Flight Report

This page presents ADS-B traffic data captured at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH/KIAH) on April 25, 2025, the 28th anniversary of the airport being renamed to honor President George H.W. Bush. The dataset covers a full 24-hour period in the America/Chicago timezone and includes 1,248 total flight operations: 601 arrivals, 643 departures, and 4 touch-and-goes. 511 unique aircraft were tracked across those movements, generating 681,950 individual ADS-B position points. Traffic ran continuously from midnight through 23:59 local time, with an average of 52 flights per hour across the day. The busiest hour was 17:00 CDT, which logged 120 flights, 62 arrivals and 58 departures. Activity was relatively light overnight, bottoming out at 3 total movements in both the 01:00 and 02:00 hours. The dominant approach and departure direction was northeast, with 102 arrivals and 115 departures tracked from that bearing. WNW was second in both categories. Dallas Fort Worth was the top connected airport with 39 combined operations, followed by Chicago O'Hare (28) and Atlanta (27). Mexico City (MEX) was the only international airport in the top ten routes, with 17 total movements. Altitude data spans from ground level to a recorded maximum of 46,525 feet, with an average of 21,003 feet across all tracked positions. The 35,000 to 37,000 foot band was the most occupied range in the dataset. The shortest logged flight covered 7.6 nautical miles in under 3 minutes, connecting to David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport (DWH). The longest by distance was 5,580.9 nautical miles, arriving from Charlotte Douglas International (CLT). The highest-altitude flight peaked at 46,525 feet on a departure to Orlando International (MCO), operated by tail number N350AT. Aircraft registered in the United States accounted for 471 of the 511 unique aircraft observed, with Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, Japan, and several other countries also represented.