Airports in Texas
Texas has the highest number of airports among all the states in the U.S. Air transportation is a major mode of public transportation in the state. Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport are the major international airports in Texas state.
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
In terms of area and passengers transported, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is the biggest airport in Texas. It is also popularly referred to as DFW. By area, it is the fourth biggest in the world and the second biggest in the U.S. The area of the airport is 18,076 acres (73.15 km2).
In terms of traffic movement, Dallas Fort Worth is the busiest in Texas and the fourth busiest in the U.S. It is the sixth busiest worldwide and transports 26,663,984 passengers every year. American/American Eagle of AMR Corporation., the biggest airline in the world in terms of passenger fleet volume and overall passenger-miles traveled, uses Dallas Fort Worth as its principal and biggest hub. DFW serves 46 overseas and 144 domestic destinations. The airport has five terminals. The top domestic destinations of DFW are listed below :
- Chicago, IL
- Atlanta, GA
- Denver, CO
- Los Angeles, CA
- San Antonio, TX
- Las Vegas, NV
- Austin, TX
- Phoenix, AZ
- Miami, FL
- New York, NY
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is the second biggest airport in Texas. It is located in Houston. George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) serves as the biggest hub of Continental Airlines, which is also based in Houston. It is a Class B International Airport that serves the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown Metropolitan Region. George Bush Intercontinental operates flights to majority of destinations in Mexico and this is higher than any other airport in the U.S. This airport also has five terminals. The top domestic destinations of IAH are as follows:
- Colorado Denver, CO
- California Los Angeles, CA
- Illinois Chicago, IL
- New Jersey Newark, NJ
- Arizona Phoenix, AZ
- Nevada Las Vegas, NV
- Louisiana New Orleans, LA
- Texas Dallas/Fort Worth,TX
- California San Francisco, CA
- Washington (U.S. State) Seattle, WA
Maps of Other Texas airports that serve more than million passengers every year are as follows:
- Dallas Fort Worth Airport Map
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport Map
- Austin Bergstrom Airport Map
- San Antonio International Airport Map
- Dallas Love Field Airport Map
Del Rio International Airport is the smallest airport in the state. It is scheduled to be authorized as an international airport.
At present, Southwest Airlines has its operations at Dallas Love Field. The airlines also has its headquarters located in Dallas. In terms of count of passengers transported domestically every year, it is the biggest airline in the U.S. and in terms of number of passengers transported, it is the biggest airline in the world.
List of Airports in Texas
Airport Name | Code | City | Hub | Enplanements (2015) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dallas-Fort Worth International | DFW | Fort Worth | L | 3,15,89,839 |
George Bush Intercontinental/Houston | IAH | Houston | L | 2,05,95,881 |
Dallas Love Field | DAL | Dallas | M | 70,40,950 |
William P Hobby | HOU | Houston | M | 59,37,990 |
Austin-Bergstrom International | AUS | Austin | M | 57,97,562 |
San Antonio International | SAT | San Antonio | M | 40,91,434 |
El Paso International | ELP | El Paso | S | 13,81,392 |
Midland International | MAF | Midland | S | 5,18,509 |
Lubbock Preston Smith International | LBB | Lubbock | S | 4,43,239 |
McAllen Miller International | MFE | McAllen | N | 3,91,687 |
Rick Husband Amarillo International | AMA | Amarillo | N | 3,41,132 |
Corpus Christi International | CRP | Corpus Christi | N | 3,38,312 |
Valley International | HRL | Harlingen | N | 2,59,864 |
Brownsville/South Padre Island International | BRO | Brownsville | N | 1,43,353 |
Laredo International | LRD | Laredo | N | 1,10,368 |
Easterwood Field | CLL | College Station | N | 89,844 |
Abilene Regional | ABI | Abilene | N | 86,000 |
Tyler Pounds Regional | TYR | Tyler | N | 72,294 |
San Angelo Regional/Mathis Field | SJT | San Angelo | N | 63,842 |
Waco Regional | ACT | Waco | N | 62,882 |
Jack Brooks Regional | BPT | Beaumont | N | 33,747 |
East Texas Regional | GGG | Longview | N | 20,968 |
Robert Gray AAF | GRK | Killeen | None | 1,76,895 |
Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal | SPS | Wichita Falls | None | 44,262 |
Biggs AAF (Fort Bliss) | BIF | Fort Bliss/El Paso/ | None | 24,997 |
Victoria Regional | VCT | Victoria | None | 3,584 |
U U Ranch | TA80 | Whitesboro | None | 2,006 |
Fort Worth Alliance | AFW | Fort Worth | None | 2,000 |
Kelly Field | SKF | San Antonio | None | 1,333 |
Salaika Aviation | 07TA | Danbury | None | 1,000 |
Ellington | EFD | Houston | None | 470 |
Fort Worth Meacham International | FTW | Fort Worth | None | 234 |
David Wayne Hooks Memorial | DWH | Houston | None | 218 |
San Marcos Regional | HYI | San Marcos | None | 208 |
Lajitas International | 89TE | Lajitas | None | 120 |
Palacios Municipal | PSX | Palacios | None | 120 |
Texas Gulf Coast Regional | LBX | Angleton | None | 100 |
Fort Worth NAS Jrb (Carswell Field) | NFW | Fort Worth | None | 41 |
H H Coffield Regional | RCK | Rockdale | None | 40 |
Marfa Municipal | MRF | Marfa | None | 38 |
Sugar Land Regional | SGR | Houston | None | 31 |
Scholes International at Galveston | GLS | Galveston | None | 22 |
Bay City Municipal | BYY | Bay City | None | 20 |
Harrison County | ASL | Marshall | None | 19 |
Dallas Executive | RBD | Dallas | None | 19 |
Addison | ADS | Dallas | None | 16 |
Arlington Municipal | GKY | Arlington | None | 16 |
Gillespie County | T82 | Fredericksburg | None | 15 |
Port Isabel-Cameron County | PIL | Port Isabel | None | 13 |
Dimmit County | CZT | Carrizo Springs | None | 9 |
Midland Airpark | MDD | Midland | None | 9 |
Alpine-Casparis Municipal | E38 | Alpine | None | 8 |
Austin Executive | EDC | Austin | None | 7 |
Hall-Miller Municipal | ATA | Atlanta | None | 6 |
Haskell Municipal | 15F | Haskell | None | 5 |
Terrell County | 6R6 | Dryden | None | 4 |
Lone Star Executive | CXO | Conroe | None | 4 |
Kerrville Municipal/Louis Schreiner Field | ERV | Kerrville | None | 4 |
Cleburne Regional | CPT | Cleburne | None | 3 |
Fort Worth Spinks | FWS | Fort Worth | None | 3 |
Odessa-Schlemeyer Field | ODO | Odessa | None | 3 |
Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional | TPL | Temple | None | 3 |
Georgetown Municipal | GTU | Georgetown | None | 2 |
Angelina County | LFK | Lufkin | None | 2 |
Avenger Field | SWW | Sweetwater | None | 2 |
Mount Pleasant Regional | OSA | Mount Pleasant | None | 1 |
Del Rio International | DRT | Del Rio | None | 0 |