George Bush Intercontinental Airport
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| George Bush Intercontinental Airport
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| IATA: IAH - ICAO: KIAH | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type
| Public | ||
| Operator
| City of Houston Department of Aviation | ||
| Serves
| Humble, Texas | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 97 ft (30 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Website
| http://www.fly2houston.com | ||
| Parts of this article may come from Wikipedia | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 15L/33R | 12,001 | 3,658 | Concrete |
| 15R/33L | 9,999 | 3,048 | Concrete |
| 9/27 | 10,000 | 3,048 | Asphalt |
| 8L/26R | 9,000 | 2,743 | Concrete |
| 8R/26L | 9,402 | 2,866 | Concrete |
Contents |
General
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is an international airport serving the Greater Houston area. It is located 23 miles (37 km) north of downtown Houston. Bush Intercontinental is Texas's second-largest air facility.
Houston Intercontinental Airport, as it was originally known, was opened in 1969. Originally, all passenger traffic from William P. Hobby Airport was moved to Intercontinental upon IAH's completion as Houston's second airport, with Hobby's remaining open as a general aviation airport. Hobby reopened two years later to commercial traffic, though virtually all international traffic remained at Intercontinental and Hobby was relegated to more local traffic.
Only Terminals A and B are originals with the airport, which has expanded greatly over the years. Lewis W. Cutrer Terminal C opened in 1981, the Mickey Leland International Airlines Building (now called Terminal D) opened in May 1990, and the new Terminal E partially opened on June 3, 2003. The rest of terminal E opened on January 7, 2004. Terminal D is the arrivals point for all international flights arriving into Houston, except for Continental Airlines which uses Terminal E. Terminal D also held customs and INS until the opening of the new Federal Inspection Service (FIS) building, which was completed on January 25, 2005.
The airport was renamed George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston, after George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States and father of current President George W. Bush, in 1997.
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is the ninth busiest for total passengers and the seventh largest international passenger gateway in the United States as well as the sixth busiest airport in the world for total aircraft movements according to the ACI World Traffic Report for 2005. In 2006, the United States Department of Transportation named George Bush Intercontinental Airport the fastest growing of the top ten airports in the United States.
The airport currently ranks third in the United States for non-stop domestic and international service with 182 destinations, trailing Chicago O'Hare International Airport with 192 destinations and Atlanta Hartsfield with 239 destinations. Furthermore, about 45% of the airport's passengers begin or terminate (O&D) their journey at the airport. Bush Intercontinental ranks as one of the major United States airports with the highest on-time performance, according to the latest United States Department of Transportation report.
With 30 destinations in Mexico, the airport offers service to more Mexican destinations than any other U.S. airport.
Gate Assignments
MetroAir operates out of Terminal E at KIAH. All aircraft utilize gate C48. (FS9 Gate C46)
Flight Planning Resources
- Aiport Diagram
- Terminal Procedures - contains SID, STAR and IAP
IFR Routes
Pilots should add their IFR route plans originating from KIAH here as a central repository for their fellow pilots.
| Destination | Route | Suggested Altitude | Charts | Preferred | Comments |
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| KDTW | LFK4 LFK J101 LIT J131 PXV VHP FWA MIZAR3 | Range: FL190-410 (odd) | KIAH KDTW |  
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Available Sceneries
| FS version | pay-/freeware | developer | available updates |
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| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - Mach-1 Design Group - IAH - Houston Intercontinental Airport - v1.0 - january 2008 | none |
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - FlightLevel390 - KIAH v2 Houston / George Bush Intercontinental Airport - december 2007 | none |
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - FlightLevel390 - KIAH Lite version 2.0 - december 2007 | none |
| FSX | freeware | AVSIM - Steve Lewis - KIAH Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport - february 2008 | none |
