George Bush Intercontinental Airport

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Template:Airport frame Template:Airport title |- |align="center" colspan="4"|Image:Header left.jpg {{Airport infobox 

| IATA = IAH
| ICAO = KIAH
| type = Public
| run by = City of Houston
Department of Aviation
| opened = June, 1969
| closest town = Houston, Texas
| distance = 15 miles (24 km) N
| elevation_ft = 97
| elevation_m = 29.6
| coordinates = 29° 59' 03.96" N 
 95° 20' 29.19" W

}} Template:Runway title {{Runway 

| runway_angle = 08L/26R
| runway_length_f = 9,000
| runway_length_m = 2,743
| runway_surface = Concrete

}} {{Runway 

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| runway_length_m = 2,866
| runway_surface = Concrete

}} {{Runway 

| runway_angle = 09/27
| runway_length_f = 10,000
| runway_length_m = 3,048
| runway_surface = Asphalt

}} {{Runway 

| runway_angle = 15L/33R
| runway_length_f = 12,001
| runway_length_m = 3,658
| runway_surface = Concrete

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}} Template:Airport end frame Image:Bush Intercontinental Airport.jpg George Bush Intercontinental Airport Template:Airport codes is twenty miles north of downtown Houston, Texas, USA. It is located between Interstate 45 and Highway 59, inside the Houston city limits in the Aldine area, and is adjacent to Humble.

Bush Intercontinental has flights to other parts of the United States, as well as to Canada, Central and South America, Europe, and Asia. The airport is Texas' second largest air facility, after the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. It is the ninth busiest in the United States for total passengers, and nineteenth busiest worldwide. Furthermore, George Bush Intercontinental has the highest on-time performance of any major United States airport, according to the latest United States Department of Transportation report.

Houston is the headquarters of Continental Airlines, and IAH is Continental's largest hub, with 771 daily departures. Because of Houston's proximity to American Airlines' hub in Dallas-Fort Worth, that airline also maintains a large presence at IAH. A long list of cities within Texas, as well as international destinations are served directly from this airport. With 30 destinations in Mexico, IAH offers service to more Mexican destinations than any other US airport. IAH currently ranks 2nd in the United States among U.S. airports with scheduled non-stop domestic and international service (221 destinations), trailing only Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson with 250 destinations.The airport is the seventh gateway in the nation for international travel, according to the ACI World Traffic Report 2004.

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History

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, 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. 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. The new Federal Inspection Service (FIS) building 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 President George W. Bush, in 1997.

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Artwork

George Bush Intercontinental Airport features artwork by several nationally recognized artists. The artwork was commissioned in 1998.

Ed Carpenter's "Light Wings", a multicolored glass sculpture suspended below a sky light, adornes the Terminal A North Concourse. In Terminal A South Concourse stands Terry Allen's "Countree Music". Allen's piece is a cast bronze tree that plays instrumental music by Joe Ely and David Byrne, though the music is normally turned off. The corridor leading to Terminal A displays Leamon Green's “Passing Through”, a 200-foot etched glass wall depicting airport travelers.

The elevators in Terminal B are cased in futuristic stainless steel accordian shaped structures designed by Rachel Hecker. The corridor leading to Terminal B has Dixie Friend Gay's "Houston Bayou". This work is composed of an 8 x 75 ft (2.4 x 23 m) Byzantine glass mosaic mural depicting scenes from Houston's bayous and wetlands, several bronze animals embedded in the floor, and five mosaic columns.

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Airlines and destinations

Image:05461AD2 copy.jpg Bush Intercontinental Airport has five terminals and encompasses 10,000 acres (40 km²). A train called TerminaLink connects Terminals B, C, and the International Arrivals Building (adjacent to Terminals D and E) for those with connecting flights in different terminals from their arrival and is located in the secure zone of the airport, allowing passengers to not have to reenter security. There are also walkways connecting the terminals behind the security checkpoints. An underground train outside of the secure zone connects all five terminals and the airport hotel and can be accessed by all.

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Terminal A

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Terminal B

  • Continental Airlines
    • Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Alexandra, Amarillo, Atlanta, Austin, Bakersfield, Baton Rouge, Beaumont, Birmingham (AL), Boise, Brownsville, Charleston (SC), Charleston (WV), Charlotte, Chicago-O'Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Colorado Springs, Columbia (SC), Columbus, Corpus Christi, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dallas/Love, Dayton, Des Moines, El Paso, Fayetteville (AR), Fort Walton Beach, Grand Rapids, Greensboro, Greenville, Gulfport, Harlingen, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jackson, Jacksonville, Killeen, Kansas City, Knoxville, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Laredo, Lexington, Little Rock, Louisville, Lubbock, McAllen, Memphis, Midland/Odessa, Milwaukee, Mobile, Nashville, Nassau, New Orleans, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Palm Springs, Pensacola, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Salt Lake City, Sarasota/Bradenton, Savannah, Shreveport, St. Louis, Tallahassee, Toronto, Tucson, Tulsa, Victoria (TX), Washington Dulles, West Palm Beach, Wichita)
  • Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
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Terminal C

(Lewis W. Cutter Terminal C)

  • Continental Airlines (U.S. and Canada) (Albuquerque, Anchorage, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham (AL), Boston, Calgary, Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, El Paso, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Gulfport, Gunnison, Hartford, Hayden, Honolulu, Indianapolis, Kahului, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, McAllen, Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montrose, New Orleans, New York-LaGuardia, Newark, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, Orange County, Orlando, Pensacola, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), San Juan, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, Toronto, Tucson, Tulsa, Eagle County, Vancouver, Washington/Dulles, Washington/Reagan, West Palm Beach)
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International Terminal D

(Mickey Leland International Airlines Building)
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Commercial

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Charter Airlines

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International Terminal E

  • Continental Airlines (Direct International) (Acapulco, Amsterdam, Aruba, Belize City, Bogotá, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Cali, Cancún, Caracas, Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Guadalajara, Guam, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Kralendijk, León, Liberia (CR), Lima, London-Gatwick, Managua, Mérida, Mexico City, Montego Bay, Monterrey, Panama City, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Port-of-Spain, Puerto Vallarta, Quito, Rio de Janeiro-Galeão, Roatán, Rome-Fiumicino, San Jose del Cabo, San José (CR), San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Tegucigalpa, Tokyo-Narita)
    • Continental Express (Mexico and Guatemala) (Acapulco, Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Ciudad Del Carmen, Durango, Flores, Guadalajara, Huatulco, Ixtapa-Zihuatenejo, León, Manzanillo, Mazatlán, Mexico City, Monclova, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Saltillo, San José del Cabo, San Luis Potosí, Tampico, Toluca, Torreón, Veracruz, Villahermosa)
  • In the past, this airport was also served by Royal Jordanian, South African Airways, and Southwest Airlines.
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Cargo

IAH ranks as the eleventh largest gateway in the United States in terms of international air cargo moved. For the second year in a row, Air Cargo World honored Bush Intercontinental Airport with the ACE Award for Excellence in the category of airports with less than 500,000 tons of air cargo annually.

Because of the 4.2% annual growth rate in cargo over the last five years, the Houston Airport System decided to create the 125 million dollar, 550,000 sq ft (51,095 m2) George Bush Intercontinental CargoCenter, which opened in January of 2003. The new facility can handle up to 20 widebody aircraft at one time. The CargoCenter has its own seperate Federal Inspection Facitilty (FIS), that houses US Customs, Immigration and Nauturalization Service (INS), Department of Agrictulture and US Health Inspection Services.

The CargoCenter's next project, in accordance to increasing demand, called International Air CargoCenter II, will be an approximately 60,000 sq ft (18,288 m2) perishable cargo handling facility. It will be located in the IAH CargoCenter and offer direct ramp access for cargo airlines as well as importers and distributors of perishable goods.

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Cargo Airlines

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IAH Cargo Center Third Party Developers

  • Aeroterm
  • AMB Property Corporation
  • Lynxs Group
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IAH Cargo Center Ground Handling

  • Air General
  • Cargo Airport Services USA
  • Genesis Aircraft Support
  • Integrated Airline Services
  • Menzies Aviation Group
  • Servisair Cargo
  • World Wide
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External links

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