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The Houston Heights, one of the earliest planned communities in Texas, is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Downtown Houston.A National Geographic article says "stroll the area's broad, tree-canopied esplanades and side streets dotted with homes dating from the early 1900s and you may think you've landed in a small town."
During the communist period (1947–1989), Băneasa Airport was TAROM's domestic hub, while Otopeni Airport was used as an international hub. In the early 2000s (decade), TAROM moved all of its activities to Otopeni (renamed Henri Coandă International Airport). [citation needed]
The new airport is planned to be constructed on an area of up to 600 hectares (1,500 acres), equipped with at least two terminals and have a capacity of around 30 million passengers p/a, supporting Bucharest Otopeni Airport as an alternative international airport both in terms of passenger and freight operations.
By 1944, it featured a beam approach system and two concrete runways, one of 1,370 metres (4,490 ft) aligned North-South and one of 1,190 metres (3,900 ft) aligned East-West. [6] After 23 August 1944, the airport was used to launch air raids on Bucharest in support of the German efforts to overthrow the new government. [ 7 ]
Otopeni (Romanian pronunciation:) is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, neighbouring the north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 21,750 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians.
Houston Mayor Annise Parker backed Southwest's fight to make Hobby an international airport on May 23, 2012. [63] On May 30, 2012, Houston's city council approved Southwest's request for international flights from Hobby. [64] The groundbreaking of the terminal expansion began in September 2013. [65]
Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZHU) is located at George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 16600 JFK Boulevard, Houston, Texas, United States 77032. [1] The Houston ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. Houston Center is the 9th busiest ARTCC in the United States. [2]
Norhill, Houston is an historic neighborhood in northwest-central Houston, TX (USA). It is adjacent to the more widely known Houston Heights neighborhood as well as Woodland Heights . Norhill is distinguished by its prevalence of bungalows and the green spaces known as esplanades .