George Bush Intercontinental Airport, (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH, FAA LID: IAH) is a Class B international airport in Houston, Texas—the United States’ fourth largest populated city, and serving Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area, the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Located about 23 miles (37 km) north of Downtown Houston, between Interstate 45 and U.S. Highway 59, George Bush Intercontinental Airport has scheduled flights to domestic and international destinations. The airport is named after George H. W. Bush, the 43rd Vice President and the 41st President of the United States.
GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL HOUSTON AIRPORT HISTORY
The site for Bush Intercontinental Airport was originally purchased by a group of civic-minded Houston businessmen in 1957 to preserve the site until the city of Houston could formulate a plan for a second airport. The holding company for the land was named the Jet Era Ranch Corporation, but a typo-graphical error transformed the words “Jet Era” into “Jetero” and the airport site subsequently became known as the Jetero airport site. Although the name Jetero was no longer used in official planning documents after 1961, the eastern entrance to the airport was named Jetero Boulevard. Most of Jetero Boulevard was subsequently renamed Will Clayton Parkway.
GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL HOUSTON AIRPORT LOCATION
George Bush Intercontinental Airport, (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH, FAA LID: IAH) is a Class B international airport in Houston, Texas—the United States’ fourth largest populated city, and serving Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area, the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL HOUSTON AIRPORT FACTS
ICAO/IATA: IAH/KIAH
Lat: 29.98439979553223
Long: -95.34140014648438
Elevation: 97 ft.
Runway length available: 08R/26L 9402×150 ft. :: 08L/26R 9000×150 ft. :: 09/27 10000×150 ft. :: 15R/33L 9999×150 ft. :: 15L/33R 12001×150 ft.
