Live flights over George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 4,303 departures and 4,412 arrivals at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, 1,245 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Chicago (ORD), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Atlanta (ATL). The airline seen most often is United Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- IAH
- ICAO code
- KIAH
- City
- Houston
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 30 m (97 ft)
- Coordinates
- 29.9844, -95.3414
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of George Bush Intercontinental Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Houston.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 564 | 558 | 1,122 |
| Mon 2 | 628 | 654 | 1,282 |
| Tue 3 | 569 | 592 | 1,161 |
| Wed 4 | 626 | 639 | 1,265 |
| Thu 5 | 638 | 669 | 1,307 |
| Fri 6 | 645 | 676 | 1,321 |
| Sat 7 | 633 | 624 | 1,257 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Chicago ORD 234 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 190 flights
- Atlanta ATL 170 flights
- Denver DEN 169 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 138 flights
- New York LGA 122 flights
- San Antonio SAT 122 flights
- Phoenix PHX 121 flights
- Miami MIA 116 flights
- San Francisco SFO 114 flights
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 113 flights
- Newark EWR 111 flights
- Austin AUS 110 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 110 flights
- Orlando MCO 101 flights
- Washington DCA 100 flights
30 more connections
- Oklahoma City OKC 99
- New Orleans MSY 97
- Monterrey MTY 91
- Lafayette LFT 87
- Memphis MEM 84
- Baton Rouge BTR 83
- Charlotte CLT 80
- Minneapolis MSP 80
- Detroit DTW 75
- Louisville SDF 72
- Shreveport SHV 70
- Boston BOS 68
- Philadelphia PHL 68
- Nashville BNA 66
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 65
- Dulles IAD 60
- Wichita ICT 60
- Birmingham BHM 58
- Huntsville HSV 31
- Tulsa TUL 31
- Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers XNA 31
- Jackson JAN 30
- Salt Lake City SLC 30
- St Louis STL 30
- Little Rock LIT 29
- San Diego SAN 29
- Tampa TPA 29
- Cancún CUN 29
- Laredo LRD 28
- Albuquerque ABQ 27
Airlines
- United AirlinesUAL 3,770
- Mesa AirlinesASH 1,134
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 741
- CommuteAirUCA 694
- American AirlinesAAL 308
- Delta Air LinesDAL 259
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 249
- GoJet AirlinesGJS 235
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 95
- Alaska AirlinesASA 75
Aircraft
- E75L 1,594
- Boeing 737-900 B739 806
- Boeing 737-800 B738 803
- B39M 771
- E45X 703
- Airbus A319 A319 543
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 384
- Airbus A321neo A21N 343
- Airbus A320 A320 312
- CRJ7 307
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of George Bush Intercontinental Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/29.9844/lon/-95.3414/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Houston right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over George Bush Intercontinental Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Houston: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of IAH, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were United Airlines, Mesa Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, CommuteAir and American Airlines.
What are the main connections from George Bush Intercontinental Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Chicago (ORD, 234), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW, 190), Atlanta (ATL, 170), Denver (DEN, 169) and Los Angeles (LAX, 138). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Houston? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for George Bush Intercontinental Airport? +
George Bush Intercontinental Airport has IATA code IAH and ICAO code KIAH. It lies in Texas, United States, at coordinates 29.9844, -95.3414.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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