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In 2006, the United States Department of Transportation named Bush Intercontinental one of the top ten fastest growing airports in the United States. [citation needed] The second-largest commercial airport in Houston is the William P. Hobby Airport (named Houston International Airport until 1967).
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. Initially named Houston Intercontinental Airport upon its opening in 1969, it was renamed in honor of George H. W. Bush , the 41st president of the United ...
The airport is located in Burbank, and serves the heavily populated areas of northern Los Angeles County. It is the closest airport to the central and northeastern parts of L.A. (including Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles), Glendale, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, the Santa Clarita Valley, and the western San Gabriel Valley.
Opened in 1969 along with the airport, the train system was replaced in 1981 with the current WEDway system, built by WED Transportation Systems, a division of what is now known as Walt Disney Imagineering. The Subway serves approximately 240,000 passengers per month, for a yearly ridership averaging 2.9 million. [1]
During the overnight hours, Los Angeles Metro line 40 offers service to Downtown Los Angeles. [4] In 1984, the LAX City Bus Center opened on 96th Street near Sepulveda Boulevard to easily connect riders to the LAX Terminals. On December 7, 2018, a new US$5.8 million bus center was opened near the site of the original.
The carrier added jet service in the late 1960s beginning with the Douglas DC-9-10 followed by the Boeing 727-200 on the following routes: Amarillo-Lubbock-Midland-San Angelo-Houston Intercontinental Airport, Amarillo-Lubbock-Midland-El Paso-Los Angeles, and Amarillo-Lubbock-Dallas. All service was discontinued in 1977 but would return in late ...
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]
Houston Airport System (HAS) is a department of the City of Houston, Texas, United States that manages city airports. Its administrative offices are on the property of George Bush Intercontinental Airport. [1] [2] It operates Bush, William P. Hobby Airport, and Ellington Airport in Houston. The city of Houston acquired Hobby Airport in 1937. [3]