Flights to Houston George Bush

Airport Houston - George Bush Intercontinental Airport, TX IAH

George Bush Intercontinental Airport, after Dallas-Fort Worth, is the second most important airport in the US state of Texas. By passenger numbers and flights operated it is also one of the twenty largest airports in the world and one of the ten largest in the USA . There is another far smaller airport mainly used for regional flights in the Houston area, Houston-Hobby.

• URL: Official website
• Parking: Yes; paid parking – more than 25000 short and long stay car parking spaces some of which are in multi storey car parks.
• Nearby cities: Houston (25 km), Pasadena (35 km)
• Directions by car: The airport is between the Interstate 45 and the US Highway 59, near the town of Aldine, about 50 km or 30 miles north of downtown Houston.
• Stations: The Amtrak route "Sunset Limited" (Los Angeles - New Orleans) serves Houston.

Location

Officially opened in 1969, the airport is about 40 km or 30 miles north of downtown Houston, near the town of Aldine. The airport is best reached using the US-Highway 59, Texas State Route 548 or Interstate I-45.

The bus numbers 500 (Airport Direct) and #102 operate regularly between the Transit Center in downtown Houston and the airport. The Amtrak is about 2 km (less than a mile) north of the Transit Center and is served by a number of bus routes from downtowns.

Bus transfer to Houston Hobby Airport is provided by the 500 to the Transit Center downtown, then change to bus number 50. Current timetable details are available there or on the internet. Alternatively, please take a taxi, shuttle bus, taxi, limousine or rent a car.