George Bush Intercontinental Airport

George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH/KIAH) is in Houston, US, 30 m above sea level. It has 5 runways and the longest is 3,658 m. See the diagram, each runway's data and what you fly over from here.

The diagram

08L26R08R26L092715L33R15R33L
Drawn to scale from the real coordinates of each runway end. Runways without coordinates are not drawn.

Data

Codes
IAH · KIAH
City
Houston
Country
US
Coordinates
29.9844, -95.3414
Elevation
30 m · 97 ft
Time zone
America/Chicago
Local time now
08:17
Airspace
Houston
Departures observed
714 · 440 arrivals
Most seen destinations
DFW, DEN, ORD, MEX, ATL

Departures and arrivals we saw ourselves on adsb.lol traces over 2 day(s). A floor, not the total number of movements: where no receiver is nearby, nothing is seen.

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That day’s flights

What we saw take off and land on 2026-09-03, in local time here. This is not an arrivals board: it does not say what leaves today, it says what flew that day and only what the receivers managed to see.

Took off (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftTo
19:00SKW5619E75L · N145SYDTW
19:00ASH6206E75L · N86347GSP
19:00UAL2658B739 · N61882LAX
19:00VOI730A321 · XA-VRCIAH
19:01ASH4039E75L · N89321ORF
19:02UCA4936E45X · N21197LRD
19:03UAL1535A319 · N849UADFW
19:03UAL521B39M · N17452BOS
19:04UAL2341B738 · N12218SEA
19:04UAL1028A320 · N436UAMEX
19:05UAL2674A319 · N882UAAUS
19:06UAL1373B739 · N38446IAD
19:08ASH3991E75L · N86316TUL
19:09UAL1663— · N17465PHL
19:09UAL1477B739 · N69839SAT
19:10N61FTC56X · N61FTSAT
19:10ASH4052E75L · N88331SDF
19:13XADLACL30 · XA-DLA—
19:14UAL2451B739 · N73406MCO
19:15FFT4106A20N · N331FRATL
19:24UAL62B789 · N27964GRU
19:27UAL1461B39M · N37561LAX
19:29UAL1829B739 · N69838MIA
19:30ASH6338E75L · N87337—
19:31UAL1503B38M · N27274LGA
19:32UAL1654B753 · N57863DEN
19:33DAL2943BCS3 · N330DULGA
19:34AAL678B38M · N334SMMIA
19:35SKW5283E75L · N128SYIAH
19:36AAL2416A319 · N9018EORD
19:39UAL313B737 · N29717YYZ
19:41UAL1260B738 · N76505ATL
19:43N3LLGLF5 · N3LL—
19:44AAL2438A320 · N109UWDFW
19:47SKW5278E75L · N165SYOKC
19:50UAL1691B39M · N17414SFO
19:57UCA4892E45X · N31131—
19:58UAL2086A320 · N484UACMH
19:58ASH6131E75L · N83329LIT
20:00UAL1359B738 · N76254YVR

Landed (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftFrom
19:04AAL1386B738 · N991NN—
19:08VOI730A321 · XA-VRCIAH
19:09UAL750B739 · N38458—
19:14UAL2198B39M · N47569—
19:18UAL714B739 · N36472—
19:20UAL489A21N · N34535—
19:23UAL1609A320 · N488UA—
19:24UAL1058B39M · N17591—
19:26UAL1130B39M · N17430—
19:29THY5KMB77W · TC-JJZ—
19:31UAL1033B739 · N77431—
19:34UAL2376B739 · N75410—
19:37ROU1781A319 · C-FYJE—
19:40DAL1284A321 · N338DN—
19:42UAL588A21N · N94556—
19:46SKW5243E75L · N162SY—
19:48UAL1545B738 · N33209—
19:50UAL1025A319 · N890UA—
19:52UAL1785B737 · N23708—
19:53UAL643B38M · N17361—
19:57ASH3993E75L · N85354AUS
20:04SKW5287E75L · N161SYMSY
20:08UAL1420A319 · N817UA—
20:18UAL2490B39M · N37556—
20:21UAL2765B39M · N27419—
20:23SKW5281E75L · N121SY—
20:24UAL2815B39M · N27586—
20:26UAL2741B739 · N62884—
20:28UPS781B752 · N401UP—
20:30UAL2831B739 · N68453—
20:32UAL2405A319 · N829UA—
20:33ASH4017E75L · N89304MAF
20:38UAL1921A21N · N14544—
20:41UCA4228E45X · N12145BHM
20:45ASH4055E75L · N85358—
20:49UAL1587A21N · N24526—
20:52FDX1105A306 · N658FELRD
20:55AAL1392B738 · N881NNDFW
20:57ABX120B763 · N763CKSAT
20:59DAL2109BCS3 · N338DU—

The callsign is what the aircraft transmits by radio. It usually matches the commercial flight number, but not always: sometimes it is the registration.

Showing the first 40 in each direction.

Runways (5)

RunwayLength SurfaceHeadings
15L/33R3,658 m · 12,001 ftconcrete152° · 332°
09/273,048 m · 10,000 ftasphalt90° · 270°
15R/33L3,048 m · 10,000 ftconcrete152° · 332°
08R/26L2,866 m · 9,402 ftconcrete90° · 270°
08L/26R2,743 m · 9,000 ftconcrete90° · 270°

An asterisk marks a heading derived from the runway number rather than measured. The number is a magnetic heading and the measured one is true: the derived value carries the local magnetic declination, up to 20 degrees.

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