IAH — George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- IATA code
- IAH
- ICAO code
- KIAH
- City code
- HOU
- All Houston airports
- Passengers
- 46,520,116
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 239
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−6 / UTC−5
- America/Chicago
- Elevation
- 30 m
- 98 ft
- Runways
- 5
- Longest 3,658 m
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About IAH
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is a large airport serving Houston, United States. It opened in 1969 and is run by Houston Airport System. 46,520,116 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 239 nonstop routes from IAH. On tickets, the city code HOU covers it together with the other Houston airports.
Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from IAH
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| IAH → ORD | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| IAH → DEN | 1,387 km | 1,641,444 |
| IAH → LAX | 2,219 km | 1,544,652 |
| IAH → ATL | 1,109 km | 1,430,755 |
| IAH → DFW | 361 km | 1,257,452 |
| IAH → SFO | 2,632 km | 1,223,236 |
| IAH → MCO | 1,375 km | 1,147,728 |
| IAH → EWR | 2,252 km | 1,135,261 |
| IAH → LGA | 2,279 km | 1,049,227 |
| IAH → LAS | 1,966 km | 1,028,809 |
| IAH → MIA | 1,552 km | 970,988 |
| IAH → MEX | 1,228 km | 829,669 |
| IAH → FLL | 1,554 km | 778,385 |
| IAH → PHX | 1,623 km | 771,573 |
| IAH → CLT | 1,469 km | 708,983 |
| IAH → CUN | 1,305 km | 669,542 |
| IAH → MSY | 490 km | 664,139 |
| IAH → SAL | 1,942 km | 641,479 |
| IAH → AUS | 225 km | 625,096 |
| IAH → SEA | 3,016 km | 613,240 |
| IAH → DTW | 1,730 km | 594,465 |
| IAH → SAT | 307 km | 592,728 |
| IAH → DCA | 1,944 km | 577,565 |
| IAH → BOS | 2,570 km | 563,422 |
| IAH → IAD | 1,915 km | 522,211 |
| IAH → LHR | 7,780 km | 510,582 |
| IAH → SAN | 2,097 km | 478,307 |
| IAH → PHL | 2,132 km | 470,013 |
| IAH → MTY | 661 km | 450,292 |
| IAH → TPA | 1,267 km | 446,448 |
| IAH → SLC | 1,923 km | 440,758 |
| IAH → MSP | 1,664 km | 433,137 |
| IAH → BWI | 1,988 km | 384,594 |
| IAH → FRA | 8,420 km | 372,228 |
| IAH → GUA | 1,776 km | 371,893 |
| IAH → GDL | 1,319 km | 366,457 |
| IAH → PDX | 2,936 km | 342,124 |
| IAH → BNA | 1,057 km | 332,878 |
| IAH → SJO | 2,497 km | 327,451 |
| IAH → OKC | 636 km | 319,320 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at IAH
- UA United Air Lines · 201,081 flights
- YV Mesa Airlines · 64,454 flights
- C5 CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir · 48,589 flights
- OO SkyWest Airlines · 31,410 flights
- DL Delta Air Lines · 16,525 flights
- AA American Airlines · 15,726 flights
- NK Spirit Air Lines · 10,392 flights
- F9 Frontier Airlines · 10,279 flights
- VB Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V. · 2,993 flights
- MQ Envoy Air · 2,529 flights
- AS Alaska Airlines · 2,403 flights
- AC Air Canada · 2,272 flights
- Y4 Concesionaria Vuela Compania De Aviacion SA de CV (Volaris) · 2,230 flights
- YX Republic Airline · 1,803 flights
- B6 JetBlue Airways · 1,308 flights
- TA Taca International Airlines · 1,268 flights
- BA British Airways · 1,240 flights
- WS Westjet · 1,147 flights
- AM Aeromexico · 1,036 flights
- TK Turk Hava Yollari A.O. · 913 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 79%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 1.1%
- Departures counted
- 118,497
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Other airports in Houston
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| HOU | William P. Hobby Airport | 38 km |
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| CLL | Easterwood Field | 119 km |
| BPT | Jack Brooks Regional Airport | 127 km |
| VCT | Victoria Regional Airport | 198 km |
| LCH | Lake Charles Regional Airport | 204 km |
| AUS | Austin Bergstrom International Airport | 225 km |
Distance from IAH to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15L/33R | 3,658 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 09/27 | 3,048 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
| 15R/33L | 3,048 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 08R/26L | 2,866 m | 46 m | Concrete |
| 08L/26R | 2,743 m | 46 m | Concrete |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Houston, Texas, United States · 29.9844, -95.3414
Questions
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