IAH — Houston Intercontinental Airport
Opened in 1969 far north of Houston on cheap land bought with expansion in mind. The city's long-haul gateway.
The airport
- City
- Houston
- Country/region
- United States of America
- Runway
- 3,658 m
- Slots
- 270
- Open
- 1969 onwards
- International flights
- Accepted
- Playable in
- US Widebody Golden Age · US Jet Age to Modern · US Low-Cost & Globalization · US Modern
Its 3,658 m runway takes 182 of the game's 182 aircraft types — up to the Airbus A380-800.
About Houston
Fourth-largest US city, near the Gulf of Mexico, and the global centre of the oil industry. Petrochemicals, shipping and NASA's manned spaceflight programme drive it.
Population about 5,946,000 at the game's 2010 snapshot.
Houston is a business market: its traffic comes from companies and connections rather than from holidays, which rewards frequency over seat count.