Live flights over George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,276 departures and 1,282 arrivals at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, 1,279 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 674 | 666 | 1,340 |
| Sat 24 | 602 | 616 | 1,218 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Chicago ORD 71 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 60 flights
- Atlanta ATL 52 flights
- Denver DEN 50 flights
- Los Angeles LAX 45 flights
- San Francisco SFO 39 flights
- Orlando MCO 37 flights
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 36 flights
- Newark EWR 35 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 35 flights
- San Antonio SAT 35 flights
- Austin AUS 34 flights
- New Orleans MSY 33 flights
- New York LGA 31 flights
- Oklahoma City OKC 30 flights
- Phoenix PHX 30 flights
28 more connections
- Monterrey MTY 28
- Charlotte CLT 27
- Washington DCA 27
- Miami MIA 27
- Baton Rouge BTR 26
- Detroit DTW 26
- Louisville SDF 26
- Memphis MEM 24
- Salt Lake City SLC 23
- Boston BOS 22
- Wichita ICT 22
- Lafayette LFT 21
- Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers XNA 21
- Birmingham BHM 19
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 19
- Nashville BNA 18
- Dulles IAD 18
- Lubbock LBB 18
- Huntsville HSV 17
- Indianapolis IND 17
- Seattle SEA 12
- Minneapolis MSP 11
- Philadelphia PHL 10
- Tulsa TUL 10
- Toronto YYZ 9
- Little Rock LIT 9
- Albuquerque ABQ 8
- Kansas City MCI 8
Airlines
- United AirlinesUAL 1,071
- Mesa AirlinesASH 325
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 234
- CommuteAirUCA 219
- American AirlinesAAL 90
- Delta Air LinesDAL 87
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 79
- GoJet AirlinesGJS 75
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 26
- Air Transport InternationalATN 25
Aircraft
- E75L 460
- B39M 244
- Boeing 737-900 B739 236
- Boeing 737-800 B738 224
- E45X 219
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 154
- Airbus A319 A319 119
- Airbus A321neo A21N 110
- CRJ7 93
- CRJ2 92
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 (23–24 October 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 (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Chicago (ORD, 71), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW, 60), Atlanta (ATL, 52), Denver (DEN, 50) and Los Angeles (LAX, 45). 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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