KIAH — George Bush Intcntl/Houston
Houston, TX · field elevation 96 ft · Class B airspace · ATCT
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KIAH current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KIAH 111153Z 00000KT 10SM FEW020 BKN160 24/24 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP189 70012 T02440239 10244 20233 53008
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 16,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 24 °C / dewpoint 24 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,025 ft · pressure altitude -74 ft
- Observed
- 23 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
3 within 20 nm, closest 15 nm. Last image 8 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 1,200–1,200 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KIAH 111123Z 1112/1218 00000KT P6SM SCT020 SCT150 FM111500 19007KT P6SM SCT025 BKN035 FM111800 17011KT P6SM SCT035 PROB30 1118/1121 -SHRA BKN035 FM120000 16009KT P6SM FEW040 SCT100 FM120500 17005KT P6SM FEW250 FM121500 20007KT P6SM FEW020 FEW070
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 29.98444, -95.34144
- Elevation
- 96 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class B
An ATC clearance is required before you enter.
The words matter: being told “stand by” is not a clearance, and neither is being given a squawk. You need “cleared into the Class Bravo”. Mode C is required within 30 nm of the primary airport — the veil — whether or not you enter the Bravo itself, and the VFR weather minimum is 3 statute miles and clear of clouds, because ATC is separating everyone inside.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1147Z / 0106Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 3° (2015)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Houston
- County
- Harris, TX
Airport diagram
Everything else KIAH publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15L/33R | 12,001 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 09/27 | 10,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 15R/33L | 10,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 08R/26L | 9,402 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 08L/26R | 9,000 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- D-ATIS
- 124.05
- Tower RWY 08L/26R · Continuous (24 hours)
- 120.725
- Tower RWY 08R/26L · Continuous (24 hours)
- 125.35
- Tower RWY 15L/33R, 15R/33L · Continuous (24 hours)
- 127.3
- Ground RWY 08L/26R, 08R/26L, 09/27
- 118.575
- Ground
- 119.95
- Ground RWY 15L/33R, 15R/33L
- 121.7
- Clearance
- 128.1
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach EAST
- 120.05
- Approach WEST
- 124.35
- Departure NORTH
- 119.7
- Departure WEST
- 123.8
- Departure
- 127.125
Published procedures
- 38 approaches — ILS, LD, LG, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP)
- 21 departures published
- 19 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KDWH David Wayne Hooks Meml12 nm
- KHOU William P Hobby21 nm
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- KEFD Ellington25 nm
- KSGR Sugar Land Rgnl27 nm
- KLVJ Pearland Rgnl28 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KIAH airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Texas airports
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- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.