# George Bush Intercontinental Houston Airport (IAH)

> Houston, US · IATA: IAH · ICAO: KIAH · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `IAH` |
| ICAO | `KIAH` |
| City | Houston |
| Country | US |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 30 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 29.98440, -95.34140 |

## Description

About 552,600 tonnes of air cargo moved through George Bush Intercontinental (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH) in 2025 — the Houston Airport System as a whole handled nearly 563,000 tonnes, a fresh record and roughly 1.9% above the previous high set in 2022 — and a striking share of it is measured not in parcels but in drill bits, valves and compressor parts: Houston is the world's energy capital, and IAH is its airfreight arm. Since January 2026, Silk Way West Airlines has flown a second weekly Boeing 747-8F freighter nonstop to Baku. Project cargo and AOG shipments for oil and gas are daily routine, flown by international freighter operators including Lufthansa Cargo, Cargolux, Qatar Airways Cargo and Atlas Air, on top of the belly capacity of a United hub handling more than 40 million passengers a year; electronics, semiconductors and advanced-manufacturing volumes are a growing second pillar. The airport's $1.46 billion Terminal Redevelopment Program, including a new Terminal D-West Pier with six widebody gates, is nearing completion in early 2026. Surface links are Texas-sized: I-45, I-10 and I-69 connect the field to the entire Gulf Coast, while the Port of Houston – America's number one by foreign trade tonnage – makes the city a complete sea-air node. Pharma keeps growing too, anchored by the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical complex. In Houston, tonnage is just another thing that gets pumped.

---

*Freight Academy — Airport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/george-bush-intercontinental-houston-airport-iah](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/george-bush-intercontinental-houston-airport-iah)*

*Markdown mirror: [https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/george-bush-intercontinental-houston-airport-iah](https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/george-bush-intercontinental-houston-airport-iah)*

*LLM-Summary (JSON): https://www.freight-academy.com/api/v1/airports/george-bush-intercontinental-houston-airport-iah/llm-summary*