George Bush Intcntl/Houston Airport

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 5

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 15L: PAPI, four lights on the right
• Runway 33R: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
• Runway 09: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
• Runway 27: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
• Runway 15R: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
• Runway 33L: PAPI, four lights on the right
• Runway 08R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
• Runway 26L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
• Runway 08L: ILS with DME, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
• Runway 26R: ILS with DME, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 713-338-9561.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: David Wayne Hooks Memorial (12 nm northwest), West Houston Airport (20 nm southwest), William P Hobby Airport (21 nm south).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

• Dept of aviation, admin office.
• Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
• Txln 'RA', 'RB', 'RC', 'R2', and taxiway 'SC' north of taxiway 'SB' are dsgnd NON-MOVEMENT areas operd by ual ramp control.
• 9 feet above ground level unmkd security fence adjacent to the FBO (fixed-base operator) and corporate base operates ramps and nonmov area txls.
• Txln 'NR' closed to aircraft with wing spans greater than 135 feet between taxiway 'WD' and taxiway 'WB'.
• Taxiway 'SF' between taxiway 'NB' and txl 'RA' is dsgnd NON-MOV area.
• Dual taxiway operations taxiway NK between taxiway NB and north ramp; west centerline rstrd to aircraft maximum wing spans 125 feet and east centerline maximum wing spans 214 feet.
• The flwg mov areas are not vsb from the the control tower: portions of taxiways 'WA' and 'WB' from taxiway 'WH' to the aer 33R; taxiways 'WA' and 'WB' from taxiway 'WD' north for 400 feet; taxiway 'WD' from taxiway 'WA' to taxiway 'NR'; taxiway 'NR'; taxiway 'WL' from runway 15L to taxiway 'WB' and taxiway 'WM'.
• Runway 15L/33R magnetic anomalies may affect compass hdg for takeoff.
• Taxiways WA and WB magnetic anomalies may affect compass hdg.
• Apron terminal alpha north ramp NORTH-SOUTH txl closed to aircraft wingspan more than 125 feet.
• Taxiway WC west of runway 15R/33L rstrd to aircraft with 118 feet wing span and below.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 441,319, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Aircraft registered in Houston from the FAA register

1,182 aircraft are registered to owners in Houston, Texas: 613 piston singles, 273 business jets, 76 piston twins, 73 turboprops, 73 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Fuel and service companies in Houston, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

• International Trading Energy Fuels LLC
• M7 Aviation Services LLC
• Welch Aviation Services LLC

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Texas Southern University 14 aircraft · Houston
• Flying Tigers Flight School LTD 9 aircraft · Houston Flying Tigers Flight School is a flight training academy in Houston, Texas that offers pilot certification courses under FAA Part 61 and Part 141 regulations.
• Long Time Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Houston American Flyers is a flight school that has operated since 1939, offering pilot training programmes from introductory flights through airline academy preparation.
• Raiders Tigers Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Houston Raiders Tigers Flying Club is a Houston-based flight training school and 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that trains aspiring pilots for private pilot, instrument rating, commercial pilot, and flight instructor certificates.
• Northshore Flyers 1 aircraft · Houston
• Flight School INC 4 aircraft · Spring, 6 miles away The Flight School Inc.

Charter operators and airlines based in Houston (12 of 13):

• Wing Aviation Charter Services LLC 21 aircraft on the certificate
• American Jet International Corporation 14 aircraft on the certificate American Jet International is an FAA-certified air carrier based in Houston, Texas, offering on-demand charter flights, aircraft management, and air medical/medevac services.
• Lone Star Aviators, LLC 12 aircraft on the certificate Lone Star Aviators is a Part 135 certified charter operator and Part 145 repair station based in Houston and Dallas, Texas.
• Houston Jet Direct Management and Charter, Inc. 10 aircraft on the certificate Houston Jet Direct Management and Charter, Inc.
• South Florida Aviation Group LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate
• Tavaero Jet Charter Corporation 6 aircraft on the certificate Tavaero Jet Charter Corporation operates a charter jet service based in Houston, Texas, offering both executive and retail charter flights.
• Memorial Hermann Health System 6 aircraft on the certificate
• Ameritex Airways Inc. 3 aircraft on the certificate
• Paradigm Helicopters LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Paradigm Helicopters operates on-demand helicopter charter services across Texas and the Gulf Coast, based in Houston.
• Stewart, Daryl G. 2 aircraft on the certificate
• Heliroutes LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate HeliRoutes LLC operates helicopter charter services from MacArthur Airport (KISP) and Republic Airport (KFRG) in the New York area.
• Enterprise Products Company 1 aircraft on the certificate

Repair stations in Houston (12 of 24, all of them):

• Aeroplus Interiors INC AeroPlus Interiors, Inc.
• Aircraft Custom Interiors AeroPlus Interiors, Inc.
• Amtech Solutions Group LLC AMTECH Aircraft Services is an FAA Part 145 repair station based in Houston, Texas, providing line maintenance engineering, on-wing AOG recovery, and technical consulting services to commercial and cargo operators.
• Av8 Mro LLC Av8 MRO LLC is a repair station specializing in landing gear overhaul and component repair for business aviation aircraft, primarily Embraer Phenom 100/300 and Hawker 125 series.
• Brazos Avionics INC
• Bz Logistics LLC Semper Fli Aircraft Battery Shop is an FAA-certified repair station specializing in aircraft battery maintenance, repair, and recertification.
• Challenger Aviation Services INC Challenger Aviation Services Inc is an FAA-certified repair station operating from Houston Hobby Airport.
• Conocophillips CO.
• Falcon Crest Accessories INC Falcon Crest Accessories Inc.
• Friedkin Aviation Services
• General Avionics INC General Avionics is an FAA-certificated repair station in Houston, Texas, specializing in avionics installations, systems integration, and retrofits for single and twin engine aircraft.
• Harco Aviation LLC Harco Aviation is a repair station and aircraft management company based in Houston, Texas, operating from Hobby Airport and Ellington Field.

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 40 since 1982, 4 fatal

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles