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
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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 miStraight 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.
Airlines
29 airlines · destinations from IAHPassenger25
UAUnited Express102F9Frontier Airlines24—American Eagle7AAAmerican Airlines6DLDelta Air Lines6Y4Volaris6VBViva5ACAir Canada3B6JetBlue Airways3ASAlaska Airlines2AFAir France1NZAir New Zealand1NHAll Nippon Airways1XPAvelo Airlines1BABritish Airways1EKEmirates1BREVA Air1AZITA Airways1KLKLM1LHLufthansa1QRQatar Airways1TKTurkish Airlines1N3Volaris El Salvador1WSWestJet1ZGZIPAIR Tokyo1Cargo1
3SAeroLogic2Former hub of Continental Airlines.
Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from IAH. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 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