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Aircraft operations. 422,003. Sources: Fly2Houston.com [ 1 ] and Federal Aviation Administration [ 2 ] George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH, FAA LID: IAH) [ 3 ] is an international airport in Houston, Texas, United States, serving the Greater Houston metropolitan area.
William P. Hobby Airport (IATA: HOU, ICAO: KHOU, FAA LID: HOU) — colloquially referred to as Houston Hobby or other short names — is an international airport in Houston, Texas, located 7 mi (11 km) from downtown Houston. [ 4 ] Hobby is Houston's oldest commercial airport, and was its primary airport until the Houston Intercontinental ...
48,726 (2010) Pop. density. 342.21/km 2 (886.32/sq mi) Galveston Island (/ ˈɡælvɪstən / GAL-vis-tən) is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States, about 50 miles (80.5 km) southeast of Houston. The entire island, with the exception of Jamaica Beach, is within the city limits of the City of Galveston in Galveston County.
This beach is known as Bryan Beach. It is just a few miles away from Surfside and Quintana beaches. Texas State Highway 288, the Nolan Ryan Expressway, leads north from Freeport 17 miles (27 km) to Angleton, the county seat, and 61 miles (98 km) to downtown Houston. Texas State Highway 36 leads northwest 15 miles (24 km) to Brazoria.
Crystal Beach. Crystal Beach (center right) on Bolivar Peninsula, southeast of Houston. Crystal Beach is an unincorporated community in the Bolivar Peninsula census-designated place, in Galveston County, Texas, United States. Also known as Patton, Crystal Beach stretches 7 miles (10 km) along Texas State Highway 87 in the middle of Bolivar ...
2411580 [3] Website. Official website. La Porte (/ lə ˈpɔːrt / lə PORT) is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, within the Bay Area of the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 35,124. [4] La Porte is the fourth-largest incorporated city in Harris County.
The Galveston Bay Area, also known as Bay Area Houston or simply the Bay Area, [2][3] is a region that surrounds the Galveston Bay estuary of Southeast Texas in the United States, within Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. Normally the term refers to the mainland communities around the bay and excludes Galveston as well as ...
FIPS code. 48-72989 [4] GNIS feature ID. 1388537 [5] Website. https://villageoftikiisland.gov/. Tiki Island is a village in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,106 at the 2020 census. [3]