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George Bush Intercontinental Airport: Houston: IAH KIAH IAH 12,001 William P. Hobby Airport: Houston: HOU KHOU HOU 7,602 Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport: Angleton/Lake Jackson, Texas: LJN KLBX LBX 7,000 Scholes International Airport at Galveston: Galveston: GLS KGLS GLS 6,001 Ellington Airport: Houston: EFD KEFD EFD 9,001 West Houston Airport
In 1969, Houston Intercontinental Airport opened. [3] In 1997 was renamed to honor George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. In 1984, Ellington Airport (formerly Ellington Air Force Base, which was deactivated in 1976) became a part of the HAS system. [3] In January 2013, the airport system announced that free Wi-Fi would be ...
The system was funded by Continental Airlines at a cost of US $58 million, and was built to provide easy access between the airline's two airport terminals. Construction was completed in a total of 30 months [7] and was the last phase of Continental's US$200 million airport expansion project. [5]
The Federal Aviation Administration and the state of Texas selected the Houston Airport System, which manages Bush, Hobby, and Ellington, as Airport of the Year for 2005, largely because of its multi-year, $3.1 billion airport improvement program for both major airports in Houston.
Dan Jones International Airport (FAA LID: T51) is a public-use airport in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States that is privately owned by Daniel Jones of Cypress. [1] The airport is located 5 nautical miles (9 km ) southwest of the city of Tomball [ 2 ] and 22 nautical miles (41 km) northwest Houston .
Eight three-car trains are used on the system, of which six operate at any single time with three-minute headways at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). They stop at eight stations in a circuit serving every terminal and the Houston Airport Hotel, for a round-trip time of 18 minutes. [3]
In 2005, the district, along with other management districts and the Houston Airport System as part of the North Corridor Coalition, asked the state government to propose alternatives for expansion of Interstate 45. [6] As of May 2015, public meetings are ongoing to present the project to area citizens and receive feedback. [7]
Houston-Southwest Airport covers an area of 165 acres (67 ha) which contains one runway designated 9/27 with a 5,002 x 100 ft (1,525 x 30 m) asphalt surface. For the 12-month period ending April 11, 2023, the airport had 42,624 aircraft operations, an average of 117 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% air taxi, and <1% military.