Traveling to Houston has never been easier.  As the country's fourth largest airport system, the Houston Airport System serves about 180 cities worldwide, with Bush Intercontinental Airport ranking third among U.S. airports for nonstop destinations. 

Houston Airport System

• 4th largest multi-airport system in the country 
• 6th largest multi-airport system in the world 
• 23 airlines serve Bush and Hobby airports 
• 51.8 million passengers traveled through the three airports in 2007
• 80 million passengers traveling through HAS are projected by 2020
• Serves approximately110 U.S. and 65 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.
• Named 2005 Airport of the Year by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for outstanding primary commercial service.

Bush Intercontinental Airport

• 20 miles from downtown Houston
• Nonstop service to approximately 110 domestic destinations
• Nonstop or direct service to 65 international destinations 
• Continental Airlines' largest hub 
• Nearly 800 daily departures 
• Ranked No. 3 in the country for most scheduled nonstop destinations 
• 8th busiest airport in the U.S. for total passengers (43 million in 2007) 
• 8th largest international passenger gateway in the nation 
• 18 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
• 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 8.8 million passengers in 2007
• One of Southwest Airlines' largest hubs 
• Nonstop service to more than 32 destinations throughout the U.S.
• 43^rd busiest airport in the U.S. in total passengers in 2007 
• 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)
• Selected as the No. 1 small airport  (less than 10 million passengers) in the country for customer satisfaction in an Aviation Week traveler satisfaction report (2006)

Houston's Top five carriers and number of flights

• Continental – 4,770 weekly departures 
• Southwest – 941 weekly departures 
• Delta - 148 weekly departures
• American – 130 weekly departures 
• US Airways – 90 weekly departures
  

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