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Houston George Bush Intercontinental · local time

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Live · updated 5:22 PM local time

Departures

Normal operations

Flights are departing on time.

Arrivals

Normal operations

Flights are arriving on time.

Live traffic around IAH

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Runways in use

Landing26R 26L 27
Taking off15R 15L
Visual conditions: Good visibility, so planes can land closer together and the airport can take more flights an hour.

Stats at IAH

Departures
403Takeoffs · 80% on time
2Cancellations
19 minAverage taxi to takeoff
Arrivals
438Landings · 77% on time
4Cancellations
2Diversions
8 minAverage taxi to gate
Departures
46Takeoffs · 72% on time
0Cancellations
18 minAverage taxi to takeoff
Arrivals
56Landings · 86% on time
0Cancellations
0Diversions
10 minAverage taxi to gate

Average delay, hour by hour

Takeoffs
  1. 5 AM: 1m late on average
  2. 6 AM: 6m late on average
  3. 7 AM: 3m late on average
  4. 8 AM: 46m late on average
  5. 9 AM: 1h 29m late on average
  6. 10 AM: 13m late on average
  7. 11 AM: 6m late on average
  8. 12 PM: 12m late on average
  9. 1 PM: 36m late on average
  10. 2 PM: 7m late on average
  11. 3 PM: 10m late on average
  12. 4 PM: 16m late on average
  13. This hour: 20m late on average
Landings
  1. 5 AM: 7m late on average
  2. 6 AM: 10m late on average
  3. 7 AM: on time
  4. 8 AM: 5m late on average
  5. 9 AM: 7m late on average
  6. 10 AM: 6m late on average
  7. 11 AM: 22m late on average
  8. 12 PM: 6m late on average
  9. 1 PM: 14m late on average
  10. 2 PM: 7m late on average
  11. 3 PM: 13m late on average
  12. 4 PM: 12m late on average
  13. This hour: 9m late on average

Under 15 min 15–30 30–60 60+

Weather at IAH

Weather

86°F30°C

Partly cloudy skies.

Skies are mostly clear with a few scattered clouds. A gentle breeze from the east at 6 mph.

Next few hours: Conditions are quiet for now.

Wind 6 mph Visibility 10 mi VFR

Security wait times at IAH

Between 5 AM and 10 PM, the security wait at IAH can reach 45 minutes at its busiest, on Sundays around 5 PM, and stays within 4 minutes at the quietest hour.

TSA wait this hour
Up to 43 min Friday, 5:22 PM local time
Live wait right now
3–14 min Across 4 checkpoints · TSA PreCheck 3–10 min
Best times to go through security at IAHLive waits at each checkpoint, waits by day and hour, and how early to get to IAH

Customs wait times at IAH

For international arrivals at IAH, customs lines for visitors are usually longest around 11 PM, and shortest around 12 PM.

US citizens, typical right now 14 min Friday, 5:22 PM local time
Visitors, typical right now 27 min Friday, 5:22 PM local time

Typical wait by day and hour

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SunSunday, 4 AM: about 15 minSunday, 5 AM: about 24 minSunday, 6 AM: about 14 minSunday, 7 AM: about 11 minSunday, 8 AM: about 10 minSunday, 9 AM: about 17 minSunday, 10 AM: about 16 minSunday, 11 AM: about 14 minSunday, 12 PM: about 10 minSunday, 1 PM: about 20 minSunday, 2 PM: about 20 minSunday, 3 PM: about 20 minSunday, 4 PM: about 23 minSunday, 5 PM: about 22 minSunday, 6 PM: about 17 minSunday, 7 PM: about 20 minSunday, 8 PM: about 17 minSunday, 9 PM: about 11 minSunday, 10 PM: about 25 minSunday, 11 PM: about 101 min
MonMonday, 4 AM: no dataMonday, 5 AM: about 23 minMonday, 6 AM: about 13 minMonday, 7 AM: about 15 minMonday, 8 AM: about 18 minMonday, 9 AM: about 20 minMonday, 10 AM: about 25 minMonday, 11 AM: about 11 minMonday, 12 PM: about 11 minMonday, 1 PM: about 20 minMonday, 2 PM: about 27 minMonday, 3 PM: about 23 minMonday, 4 PM: about 27 minMonday, 5 PM: about 27 minMonday, 6 PM: about 26 minMonday, 7 PM: about 23 minMonday, 8 PM: about 13 minMonday, 9 PM: about 11 minMonday, 10 PM: about 10 minMonday, 11 PM: no data
TueTuesday, 4 AM: about 11 minTuesday, 5 AM: about 29 minTuesday, 6 AM: about 22 minTuesday, 7 AM: about 11 minTuesday, 8 AM: about 11 minTuesday, 9 AM: about 19 minTuesday, 10 AM: about 20 minTuesday, 11 AM: about 10 minTuesday, 12 PM: about 7 minTuesday, 1 PM: about 18 minTuesday, 2 PM: about 26 minTuesday, 3 PM: about 18 minTuesday, 4 PM: about 44 minTuesday, 5 PM: about 31 minTuesday, 6 PM: about 13 minTuesday, 7 PM: about 13 minTuesday, 8 PM: about 7 minTuesday, 9 PM: about 6 minTuesday, 10 PM: about 14 minTuesday, 11 PM: about 12 min
WedWednesday, 4 AM: about 13 minWednesday, 5 AM: about 25 minWednesday, 6 AM: about 22 minWednesday, 7 AM: about 11 minWednesday, 8 AM: about 11 minWednesday, 9 AM: about 18 minWednesday, 10 AM: about 20 minWednesday, 11 AM: about 10 minWednesday, 12 PM: about 7 minWednesday, 1 PM: about 13 minWednesday, 2 PM: about 18 minWednesday, 3 PM: about 19 minWednesday, 4 PM: about 19 minWednesday, 5 PM: about 19 minWednesday, 6 PM: about 16 minWednesday, 7 PM: about 14 minWednesday, 8 PM: about 11 minWednesday, 9 PM: about 9 minWednesday, 10 PM: about 11 minWednesday, 11 PM: no data
ThuThursday, 4 AM: about 24 minThursday, 5 AM: about 29 minThursday, 6 AM: about 14 minThursday, 7 AM: about 22 minThursday, 8 AM: about 30 minThursday, 9 AM: about 21 minThursday, 10 AM: about 20 minThursday, 11 AM: about 14 minThursday, 12 PM: about 11 minThursday, 1 PM: about 17 minThursday, 2 PM: about 26 minThursday, 3 PM: about 28 minThursday, 4 PM: about 23 minThursday, 5 PM: about 25 minThursday, 6 PM: about 17 minThursday, 7 PM: about 18 minThursday, 8 PM: about 17 minThursday, 9 PM: about 13 minThursday, 10 PM: about 14 minThursday, 11 PM: about 19 min
FriFriday, 4 AM: about 22 minFriday, 5 AM: about 34 minFriday, 6 AM: about 24 minFriday, 7 AM: about 10 minFriday, 8 AM: about 12 minFriday, 9 AM: about 15 minFriday, 10 AM: about 14 minFriday, 11 AM: about 9 minFriday, 12 PM: about 12 minFriday, 1 PM: about 16 minFriday, 2 PM: about 23 minFriday, 3 PM: about 21 minFriday, 4 PM: about 32 minFriday, 5 PM: about 27 minFriday, 6 PM: about 27 minFriday, 7 PM: about 28 minFriday, 8 PM: about 19 minFriday, 9 PM: about 11 minFriday, 10 PM: about 17 minFriday, 11 PM: no data
SatSaturday, 4 AM: about 16 minSaturday, 5 AM: about 29 minSaturday, 6 AM: about 13 minSaturday, 7 AM: about 23 minSaturday, 8 AM: about 22 minSaturday, 9 AM: about 19 minSaturday, 10 AM: about 18 minSaturday, 11 AM: about 11 minSaturday, 12 PM: about 7 minSaturday, 1 PM: about 20 minSaturday, 2 PM: about 31 minSaturday, 3 PM: about 28 minSaturday, 4 PM: about 36 minSaturday, 5 PM: about 29 minSaturday, 6 PM: about 30 minSaturday, 7 PM: about 21 minSaturday, 8 PM: about 14 minSaturday, 9 PM: about 21 minSaturday, 10 PM: about 21 minSaturday, 11 PM: no data

Under 15 min 15–30 30–45 45+ No data

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SunSunday, 4 AM: about 7 minSunday, 5 AM: about 8 minSunday, 6 AM: about 8 minSunday, 7 AM: about 9 minSunday, 8 AM: about 5 minSunday, 9 AM: about 12 minSunday, 10 AM: about 12 minSunday, 11 AM: about 12 minSunday, 12 PM: about 7 minSunday, 1 PM: about 13 minSunday, 2 PM: about 11 minSunday, 3 PM: about 12 minSunday, 4 PM: about 16 minSunday, 5 PM: about 16 minSunday, 6 PM: about 11 minSunday, 7 PM: about 13 minSunday, 8 PM: about 13 minSunday, 9 PM: about 11 minSunday, 10 PM: about 18 minSunday, 11 PM: about 71 min
MonMonday, 4 AM: no dataMonday, 5 AM: about 8 minMonday, 6 AM: about 7 minMonday, 7 AM: about 8 minMonday, 8 AM: about 7 minMonday, 9 AM: about 12 minMonday, 10 AM: about 12 minMonday, 11 AM: about 11 minMonday, 12 PM: about 8 minMonday, 1 PM: about 11 minMonday, 2 PM: about 11 minMonday, 3 PM: about 17 minMonday, 4 PM: about 16 minMonday, 5 PM: about 13 minMonday, 6 PM: about 14 minMonday, 7 PM: about 12 minMonday, 8 PM: about 9 minMonday, 9 PM: about 9 minMonday, 10 PM: about 9 minMonday, 11 PM: no data
TueTuesday, 4 AM: about 9 minTuesday, 5 AM: about 10 minTuesday, 6 AM: about 8 minTuesday, 7 AM: about 10 minTuesday, 8 AM: about 8 minTuesday, 9 AM: about 11 minTuesday, 10 AM: about 12 minTuesday, 11 AM: about 8 minTuesday, 12 PM: about 6 minTuesday, 1 PM: about 11 minTuesday, 2 PM: about 12 minTuesday, 3 PM: about 11 minTuesday, 4 PM: about 16 minTuesday, 5 PM: about 15 minTuesday, 6 PM: about 10 minTuesday, 7 PM: about 10 minTuesday, 8 PM: about 5 minTuesday, 9 PM: about 6 minTuesday, 10 PM: about 10 minTuesday, 11 PM: about 11 min
WedWednesday, 4 AM: about 8 minWednesday, 5 AM: about 9 minWednesday, 6 AM: about 8 minWednesday, 7 AM: about 8 minWednesday, 8 AM: about 6 minWednesday, 9 AM: about 10 minWednesday, 10 AM: about 9 minWednesday, 11 AM: about 11 minWednesday, 12 PM: about 6 minWednesday, 1 PM: about 9 minWednesday, 2 PM: about 10 minWednesday, 3 PM: about 11 minWednesday, 4 PM: about 11 minWednesday, 5 PM: about 11 minWednesday, 6 PM: about 13 minWednesday, 7 PM: about 10 minWednesday, 8 PM: about 9 minWednesday, 9 PM: about 8 minWednesday, 10 PM: about 9 minWednesday, 11 PM: no data
ThuThursday, 4 AM: about 9 minThursday, 5 AM: about 9 minThursday, 6 AM: about 6 minThursday, 7 AM: about 8 minThursday, 8 AM: about 8 minThursday, 9 AM: about 11 minThursday, 10 AM: about 8 minThursday, 11 AM: about 8 minThursday, 12 PM: about 7 minThursday, 1 PM: about 10 minThursday, 2 PM: about 11 minThursday, 3 PM: about 11 minThursday, 4 PM: about 12 minThursday, 5 PM: about 12 minThursday, 6 PM: about 9 minThursday, 7 PM: about 9 minThursday, 8 PM: about 6 minThursday, 9 PM: about 11 minThursday, 10 PM: about 12 minThursday, 11 PM: about 14 min
FriFriday, 4 AM: about 8 minFriday, 5 AM: about 6 minFriday, 6 AM: about 6 minFriday, 7 AM: about 6 minFriday, 8 AM: about 7 minFriday, 9 AM: about 9 minFriday, 10 AM: about 8 minFriday, 11 AM: about 6 minFriday, 12 PM: about 10 minFriday, 1 PM: about 10 minFriday, 2 PM: about 11 minFriday, 3 PM: about 11 minFriday, 4 PM: about 13 minFriday, 5 PM: about 14 minFriday, 6 PM: about 11 minFriday, 7 PM: about 16 minFriday, 8 PM: about 8 minFriday, 9 PM: about 9 minFriday, 10 PM: about 14 minFriday, 11 PM: no data
SatSaturday, 4 AM: about 9 minSaturday, 5 AM: about 7 minSaturday, 6 AM: about 4 minSaturday, 7 AM: about 7 minSaturday, 8 AM: about 6 minSaturday, 9 AM: about 11 minSaturday, 10 AM: about 11 minSaturday, 11 AM: about 9 minSaturday, 12 PM: about 7 minSaturday, 1 PM: about 11 minSaturday, 2 PM: about 12 minSaturday, 3 PM: about 16 minSaturday, 4 PM: about 16 minSaturday, 5 PM: about 14 minSaturday, 6 PM: about 15 minSaturday, 7 PM: about 13 minSaturday, 8 PM: about 10 minSaturday, 9 PM: about 18 minSaturday, 10 PM: about 13 minSaturday, 11 PM: no data

Under 15 min 15–30 30–45 45+ No data

Based on official CBP wait time averages, in local time.

About Houston George Bush Intercontinental

IATA code
IAH
ICAO code
KIAH
Location
Houston, TX · United States
Elevation
97 ft (30 m)
Time zone
America/Chicago (CDT)
Coordinates
29.9833, -95.3400

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IAH questions, answered.

Are flights delayed at IAH right now?

As of 5:22 PM local time, departures are operating normally: flights are departing on time. Arrivals are operating normally: flights are arriving on time.

How long is the security line at IAH?

Between 5 AM and 10 PM, the security wait at IAH can reach 45 minutes at its busiest, on Sundays around 5 PM, and stays within 4 minutes at the quietest hour. See the best times to go through security at IAH.

How long does customs take at IAH?

At IAH, typical customs waits for visitors range from about 6 to 101 minutes, longest around 11 PM. For US citizens, they range from about 4 to 71 minutes, longest around 11 PM. Based on official CBP averages.

How long does it take to get from the gate to the runway at IAH?

Today, departing flights at IAH have taken an average of 19 minutes from leaving the gate to takeoff, and arriving flights 8 minutes from landing to the gate.

What is the airport code for Houston George Bush Intercontinental?

Houston George Bush Intercontinental uses the IATA code IAH, the one on tickets and bag tags, and the ICAO code KIAH, which pilots and air traffic control use.

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