Houston Airport System
Houston Airport System runs 2 airports, which together handled 5,106,499 passengers in March 2026, with 100% of its airports reporting.
- Flights (arrivals + departures)47,3883/3 · reporting coverage 100%
- Tonnes of cargo52,143▲ 4.6%vs July 20252/2 · reporting coverage 100%
- Passengers5,106,4993/3 · reporting coverage 100%
- Airports operated3
Official · March 2026 group total for March 2026 · 100% of its airports reporting
Group total — flights (arrivals + departures)
Showing 332 months. Full series runs 1990–March 2026 (439 months).
Data Integrity
Reporting coverage
Median coverage across the periods shown is 100%. 107 periods are left out of the chart because too few of the group's airports had reported: the total would dip for want of reports, not for want of passengers.
The most recent periods1 periods
| Period | Flights (arrivals + departures) 2025 | Flights (arrivals + departures) 2026 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | – | – | – |
| February | – | – | – |
| March | – | 47,388 | – |
| April | – | – | – |
| May | – | – | – |
| June | – | – | – |
| July | – | – | – |
| August | – | – | – |
| September | – | – | – |
| October | – | – | in progress |
| November | – | – | – |
| December | – | – | – |
Group total — tonnes of cargo
Showing 439 months. Full series runs 1990–July 2026 (439 months).
Data Integrity
Reporting coverage
Median coverage across the periods shown is 150%. 0 periods are left out of the chart because too few of the group's airports had reported: the total would dip for want of reports, not for want of passengers.
The most recent periods19 periods
| Period | Tonnes of cargo 2025 | Tonnes of cargo 2026 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41,478 | 43,638 | ▲ 5.2% |
| February | 43,977 | 45,278 | ▲ 3.0% |
| March | 48,244 | 47,361 | ▼ 1.8% |
| April | 48,094 | 54,114 | ▲ 12.5% |
| May | 51,001 | 51,774 | ▲ 1.5% |
| June | 49,218 | 51,672 | ▲ 5.0% |
| July | 49,872 | 52,143 | ▲ 4.6% |
| August | 46,327 | – | – |
| September | 43,928 | – | – |
| October | 50,183 | – | in progress |
| November | 48,029 | – | – |
| December | 49,104 | – | – |
| Year to date (Jan–Jul) | 331,884 | 345,981 | ▲ 4.2% |
Group total — passengers
Showing 279 months. Full series runs 1990–March 2026 (439 months).
Data Integrity
Reporting coverage
Median coverage across the periods shown is 100%. 160 periods are left out of the chart because too few of the group's airports had reported: the total would dip for want of reports, not for want of passengers.
The most recent periods1 periods
| Period | Passengers 2025 | Passengers 2026 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | – | – | – |
| February | – | – | – |
| March | – | 5,106,499 | – |
| April | – | – | – |
| May | – | – | – |
| June | – | – | – |
| July | – | – | – |
| August | – | – | – |
| September | – | – | – |
| October | – | – | in progress |
| November | – | – | – |
| December | – | – | – |
Group total — seats offered
Showing 283 months. Full series runs 1990–March 2026 (439 months).
Data Integrity
Reporting coverage
Median coverage across the periods shown is 100%. 156 periods are left out of the chart because too few of the group's airports had reported: the total would dip for want of reports, not for want of passengers.
The most recent periods1 periods
| Period | Seats offered 2025 | Seats offered 2026 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | – | – | – |
| February | – | – | – |
| March | – | 6,458,402 | – |
| April | – | – | – |
| May | – | – | – |
| June | – | – | – |
| July | – | – | – |
| August | – | – | – |
| September | – | – | – |
| October | – | – | in progress |
| November | – | – | – |
| December | – | – | – |
Seasonality · passengers by month
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,398,598 | 2,489,535 | 1,954,865 | 2,152,276 | 2,140,537 | 2,177,468 | ||||||
| 1991 | 1,938,862 | 1,892,707 | 2,309,091 | |||||||||
| 1992 | 2,315,493 | 2,576,863 | 2,297,013 | |||||||||
| 1993 | 1,954,340 | 2,568,475 | 2,309,106 | 2,363,511 | ||||||||
| 1994 | 2,677,393 | 2,633,689 | 2,576,785 | |||||||||
| 1995 | 2,527,262 | 2,337,505 | 2,893,449 | 2,648,831 | 2,788,448 | 2,950,152 | 3,018,748 | 2,924,662 | 2,487,024 | 2,702,223 | 2,638,117 | 2,711,758 |
| 1996 | 2,553,107 | 2,546,396 | 3,103,989 | 2,787,639 | 2,914,965 | 3,014,766 | 3,111,049 | 3,078,720 | 2,648,895 | 2,983,573 | 2,689,385 | 2,983,667 |
| 1997 | 2,809,567 | 2,645,335 | 3,233,252 | 2,888,438 | 3,060,104 | 3,195,902 | 3,323,014 | 3,259,789 | 2,803,967 | 3,102,831 | 2,936,830 | 3,073,542 |
| 1998 | 2,759,727 | 2,790,255 | 3,400,031 | 3,217,270 | 3,367,601 | 3,500,630 | 3,658,070 | 3,439,071 | 3,026,577 | 3,282,577 | 3,118,500 | 3,280,428 |
| 1999 | 3,092,131 | 3,008,582 | 3,562,258 | 3,384,944 | 3,448,066 | 3,587,839 | 3,781,390 | 3,547,159 | 3,205,813 | 3,499,650 | 3,409,470 | 3,443,301 |
| 2000 | 3,194,435 | 3,212,815 | 3,844,216 | 3,519,733 | 3,761,748 | 3,938,762 | 3,999,407 | 3,792,758 | 3,307,703 | 3,624,605 | 3,605,027 | 3,574,378 |
| 2001 | 3,356,557 | 3,180,149 | 3,877,026 | 3,666,282 | 3,849,841 | 3,928,013 | 4,202,955 | 4,078,893 | 2,350,562 | 3,168,223 | 3,251,989 | 3,313,287 |
| 2002 | 3,098,135 | 2,976,261 | 3,707,264 | 3,383,436 | 3,596,247 | 3,694,963 | 3,816,545 | 3,649,717 | 2,892,826 | 3,280,101 | 3,157,216 | 3,526,014 |
| 2003 | 3,095,627 | 2,876,435 | 3,500,549 | 3,207,839 | 3,488,694 | 3,781,976 | 4,074,915 | 3,689,843 | 3,068,068 | 3,397,298 | 3,358,119 | 3,657,442 |
| 2004 | 3,198,818 | 3,171,471 | 3,810,022 | 3,666,913 | 3,686,376 | 4,011,684 | 4,284,680 | 3,875,425 | 3,360,634 | 3,691,319 | 3,650,386 | 3,890,443 |
| 2005 | 3,583,429 | 3,362,456 | 4,284,258 | 3,827,855 | 4,090,530 | 4,350,369 | 4,577,077 | 4,197,784 | 3,231,820 | 3,920,983 | 3,885,644 | 4,151,048 |
| 2006 | 3,886,023 | 3,643,709 | 4,435,542 | 4,179,043 | 4,360,741 | 4,597,063 | 4,730,719 | 4,393,027 | 3,753,391 | 4,091,015 | 4,118,250 | 4,292,813 |
| 2007 | 3,943,070 | 3,728,916 | 4,495,557 | 4,290,502 | 4,453,895 | 4,624,211 | 4,724,993 | 4,596,426 | 3,788,415 | 4,206,457 | 4,299,527 | |
| 2008 | 3,919,861 | 4,580,620 | 4,264,484 | 4,494,443 | 4,664,825 | 4,762,624 | 4,515,039 | 2,995,161 | 3,927,528 | 3,676,250 | 4,079,958 | |
| 2009 | 4,177,780 | 3,963,593 | 3,949,497 | 4,430,913 | 4,706,534 | 4,353,461 | 3,563,634 | 3,960,172 | 3,815,103 | 4,147,693 | ||
| 2010 | 3,431,860 | 4,159,315 | 3,931,743 | 4,489,300 | 4,705,483 | 4,345,736 | 3,681,281 | 4,114,407 | 4,277,159 | |||
| 2011 | 4,252,162 | 4,810,991 | 4,390,820 | 3,784,322 | 4,071,347 | 4,262,534 | ||||||
| 2012 | 3,800,636 | 3,586,949 | 4,561,784 | 4,684,743 | 3,683,792 | 4,013,419 | 3,973,782 | 4,087,337 | ||||
| 2013 | 4,321,798 | 4,324,487 | 4,551,635 | 4,655,917 | 4,377,716 | 3,772,533 | 4,040,861 | 4,481,042 | ||||
| 2014 | 4,527,169 | 4,181,123 | 4,572,748 | 4,712,392 | 4,961,928 | 4,616,429 | 4,009,198 | 4,400,007 | 4,199,308 | 4,557,958 | ||
| 2015 | 4,611,063 | 4,872,097 | 4,084,350 | 4,603,796 | 4,857,011 | |||||||
| 2016 | 4,354,878 | 4,548,219 | 4,166,323 | 4,585,636 | 4,849,662 | 4,507,586 | 4,394,825 | 4,357,077 | 4,660,368 | |||
| 2017 | 3,806,443 | 4,590,145 | 4,313,326 | 5,133,245 | 4,453,886 | 4,558,288 | ||||||
| 2018 | 4,864,590 | 5,491,090 | 4,778,494 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 4,783,883 | 5,098,607 | 5,305,446 | 4,230,128 | 4,953,375 | 4,704,801 | ||||||
| 2020 | 1,638,813 | 2,006,353 | 2,087,319 | 2,369,631 | ||||||||
| 2021 | 4,333,920 | 4,421,420 | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 3,410,263 | 4,346,754 | 4,418,974 | |||||||||
| 2023 | 4,691,064 | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 4,997,985 | 5,406,960 | 5,585,697 | |||||||||
| 2026 | 5,106,499 |
Airports operated
3- George Bush Intercontinental AirportIAH
- William P. Hobby AirportHOU
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