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/US. Highway 59 with direct access to Hardy Toll Road, George Bush Intercontinental Airport has scheduled flights to a large number of domestic and international destinations. The airport was named after George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States.
In 2016, the airport serves 41,622,594 passengers, making IAH the 46th busiest airport in the world.
The Houston Intercontinental is the second largest passenger hub for United Airlines, just behind O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. IAH is the main domestic and international hub for Continental Airlines before the merger with United Airlines.
IAH covers 10,000 hectares (40.5 km 2 .) Land and has five runways.
The airport also serves as a focal city for Spirit Airlines. Under operations such as United Express, Expressjet Airlines and Skywest Airlines operate a hub operation from IAH. During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Intercontinental serves as a focal city for several major airlines including Braniff International Airways, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines, National Airlines and Pan American World Airways. It serves as a center for Texas Airlines Airlines based in Houston and the commuter airline Metro Airlines which is also based in the Houston area and started its first flight when the Intercontinental opened in 1969.
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A group of Houston businessmen purchased the site for the Bush Intercontinental Airport in 1957 to preserve it until the city of Houston was able to formulate a plan for a new airport in lieu of William P. Hobby Airport (then known as Houston International Airport). The parent company for the land was given the name Eet Jet Farming Company, but typographical errors changed the words "Era Jet" to "Jetero" and the airport site became known as the Jetero airport site. Although the name Jetero was no longer used in official planning documents after 1961, the airport's east entrance was named Jetero Boulevard. Most of Jetero Boulevard was later renamed Will Clayton Parkway.
The city of Houston annexed the area of ​​the International Airport in 1965. This annexation, along with the annexation of 1965 in the Bayport area, Fondren Road area, and western Sharpstown area, resulted in a gain of 51,251 acres (20,741 ha) of land for city limits.
The Houston Intercontinental Airport , which is the original name for the airport, opened in June 1969. The IATA IATA airport code comes from the stylized airport name as " I ntercontinental A irport of H ouston. "All scheduled passenger flight services previously operated from William P. Hobby Airport moved to Intercontinental after the airport was completed. The hobby remains open as a public aviation airport and again used for scheduled passenger flights two years later when Southwest Airlines started an intrastate jet service between Hobby and Dallas Love Field in 1971.
The Houston Intercontinental was scheduled to open in 1967, but design changes related to those terminals resulted in cost swelling and development delays. Primary contractor, R.F. Ball Construction of San Antonio, sued the city of Houston for $ 11 million in damages, but assistant state prosecutor Joseph Guy Rollins, Jr. defended the municipality by appealing to the Texas Supreme Court.
In the late 1980s, the Houston City Council considered a plan to rename the airport after Mickey Leland - an African American-American Congressman who died in an aviation accident in Ethiopia. Instead of changing the name of the entire airport, the city is named Mickey Leland International Arrivals Building, which would later become Mickey Leland Terminal D, after the congressman. In April 1997, the Houston City Council unanimously voted to change the name of the George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston airport, after George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States.
On August 28, 1990, Continental Airlines agreed to build its maintenance center at George Bush Intercontinental Airport; Continental agreed to do so because the city of Houston agreed to provide city-owned land near the airport.
In 2007, Terminals A and B remained from the original design of the airport. Lewis W. Cutrer Terminal C opened in 1981, the Mickey Leland International Arrival Building (now Terminal D) opened in May 1990, and Terminal E was only partially opened on 3 June 2003. The rest of Terminal E opened on January 7, 2004. Terminal D is the arrival point for all international flights except for United flights, which use Terminal E. Terminal D also holds customs and INS until the opening of the new Federal Inspection Service (FIS) building, completed on January 25, 2005.
Historical flight services: opening of the Intercontinental in 1969 to the early 1980s
At the opening of IAH in 1969, domestic scheduled passenger flights were being operated by American Airlines, Braniff International Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines, National Airlines and Texas International Airlines based in Houston previously operated as Trans-Texas Airways. International flights are currently flown by Pan American World Airways with ten nonstop flights per week operated by Boeing 707 jet aircraft to Mexico City; KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operates Douglas DC-8 jet four days a week to Amsterdam via a medium-term stop in Montreal; Braniff International with Boeing 727 service several times a week to Panama City, Panama; and Aeronaves de Mexico (now Aeromà © Å © xico) fly the Douglas DC-9 jet to Monterrey, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and Mexico City several days a week. Texas International also operates direct services to Mexico today with jet Douglas DC-9 for turboprop flights Monterrey and Convair 600 to Tampico and Veracruz. KLM introduced the Boeing 747 service in 1971 and in 1974 Air France operated four Boeing 747 nonstop flights a week to Paris and Mexico City. Also in 1974, Continental, Pan Am, and National operated a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 wide jet airliner into IAH while Delta Fly Jet Body Wide Lockheed L-1011 TriStar with both types operated on each domestic route from the airport by the airline this flight; with National also operating Boeing 747 on the Miami-Houston-Los Angeles route.
In the late 1970s, Cayman Airways embarked on a nonstop flight between Grand Cayman in the Caribbean and Intercontinental with the BAC One-Eleven jet. Cayman Airways serves the airport for many years, operating various aircraft including Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200, Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400 and the Douglas DC-8 jetliner to IAH besides BAC One-Eleven. In 1977, British Caledonian, started a non-stop flight between London's Gatwick Airport and Houston with Boeing 707 service, and then with DC-10 and Boeing 747-200 service. British Airways continued to operate the route, when in December 1987, BA took over B-Cal increasing its frequency on the route to twice a day.
In July 1983, the number of domestic and international airlines serving the Intercontinental has grown substantially. America, Continental, Delta and East have joined Piedmont Airlines, Southwest Airlines, TWA, United Airlines, USAir, and Western Airlines. Western operates every day of the incessant McDonnell Douglas DC-10 wide-body jet service to Salt Lake City at the moment, with this flight also offering a one-stop service to Anchorage, Alaska. The international service is operated by Air Canada, Aviateca, British Caledonian Airways, Continental Airlines, Eastern Air Lines, SAHSA, South African Airways, TACA and VIASA other than Pan Am, KLM, Air France, Aeromà © xico, and Cayman Airways. Several regional and commuter airlines also operate passenger services today from IAH including Emerald Air (operating as Pan Am Express), Metro Airlines, Rio Airways, and Royale Airlines. Metro Airlines operates a "cross-town" shuttle service with turboprop Twin Otter de Havilland Canada DHC-6 with up to 17 daily round-trip flights between IAH and Clear Lake City STOLport located near NASA Johnson Space Center and also up to nine round trips one day between the airport and Sugar Land Regional Airport and other flights to regional destinations in Texas and Louisiana. At the same time, the airport has scheduled a helicopter flight service operated by Executive Chopper with LongLanger Bell 206L helicopters to four Houston heliports with up to 36 return flights a day.
Since Houston is not an approved gateway for Heathrow USA-London flights under the Bermuda II Agreement, Continental Airlines and British Airways fly their London service to Gatwick Airport. British Airways, who wanted to allow passengers to access connections at the greater Heathrow Airport hub, then flew routes from Houston to Heathrow, through a gate approved by a technical gate, allowing Houston-based flights to land at Heathrow. While the daily Houston-Gatwick flight, BA, for its second daily departure to London operates the Houston-Washington Dulles-London Heathrow International Airport, divert a technical stop to O'Hare International Airport and finally to Detroit Metropolitan Airport. In March 2008, the Bermuda II agreement was replaced by the UE-US Open Skies Agreement, which allowed Continental Airlines and British Airways to redirect its London services from Houston to Heathrow Airport that summer. Currently, BA operates twice daily flights to London Heathrow Airport with Boeing 777 service.
Other airlines serving Houston Intercontinental are Aviacsa, West America Airlines, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Canadian Airlines, China Airlines, Comair, Grand Airways, Gulf Air, Martinair, Northwest Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines, PrivatAir operates on behalf of KLM and then SAS, Royal Jordanian (later called ALIA), SeaPort Airlines, South African Airways, Southwest Airlines, UltrAir and World Airways.
Latest airline and airport development: 2009 to today
On January 7, 2009, a Continental Airlines Boeing 737-800 departing from the Bush Intercontinental was the first US commercial jet to fly with a mixture of conventional jet fuel and biofuels.
In December 2009, the Houston City Council approved a plan to allow Midway Cos. To develop 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land owned by Houston Airport System (HAS) on the basis of Bush Airport. Midway plans to develop a travel center for airport rental car facility. The city dictates the developers needed to place stores and gas station facilities, flight information boards, fast food restaurants, and restaurants sitting under development. Outside the required buildings, developers plan to add office facilities between 20,000 and 40,000 square feet (1,900 and 3,700 m 2 ) and additional retail space.
In 2011, Continental Airlines started Boeing 777-200 service to Lagos, Nigeria; this is the first non-stop flight at the airport to the African continent. In May 2016, United Airlines terminated the Houston-Lagos service on the grounds of the inability to repatriate locally-sold income in the Nigerian currency. South African Airways previously operated a non-stop Boeing 747SP service in 1983 between Houston and Amilcar Cabral International Airport on Cape Verde island off the coast of Africa as a fuel stop for its flights between Houston and Johannesburg, South Africa. Successor Continental United Airlines then suspends non-stop services on the Houston-Lagos route. Continental also plans to start Boeing 787 non-stop service to Auckland in New Zealand but the plan was canceled in response to a new international flight at Hobby Airport announced by Southwest Airlines. United Airlines - which acquired Continental and has been fully integrated into the United brand in early 2012 - has delayed the introduction of this service due to delays associated with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The 787 aircraft used on other international routes, however, included Houston-London and the new American Houston-Lagos non-stop flights. The non-stop route of Houston-Auckland was then started by Air New Zealand using the Boeing 777-200ER. In 2014, United Airlines added a second daily flight to Tokyo, a new route to Munich, Germany, Santiago, Chile, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and restarting Aruba route (which was canceled in 2012).
Houston became the sixth US city to have Airbus A380 service when Lufthansa diverted the Houston-Frankfurt route from Boeing 747-400 to A380 on August 1, 2012.
On July 11, 2013, Air China started a non-stop flight from Houston to Beijing-Capital using the Boeing 777-300ER. This is the first non-stop route at the airport to mainland China.
Houston gained a non-stop flight to Turkey when Turkish Airlines launched service to Istanbul-AtatÃÆ'¼rk on April 1, 2013.
Korean Air commenced a non-stop flight from Seoul-Incheon to Houston on May 2, 2014. Service was suspended October 13, 2017 due to low demand.
On March 31, 2014, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced it would start a non-stop flight between Stavanger, Norway and Houston. This is the first time the airline has opened a route from one of the non-hub cities. This service is flown with Boeing BBJ operated by PrivatAir. The aircraft is operated in SAS colors in 44 seats of all business class configurations. SAS terminated this service on October 24, 2015.
On April 24, 2014, Spirit Airlines announced new services from Houston to six new domestic destinations, including Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Kansas City, New Orleans and San Diego. In addition, Spirit adds seasonal services between Houston and Minneapolis. The new flight brought its total destination from Houston to 12 locations, making Spirit the second largest domestic airline with a goal at IAH Houston, behind United Airlines. During September 2014, Spirit requested approval from the US Department of Transport (DoT) to launch flights from the Houston Intercontinental to Managua, San José © ©, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, CancÃÆ'ºn, San JosÃÆ'Â © del Cabo and Toluca. With the addition of the above-mentioned route, Spirit Airlines has stepped up the Houston Intercontinental Airport placement from the ninth largest focus city to the fifth largest focal city based on the number of flights flown per week. Spirit Airlines had a 123% growth in the weekly flight departure at the Houston Intercontinental from August 2014 to August 2015. By the end of 2016, Spirit deployed San Jose, Managua and San Salvador after dropping Toluca the previous spring. Spirit has reallocated the flights with new routes to Seattle, Newark and Pittsburgh.
In 2014, Taiwan-based airline EVA Air announced it will launch a non-stop flight from Houston to Taipei on June 19, 2015. It starts with three flights a week at 777-300ER. The frequency is increased to four times a week starting July 1, 2015, and six times a week from March 28, 2016. EVA Air has made this flight every day since the end of 2016. This marks the first time non-stop flights are operated between Taipei and any airport in Texas.
In addition, All Nippon Airways announces 2015 new services from Narita International Airport. Flight on 777-300ER starts on June 12, 2015, with ANA being the first Japanese airline to operate passenger flights to IAH.
On June 19, 2014, Emirates announced it would be the second Airbus A380 operator in Bush, upgrading its services from Dubai to Houston from Boeing 777 to A380 "Super Jumbo". The service begins on December 3, 2014. Since July 1, 2016, the A380 has been removed from the Houston route. This is the first time the A380 has been removed from the US route. The Airbus A380 service will resume on June 1, 2018.
On September 17, 2014, Frontier Airlines announced it would begin to base the aircraft from Bush, to new services Phoenix-Sky Harbor and San Francisco, with possibly more goals from Houston to come in the future.
On July 16, 2015, Eastern Air Lines announced it will start a weekly service to Havana from Houston, in collaboration with HavanaAir Charters on Boeing 737-800 aircraft, beginning on August 12, 2015. The service was announced to have been postponed on August 11, 2015, with no date announcement new (revived company was dissolved in November 2017).
On December 15, 2015, Air New Zealand started a non-stop flight from Auckland to Houston on a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.
On October 30, 2016, Singapore Airlines started the Singapore - Manchester - Houston route, replacing Moscow as a 'stopover flight, with the Boeing 777-300ER. On January 17, 2017, Singapore Airlines replaced the Boeing 777-300ER with the new Airbus A350-900.
In 2016, China Eastern Airlines expressed interest in operating non-stop direct flights between Shanghai-Pudong, China's largest business center, and Houston. This flight will be the second non-stop airport to China and the fifth non-stop to Asia. The route will be flown by the Boeing 777-300ER, the only China Eastern aircraft capable of flying. In addition, flights will surpass New York City and Toronto-Pearson services as the longest system in East China.
By 2017, Philippine Airlines announced that it is in the final planning stage for expanding their route to the US with flights between Manila and Houston via Vancouver. The airline is waiting until it gets final regulatory approval from DOT AS before they can make an official announcement for the route.
On September 7, 2017, United Airlines announced their new route from Houston to Sydney with the 787-9 Dreamliner. The Houston-Sydney service, at 8,596 miles (13,834 km), is United's second longest flight following the launch of Los Angeles-Singapore in October 2017. In addition, it surpasses the Dubai Emirates route as the longest flight in IAH.
In November 2017, Air China announced plans to fly directly between Beijing-Capital and Panama City through Houston following a shift in relations between China and Panama. Flight is the fifth freedom route, so Air China can carry passengers between Houston and Panama City without originating or stopping in Beijing. Flights twice a week starting on April 5, 2018.
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Operation
The George Bush Intercontinental Airport served 40,187,442 passengers in 2011, making it the 10th busiest airport for total passengers in North America. IAH is the seventh largest international passenger gate in the US and the seventh busiest airport in the world for total aircraft movement. In 2006, the US Department of Transportation named the George Bush Intercontinental International Airport, which grew the fastest of the top ten airports in the United States. The Houston Airport System (HAS) states the airport service area includes the following Greater Houston areas: Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller. The airport ranks fourth in the United States for domestic and international non-stop services with 182 destinations, and about 45 percent of airport passengers start or stop their (O ​​& D) travel at the airport. The Bush Intercontinental ranks first among major US airports with the highest performance in time, according to the US Department of Transportation 2010 report. In 2007, with 31 destinations in Mexico, the airport offered services to more Mexico destinations than any other US airport.
The Houston Air Traffic Control Center, located at the airport base at 16600 JFK Boulevard, serves as the ARTCC in the region. The HAS administration office is also located at the airport property.
Terminal
There are three main entrances to the IAH terminal area. John F. Kennedy Boulevard is the main north-south artery to the airport and intersected with Greens Road into the highway leading to the terminal (by traveling west on Greens Road, one can access the nearby business and residential area of ​​Greenspoint). The Will Clayton Parkway, which runs from east to west, is another major road to IAH. Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 (I-69/USÃ, 59) connected to IAH by Will Clayton Parkway. The Hardy Tollway Connector runs from west to east connecting JFK Boulevard to Hardy Toll Road.
The airport has five terminals and 130 gates covering 250 acres (1.0 km 2 ), with a distance of 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Terminal A to Terminal D.
Terminal A
Terminal A serves all domestic and non-UK Canadian operations as well as selecting United Express's domestic operations and international departures.
It is one of two original terminals opened in 1969 and designed by Goleman & amp; Rolfe and George Pierce-Abel B. Pierce. Like Terminal B, it initially has four circular modules (called "Flight Station" locally) at the end of a corridor that radiates out from the corner of the terminal. However, in the late 1990s and early-2000s, the North and South Concourse were rebuilt into linear facilities to provide smoother operations within the terminal. The project was completed in 2002 and designed by Gensler. Terminal A has 20 gates, with 10 gates in Northern Concourse and 10 gates at South Concourse.
Terminal B
Terminal B serves most of United Express's domestic operations and international departures. In 2017, United Express is the only tenant of Terminal B. This is one of two original airport terminals opened in 1969 and designed by Goleman & Rolfe and George Pierce-Abel B. Pierce. Most of the terminals are unchanged from the original design. For this reason, jet bridges are much lower to the ground than others. The terminal contains 37 gates and 20 hardstand gates.
The terminal underwent a minor renovation from 1997 to 2001, designed by Gensler. In 2011, the City of Houston announced it would destroy the gate area of ​​Terminal B and rebuild it. Architects for this project are Pierce, Goodwin, Alexander & amp; Linville. The first phase of the terminal renovation broke out on January 23, 2012. The first phase of the project was completed in April 2013, and the first 15 gates of the new South Concourse commenced operations on 21 May 2013. The remaining gates were completed. 2014, bringing the number of gates in South Concourse to 30 (both types).
Terminal C
Terminal C (also known as Lewis W. Cutrer Terminal) serves as United Airlines' domestic operations base at IAH, and serves several international operations and United Express international departures.
It was the third terminal to be built at the airport, opened in 1981. It was designed by the Houston Airport Architect firm, a joint venture of Golemon & Rolfe Architects and Pierce and Pierce Architects. Terminal C has 31 gates. Terminals include the airport's interfaith chapel. The terminal underwent a renovation from 2000 to 2005, designed by Gensler. On May 11, 2015, the airport broke out at C's new northern airport terminal, which opened in March 2017. In March 2017 United also opened the Global Reception area for Global Services and Global First check-in which is directly connected to Premier Security Access/PreCheck queue.
Terminal D
Terminal D (known as Mickey Leland Terminal) serves all non-United international operations and some United Express international arrivals.
Opened in 1990 as the International Arrival Building (IAB) and later renamed International Mickey Leland, the $ 95 million terminal was designed by Golemon and Rolfe Architects, Pierce Goodwin Alexander, James L. Marshall Associates, and Molina and Associates. The IAB, equipped with Federal Inspection Facility (FIS) and US Customs Service, incorporates all international arrivals into one terminal (until Continental moves its international operations to Terminal E/FIS)
At Terminal D, airlines share gates, ticket booths and terminal equipment, making it a "common use" facility. Terminal D food court is located in the departure area. In 2007, airport authorities initiated a renovation in which 20 additional public ticket outlets, upscale retail stores and restaurants, and a new spa/beauty room at the airport will be added over the next few years. Terminal D has 12 gates and several international lounges, including two British Airways Lounge (First and Club) Galleries, KLM Crown Lounge, Air France Salon Lounge and Executive Lounge for Singapore, Emirates, Qatar and Lufthansa.
On June 18, 2014, the Houston City Council unanimously issued a memorandum of agreement that sets out plans to destroy the existing Terminal D building and build a new facility on the same site. The call plans for the terminal to have gates for 15 large wide body jets, including four gates capable of Airbus A380, as well as a more open design and modern appearance. Construction at Terminal D has not yet begun even after completing the North Terminal C Concourse Project in March 2017.
Terminal E
Terminal E serves as United Airlines' international operations base at IAH, in addition to several United Express international arrivals and some major major domestic operations. (All United Airlines international flights arrive at Terminal E while all United Express international flights arrive at Terminal D or E, then depart from Terminal A, B or C.)
Terminal E is the new terminal IAH. It was designed by Corgan Associates and Spencer Partnership Architects, and opened in two phases. The first phase opened in 2002 with 14 gates, and the second phase added 16 gates in 2003 with a total of 30 gates. United operates a large three-storey United Club at Terminal E between Gates E11 and E12. Initially Continental (before joining United) used the terminal only for domestic flights, but relocated international operations to the new terminal after the new Federal Inspection Service (FIS) building was opened. The terminal is designed for maximum flexibility, with jetway designed to handle all types of aircraft.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Other recent services
EVA Air offers luxury bus services from Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to feed its IAH-TPE route.
United Airlines offers a three-day bus service to Beaumont, Texas, which replaces its air service on July 1, 2012.
Cargo
George Bush Intercontinental ranks 17th as the largest gate in the United States in terms of air cargo. The facility landed 1,746.5 million pounds of cargo by 2015.
In January 2003, the Houston Airport System decided to make a new 125 million dollars, 550,000 square feet (51,095 square meters), a facility called the George Bush Intercontinental CargoCenter.
The facility can handle up to 20 wide-bodied aircraft at one time and has expanded to 880,000 sq ft (82,000 m 2 ) operating areas over the past five years. The CargoCenter has its own separate Federal Faculty of Inspection (FIS) covering Customs, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), United States Department of Agriculture, and Animal and Plant Inspection Service.
The facility also includes International Air CargoCenter II, a 60,000 square foot (5,600 m) perishable cargo handling facility. It is located at IAH CargoCenter and offers direct ramp access to cargo airlines as well as importers and distributors of perishables. The Center is reclaimed as an Official Certified Cargo Inspection Facility (CCSF).
For five years in a row, Air Cargo Inc. has honored the Bush Intercontinental Airport with the ACE Award for Excellence in the airport category with less than 500,000 tonnes of air cargo per year.
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Statistics
Top destinations
Annual traffic
Terminal transport
The above ground train called TerminaLink connects Terminals A, B, C, D, E and the International Arrival Building (IAB) for those with connecting flights at various terminals and providing sterile air connections. This allows passengers to travel within the airport without having to re-enter security. TerminaLink has four stops: Terminal A, Terminal B, Terminal C, and D/E Terminal including IAB. The airport has extended the route to Terminal A at a cost of US $ 100 million. Construction begins in an extension at the beginning of 2008 and is completed in 2010.
Underground subway trains outside the sterile zone connect the five terminals and airport hotels that are accessible to everyone. This system is based on WEDway PeopleMover technology developed by Walt Disney Company.
In addition, United Airlines has begun the VIP terminal transportation service, flight-to-flight, for Global Service customers, using luxury cars.
Hotel
The airport has an on-site Marriott, between Terminal B and C and is accessible via inter-terminal train which runs every 3 minutes from 3.30 am - 12:30 pm daily. The hotel has 573 rooms, one restaurant and bar, a concierge lounge, a coffee shop, a health club, a grocery store and a conference center.
Ground Transport
Car
From Downtown Houston one can travel to George Bush Intercontinental by taking Interstate 69/US. Route 59 (Eastex Freeway) to Beltway 8 or to Will Clayton Parkway, and airport access from one of the roads. From Downtown one can also take Interstate 45 (North Freeway), connect to Beltway 8, and enter the airport from Beltway. The Hardy Toll Road has a way out from north or south to the airport.
Bus
The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, or METRO, offers bus services available on the southern side of Terminal C. 102 Bush IAH Express serves the airport. Previously, METRO also operated an express bus service known as Airport Direct, launched in summer 2008, traveling from Downtown Houston to Terminal C via HOV Eastex Freeway (I-69)/(US 59). In 2010, in an effort to increase passenger numbers and maximize revenue, METRO reduced fares from Airport Direct and closed a special passenger plaza for service at Downtown Houston; instead, the bus stops at several hotels downtown. The rate of each way is reduced from $ 15 to $ 4.50. Tariff changes increase the rider rate but reduce cash flow. METRO consistently provides services at operational losses. However, in the summer of 2011, METRO announced that they were discontinuing the Airport Direct service, while the local Route 102 service (which serves the greater Greenspoint business and residential area prior to traveling on I-45 to access the city center) continues to operate.
In 2016, the Taiwan Airlines EVA Air operates a shuttle bus service from Bush IAH to Richardson, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area so Dallas-based customers can fly on service to and from Houston. Earlier China Airlines, as well as Taiwan airlines, provided shuttle bus services to Sugar Land and Southwest Houston Chinatown. It ended in 2008 when China Airlines ended its passenger service in Houston.
Shuttle service
The operators provide scheduled buses and shuttle services to locations from IAH to NRG Park/NRG Astrodome, Downtown Houston, Uptown, Greenway Plaza, Texas Medical Center, hotels in the Westchase business district and Energy Corridor, College Station and William P city.. Super Shuttle uses a shared van to provide services from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to the surrounding community.
Artwork
Ed Carpenter's "Light Wings", a colorful glass sculpture hanging from under the ceiling, adorns Terminal A North Concourse. At Terminal A, South Concourse stands Terry Allen's "Countree Music." Allen's part is a bronze tree that plays instrumental music by Joe Ely and David Byrne, although the music is usually turned off. The corridor to Terminal A features Leamon Green's "Passing Through", a 200-foot (61 m) carved glass wall depicting airport travelers.
The elevator at Terminal B is lined with a stainless steel structure designed by Rachel Hecker. The corridor to Terminal B has "Houston Bayou" Gay Dixie Friend. This work consists of an 8-byzantine (2.4 m²) glass mosaic mural illustrating scenes from Houston's bay and wetlands, some bronze animals embedded in the floor, and five mosaic columns.
"Lights Spikes" was created for the 1990 G7 Summit when hosted by President George H. W. Bush in Houston. The statue was transferred to the airport outside E Terminal after the meeting, from its original location in front of George R. Brown Convention Center. The column leans at a ten-degree angle toward the center point representing Houston. The distance between each "spike" and this point relative to the distance between Houston and the capital of the countries represented by the flag. The countries represented are the United States, Britain, France, Japan, Canada, Italy and Germany, as well as the European community. The airport has a modern sculpture display that lights between terminals C and D.
Master plan
The city of Houston presented an update of the master plan for IAH in 2005. The short-term plan calls for the circular flight station Terminal B to be rebuilt into a linear facility similar to Terminal A. The new 155,000 square foot (14,400 m 2 the dock at Terminal D, which is capable of handling six additional wide bodied aircraft, is scheduled for completion in 2016.
The long-term plan calls the terminal unit for dismantling and the North and South Concourse are connected in the middle of the road. Soon after, facilities at North and South Concourses will be linked to form two long sustainable facilities. In addition, a new Central Passenger Processing facility will also be built, called East Terminal, along with underground person mobilization.
On-site improvements include the new Runway 8C-26C, the new Runway 9R-27L, the perimeter taxiway, and highway access. If the Federal Aviation Administration chooses a new site for runways, it might buy land from Glen Lee Place and the sub-village of Heather Ridge Village, which is off of Lee Road.
Accidents and incidents
The following involved airlines depart or arrive at the airport or incident inside the terminal building:
- November 3, 1973: National Aviation Flight 27; depressurization issued passengers after assembling a fan on one of the destroyed engines en route to McCarran International Airport.
- February 1, 1975: Douglas DC-3 N15HC from Horizon Properties falls on the approach when the harbor wing collides with an electric pole. The aircraft was on a domestic unscheduled passenger flight from Lawton Municipal Airport, Oklahoma to Huntsville Regional Airport, Texas. Due to weather conditions, the flight was diverted to Houston. Of the sixteen residents, two crew and three passengers were killed.
- 1990: Grumman Gulfstream I operated by Rowan Drilling Company; losing power in the engine after takeoff resulted in a failed effort to regain altitude on the way to New Orleans International Airport. The plane crashed on departure from Runway 15L and came to rest in midfield along a parallel taxiway. There were three fatalities.
- September 11, 1991: Continental Express Flight 2574 (Britt Airways): inflight breakup en route from Laredo to Houston Intercontinental. There were 14 deaths.
- On February 19, 1996, a Continental Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 operated as Continental Airlines Flight 1943 from Ronald Reagan National Airport arriving in Houston, Texas landed with its landing gear in a position held on Runway 27. The aircraft slid along 6,915 feet (2,108 m) in his stomach before stopping on a 140-foot (43 m) runway on the left of the runway centerline approximately at the end of the runway departure. There were no casualties and only minor injuries. The plane was removed.
- On December 20, 2008, a Continental Airlines Boeing 737-500 operated as Flight 1404 from Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado to Bush Airport stormed Runway 34R, and caught fire during the take-off launch. No snow or ice on the runway; However, there were 31-node (36 mph) crosswinds at the time of the accident. On July 13, 2010, the NTSB report stated the probable cause of the accident was the capturing of the right steering input, which was necessary to maintain control of the plane's direction, about 4 seconds before the excursion, when the aircraft experienced a hard and strong bend over the training and experience of the captain. Of the 115 people in it, at least 38 sustained injuries, at least two of them were critically wounded.
- On May 2, 2013, Carnell gunman Marcus Moore of Beaumont, Texas, fired from a Glock semi-automatic pistol to the terminal ceiling B. A Homeland Security officer fired and wounded Moore on his right shoulder before Moore shot and killed self. There was an AR-15 rifle in an unused suitcase, while a suicide note was found stating he had a "deep monster" and he wanted the police to stop him before he hurt anyone.
See also
- The world's busiest airport by passenger traffic
References
External links
- Houston Airport System - Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Houston Airport System - Houston Airports Television program today
- FAA Airport Chart Ã, (PDF) , effective June 21, 2018
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KIAH
- ASN accident history for IAH
- FlightAware airport information and direct flight trackers
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautics graph for KICAH
- IAH FAA delay information is currently
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