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George Bush Intercontinental Airport

airport serving Houston, Texas, U.S.
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Summary

George Bush Intercontinental Airport is an international airport[1]. It ranks in the top 0.95% of international airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,147 views/month, #11 of 1,156).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Houston[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: airport[5], commercial traffic aerodrome[6]
  • Owned by: Houston[7]
  • Operator: Houston Airport System[8]
  • Named after: George H. W. Bush[9], Houston[10]
  • IATA airport code: IAH[11]
  • ICAO airport code: KIAH[12]
  • FAA airport code: IAH[13]
  • Commons category: George Bush Intercontinental Airport[14]
  • Scheduled service destination: Auckland Airport[15], Vancouver International Airport[16], Toronto Pearson International Airport[17], Tokyo International Airport[18], Narita International Airport[19]
  • Has part(s): Terminal A[20], Terminal B[21], Terminal C[22], Terminal D[23], Terminal E[24], International Arrivals & Federal Inspection Facility (Houston-Intercontinental)[25], People movers at George Bush Intercontinental Airport[26]
  • Runway: 08L/26R[27], 08R/26L[28], 09/27[29], 15L/33R[30], 15R/33L[31]
  • Coordinate location: 29.984444444444, -95.341388888889[32]
  • Participant: Goleman and Rolfe[33], George F. and Abel B. Pierce[34]
  • Official website: https://www.fly2houston.com/iah[35]
  • Topic's main category: Category:George Bush Intercontinental Airport[36]
  • Place served by transport hub: Houston[37]
  • Date of official opening: June 1969[38]
  • Native label: George Bush Intercontinental Airport[39]
  • Short name: Houston - George Bush[40]
  • Different from: George Ford Airport[41], George Washington Bridge heliport[42], George M. Bryan Airport[43], Georgetown-Scott County Airport[44], George Airport[45], George Harms Const heliport[46], George L Scott Municipal Airport[47], George P Shanks Airport[48], George Felt Airport[49], George T Mc Cutchan Airport[50], George Downer Airport[51], George R Carr Memorial Air Field[52], George T. Lewis Airport[53], Georgetown Airport[54]
  • Elevation above sea level: 97[55]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 29.98444, -95.34144[56]

Why It Matters

George Bush Intercontinental Airport has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Related Entities

George H. W. Bush United Airlines United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  2. 19w ago · Geoffroi · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Airport logo of George Bush Intercontinental-International A
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Logo image: Airport logo of George Bush Intercontinental-International Airport.svg, ([[c:GR|GR]]) [[c:COM:FR|File renamed]]: [[File:Airport logo of George Bush Intercon"
  3. 19w ago · Heaven is heaven btw · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 29.984444444444, 'longitude': -95.341388888889}
    Named after → George H. W. Bush, Houston
    Country → United States
    Official website → https://www.fly2houston.com/iah
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Logo image: Airport logo of George Bush Intercontinental-International Airport_(1).svg"
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