Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Skyway (formerly TerminaLink) is an automated people mover system operating at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas.The system is 0.7 miles (1.1 km) long, [2] and runs along the north side of the airport, beyond airport security. [3]
Eight three-car trains are used on the system, of which six operate at any single time with three-minute headways at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). They stop at eight stations in a circuit serving every terminal and the Houston Airport Hotel, for a round-trip time of 18 minutes. [3]
The airport covers 1,410 acres (570 ha) at an elevation of 749 feet (228 m). It has three runways: 17L/35R, which measures 9,000 by 150 feet (2,743 x 46 m) and is made from asphalt/concrete; 17R/35L, which measures 4,008 by 100 feet (1,222 x 30 m) and is also made from asphalt/concrete, and 13/31, which measures 2,277 by 60 feet (694 x 18 m) and is made from asphalt.
New terminal buildings were opened on 12 September 1954, and 17 May 1971. By 1976, the airport had also become a US Customs port of entry, becoming Amarillo International Airport. [3] The original English Field terminal building was converted in 1997 to a museum maintained by the Texas Aviation Historical Society.
South Texas International Airport at Edinburg (ICAO: KEBG, FAA LID: EBG) is in Hidalgo County, Texas, ten miles north of Edinburg. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It received its name in July 2007, prior to which it was Edinburg International Airport .
In 1974, Texas International Airlines was flying Douglas DC-9-10s between Corpus Christi and Mexico City via McAllen, TX, and DC-9s twice a week to Tampico and Veracruz via McAllen in 1975. [3] [4] In 1967, Mexicana de Aviacion Douglas DC-6s flew direct to Mexico City via Monterrey three days a week. [5]
Service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program until March 13, 2005, [3] [4] when it ended due to federal law not allowing a subsidy over $200 per passenger for communities within 210 miles of the nearest large or medium hub airport (Brownwood is 145 miles from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, a medium hub.) [5] Federal ...
East Texas Regional Airport (IATA: GGG, ICAO: KGGG, FAA LID: GGG) is an airport located in an unincorporated area, [2] in Gregg County, Texas, United States. [1] The airport is just south of the city of Lakeport, and is 9 mi (7.8 nmi; 14 km) south of Longview. Its IATA identifier GGG comes from its prior name, Gregg County Airport.