United Express1,302 km809 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · United Airlines1,307 km812 miJAXJacksonville International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,312 km815 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · United Express, United Airlines, Volaris1,321 km821 miTQOFelipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport TulumMexico · United Airlines1,337 km831 miTPQAmado Nervo National AirportMexico · United Express1,345 km836 miGSPGreenville-Spartanburg International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,346 km836 miCZMCozumel International AirportMexico · United Airlines1,350 km839 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,360 km845 miSAVSavannah Hilton Head International AirportUnited States · United Express1,367 km849 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,372 km853 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,384 km860 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,387 km862 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Express, United Airlines1,402 km871 miPVRPuerto Vallarta International AirportMexico · United Airlines1,435 km892 miOAXXoxocotlán International AirportMexico · United Express1,451 km902 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Express, United Airlines +11,467 km912 miMDWChicago Midway International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,478 km918 miCHSCharleston International AirportUnited States · United Express1,486 km923 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, United Airlines +11,491 km926 miTUSTucson International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,503 km934 miZIHIxtapa-Zihuatanejo International AirportMexico · United Express1,510 km938 miTGZAngel Albino Corzo International AirportMexico · United Express1,511 km939 miZLOPlaya de Oro International AirportMexico · United Express1,522 km946 miDJTPresident Donald J. Trump International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,535 km954 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, United Airlines +11,549 km963 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines1,552 km964 miBZEPhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBelize · United Airlines1,557 km967 miPXMPuerto Escondido International AirportMexico · United Express1,579 km981 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,586 km985 miMKEGeneral Mitchell International AirportUnited States · United Express1,586 km985 miSJDLos Cabos International AirportMexico · United Airlines1,617 km1,005 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, United Airlines +11,620 km1,007 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · United Express, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines1,667 km1,036 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Express, United Airlines1,675 km1,041 miGRRGerald R. Ford International AirportUnited States · United Express1,679 km1,043 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Express, United Airlines +11,731 km1,076 miCLECleveland Hopkins International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,756 km1,091 miRTBJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportHonduras · United Airlines1,765 km1,097 miGUALa Aurora International AirportGuatemala · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,782 km1,107 miSAPRamón Villeda Morales International AirportHonduras · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,785 km1,109 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,797 km1,117 miGCMOwen Roberts International AirportCayman Islands · United Airlines1,844 km1,146 miNASLynden Pindling International AirportBahamas · United Airlines1,844 km1,146 miRICRichmond International AirportUnited States · United Express1,860 km1,156 miXPLPalmerola International AirportHonduras · United Airlines1,907 km1,185 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,913 km1,189 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines1,923 km1,195 miORFNorfolk International AirportUnited States · United Express1,931 km1,200 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle, United Airlines1,942 km1,207 miSALEl Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y GaldámezEl Salvador · Volaris El Salvador, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,949 km1,211 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,963 km1,220 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Express, United Airlines1,986 km1,234 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · United Airlines, Air Canada2,060 km1,280 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,093 km1,301 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, United Airlines +12,129 km1,323 miONTOntario International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines2,142 km1,331 miSNAJohn Wayne Orange County International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,163 km1,344 miMBJSangster International AirportJamaica · United Airlines2,175 km1,351 miMGAAugusto C. Sandino (Managua) International AirportNicaragua · United Airlines2,198 km1,366 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, United Airlines +12,215 km1,376 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,250 km1,398 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Delta Air Lines2,277 km1,415 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways2,278 km1,415 miHVNTweed New Haven AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines2,375 km1,476 miLIRDaniel Oduber Quirós International AirportCosta Rica · United Airlines2,383 km1,481 miBDLBradley International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,422 km1,505 miSJOJuan Santamaría International AirportCosta Rica · United Airlines2,505 km1,557 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada2,549 km1,584 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, United Airlines2,567 km1,595 miSMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,586 km1,607 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,627 km1,632 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet, United Airlines2,813 km1,748 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · United Airlines2,856 km1,775 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Alaska Airlines2,934 km1,823 miYEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · United Airlines2,984 km1,854 miCTGRafael Nuñez International AirportColombia · United Airlines2,990 km1,858 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · United Airlines3,004 km1,867 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Alaska Airlines3,013 km1,872 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada3,169 km1,969 miSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines3,228 km2,006 miAUAQueen Beatrix International AirportAruba · United Airlines3,252 km2,021 miSTTCyril E. King AirportU.S. Virgin Islands · United Airlines3,328 km2,068 miMDEJose Maria Córdova International AirportColombia · United Airlines3,370 km2,094 miBONFlamingo International AirportCaribbean Netherlands · United Airlines3,424 km2,128 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · United Airlines3,585 km2,228 miCCSMaiquetía Simón Bolívar International AirportVenezuela · United Airlines3,640 km2,262 miUIOMariscal Sucre International AirportEcuador · United Airlines3,801 km2,362 miPOSPiarco International AirportTrinidad & Tobago · United Airlines4,124 km2,563 miGEOCheddi Jagan International AirportGuyana · United Airlines4,671 km2,902 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · United Airlines5,062 km3,145 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · United Airlines6,273 km3,898 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · United Airlines, British Airways7,763 km4,824 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · United Airlines7,905 km4,912 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · United Airlines, KLM8,049 km5,001 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France8,072 km5,016 miGIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportBrazil · United Airlines8,088 km5,026 miEZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · United Airlines8,173 km5,078 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · United Airlines, Lufthansa8,402 km5,221 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · United Airlines8,699 km5,405 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways9,126 km5,671 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines10,231 km6,357 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · United Airlines, ZIPAIR Tokyo10,669 km6,629 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways10,725 km6,664 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Air New Zealand11,944 km7,422 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · EVA Air12,756 km7,926 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways12,933 km8,036 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates13,125 km8,155 miSeasonal37
MSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportUnited States · United Express489 km304 miMFEMcAllen Miller International AirportUnited States · United Airlines510 km317 miOKCOKC Will Rogers World AirportUnited States · United Airlines637 km396 miICTWichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National AirportUnited States · United Airlines874 km543 miSLPPonciano Arriaga International AirportMexico · United Airlines1,024 km636 miQROQuerétaro Intercontinental AirportMexico · Viva1,149 km714 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · United Express1,279 km795 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Frontier Airlines1,307 km812 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Viva1,321 km821 miMZTGeneral Rafael Buelna International AirportMexico · United Express1,324 km823 miDRODurango La Plata County AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,397 km868 miGUCGunnison Crested Butte Regional AirportUnited States · United Express1,426 km886 miEYWKey West International AirportUnited States · United Express1,470 km913 miASEAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)United States · United Express1,470 km913 miCHSCharleston International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,486 km923 miMTJMontrose Regional AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines1,491 km926 miEGEEagle County Regional AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,504 km935 miACAGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International AirportMexico · United Express1,538 km956 miHDNYampa Valley AirportUnited States · United Express1,586 km985 miRAPRapid City Regional AirportUnited States · United Express1,705 km1,059 miCLECleveland Hopkins International AirportUnited States · United Express1,756 km1,091 miTVCCherry Capital AirportUnited States · United Express1,851 km1,150 miJACJackson Hole AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,036 km1,265 miPSPPalm Springs International AirportUnited States · United Express2,039 km1,267 miBZNBozeman Yellowstone International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines2,230 km1,386 miRNOReno Tahoe International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,459 km1,528 miPLSProvidenciales International AirportTurks & Caicos Islands · United Airlines2,476 km1,539 miBTVPatrick Leahy Burlington International AirportUnited States · United Express2,526 km1,570 miSJCMineta San Jose International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,583 km1,605 miFCAGlacier Park International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,595 km1,612 miPWMPortland International JetportUnited States · United Express2,680 km1,665 miGEGSpokane International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,727 km1,694 miSDQLas Américas International AirportDominican Republic · United Airlines2,894 km1,798 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · United Airlines3,169 km1,969 miANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · United Airlines5,248 km3,261 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · United Airlines7,506 km4,664 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · United Airlines13,836 km8,597 miMost destinationsUnited Airlines 124United Express 102Frontier Airlines 24American Eagle 7American Airlines 6Volaris 6
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from IAH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “George Bush Intercontinental Airport” (revision of 21 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
10 channelsAPPAPP120.050
ATISATIS124.050
CLDCLNC DEL128.100
DEPDEP119.700
DEPDEP28.140
GNDGND118.575
RDOMONTGOMERY CO RDO122.400
TWRTWR120.725
TWRTWR29.020
UNICUNICOM122.950