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Traveling to Houston has never been easier. As the country's fourth largest airport system, the Houston Airport System serves over 180 cities worldwide, with Bush Intercontinental Airport ranking fourth among U.S. airports for nonstop destinations. Houston Airport System
- 4th largest multi-airport system in the country
- 21 airlines serve Bush and Hobby airports
- 49.5 million passengers traveled through the three airports in 2010
- 80 million passengers traveling through HAS are projected by 2020
- Serves 113 U.S. and 67 international destinations
- Houston is the primary gateway to Latin America—No. 1 in the nation in the number of weekly nonstop flights to Mexico.
- Wi-Fi Internet service is available at both Bush Intercontinental and Houston Hobby in most airport public areas, including gates, restaurants, ticketing and baggage claim.
- Houston ranked No. 1 by Travel + Leisure readers for America's best airports (2009).
Bush Intercontinental Airport
- 20 miles from downtown Houston
- Nonstop service to 113 domestic destinations
- Nonstop or direct service to 67 international destinations
- Houston is the largest hub for the newly merged United Airlines, measured by daily departing seats available.
- More 670 daily departures
- Ranked No. 4 in the country for most scheduled nonstop destinations
- Ranked 8th in the U.S. for total passenger traffic
- Ranked 8th in the U.S. for international passenger traffic
- Ranked 18th in the world for total passenger traffic
- 17 passenger airlines
- 5 passenger terminals
- More than 10,000 acres
- More than 23,000 parking spaces
- New $440 million Terminal E and Federal Inspection Services (FIS) with 84 primary inspection booths that can process more than 4,500 passengers per hour
- One of 20 airports in the nation to deploy a Global Entry kiosk that can turn an hour wait in the customs line into an average of 40 seconds.
- Ranked No. 4 for customer satisfaction among large North American airports in a study by J.D. Power and Associates (2008)
- Voted the No. 4 airport in the country by readers of Global Traveler magazine (2008).
William P. Hobby Airport
- 11 miles from downtown Houston
- Served more than 9 million passengers in 2010
- One of Southwest Airlines' largest hubs
- Nonstop service to more than 35 destinations throughout the U.S.
- Ranked 40th in the U.S. for total passenger traffic
- Ranked 150th in the world in total passenger traffic (out of 1336 ranked airports or in the top 11.2% range by total airport rankings)
- Acquired by the City of Houston in 1937
- Rated among the top five performing airports in the world by Airports Council International (2009)
- Ranked No. 2 for customer satisfaction among small North American airports in a study by J.D. Power and Associates (2008)
Houston's Top five carriers and number of flights
- The new United - 4,238 weekly departures
- Southwest - 890 weekly departures
- Delta - 220 weekly departures
- American - 137 weekly departures
- US Airways - 93 weekly departures

Key Flight Times to Houston From Key Destinations
| Alburquerque |
2:05 hrs. |
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Minneapolis |
2:40 hrs. |
| Atlanta |
1:50 hrs. |
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New Orleans |
1:00 hrs. |
| Boston |
3:40 hrs. |
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New York City |
3:20 hrs. |
| Chicago |
2:25 hrs. |
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Philadelphia |
3:10 hrs. |
| Cleveland |
2:35 hrs. |
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Phoenix |
2:40 hrs. |
| Dallas/Ft. Worth |
30 min. |
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San Diego |
3:20 hrs. |
| Denver |
2:20 hrs. |
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San Francisco |
4:10 hrs. |
| Los Angeles |
3:30 hrs. |
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Seattle |
4:30 hrs. |
| Miami |
2:20 hrs. |
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Washington, D.C. |
2:50 hrs. |
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