George Bush Intercontinental Airport facts for kids

Quick facts for kids George Bush Intercontinental Airport
The airport as seen from the air
IATA: IAH ICAO: KIAH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Houston
Operator	Houston Airport System
Serves	Houston, Texas
Location	Houston, Texas
Hub for	United Airlines
Website	http://www.fly2houston.com/iahAbout

George Bush Intercontinental Airport is an international airport in Houston, Texas. It opened in June 1969.

The airport has five runways. At least 700 planes takeoff from the airport daily. These planes carried 40,007,345 passengers during the year of 2009. Planes fly from this airport to around 170 cities in the world.

Airlines

These are the airlines that operates at Houston Bush Airport as of November 2018:

• Aeroméxico
• Aeroméxico Connect
• Air Canada
• Air Canada Express
• Air China
• Air France
• Air New Zealand
• Alaska Airlines
• All Nippon Airways
• American Airlines
• American Eagle
• Avianca El Salvador
• Bahamasair
• Boutique Air
• British Airways
• Delta Air Lines
• Delta Connection
• Emirates
• EVA Air
• Frontier Airlines
• Interjet
• KLM

• Lufthansa
• Qatar Airways
• Scandinavian Airlines
• Singapore Airlines
• Spirit Airlines (focus city)
• Sunwing Airlines
• TACA Airlines
• Turkish Airlines
• United Airlines (hub)
• United Express
• US Airways
• Vacation Express
• VivaAerobus
• Volaris
• WestJet

Images for kids

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  George Bush Intercontinental Airport's air traffic control tower

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  IAH runway 33L and 33R

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  A typical lineup at Terminal D showing Lufthansa, Air France, British Airways and KLM aircraft

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  Terminal A

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  Flag posts of G7 member countries plus the European Union titled "Light Spikes" located outside the airport entrance

See also

In Spanish: Aeropuerto Intercontinental George Bush para niños