The History of George Bush Intercontinental Airport

The original name of this airport is Houston Intercontinental Airport, which was completed and opened in 1969. Originally, Houston planned to transfer all passengers from the old Habib airport to this airport, and reduce Habib airport to the second airport in the city, which is only for general use and no longer provides commercial flights. However, because Habib Airport is located in the urban area and the traffic is convenient, it will be reopened for short-haul commercial flights two years later, and the new Houston Intercontinental Airport will still be used for long-haul flights.

originally, there were only two terminals a and b in the airport. with the increase of passengers and flights, the airport has been continuously expanded. In 1981, Terminal C was completed and opened; In May 199, Terminal D began to operate, and the latest Terminal E was opened in two stages on June 3, 23 and January 7, 24. Terminal D is the arrival station of all international flights to Houston except Continental Airlines. Continental Airlines uses Terminal E for its international flights. Before the completion of the Federal Security Service Building on January 25th, 25, the customs and immigration offices were located in Terminal D..

in 1997, the airport was named the 41st president of the United States, George W. Bush, and became the intercontinental airport of Houston.