George Bush Intercontinental Airport safety profile
63 recorded occurrences at or near George Bush Intercontinental Airport (1983–2026): 29 at the airport, 34 nearby; 6 fatal, 13 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 152 runway incursions at this airport, including 1 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2016-07-08 (4 fatalities) — 0.0 km
- 2012-09-10 — HELICOPTER SERVICES INC (2 fatalities) — 0.0 km
- 2020-05-02 — City Of Houston (1 fatalities) — 6.7 km
- 2024-10-24 — United Airlines — 0.0 km
- 2023-03-22 — UNITED AIRLINES INC — 3.5 km
- 2023-02-19 — K R ODDY ASSOCIATES INC — 0.0 km
- 2022-10-29 — 0.0 km
- 2022-05-11 — Mitsubishi CL-600-2B19, SKYWEST AIRLINES INC — 0.0 km
- 2021-12-16 — GARDNER JAMES R — 0.0 km
- 2019-11-23 — 17.8 km
- 2019-11-09 — 0.0 km
- 2018-07-10 — Ascent Aviation LLC — 0.0 km
Runways
- 15L/33R: 12,001 ft, CON, lighted
- 09/27: 10,000 ft, ASP, lighted
- 15R/33L: 10,000 ft, CON, lighted
- 08R/26L: 9,402 ft, CON, lighted
- 08L/26R: 9,000 ft, CON, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 42.394 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 70.19 days/year
- Snow: 1.6 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.026% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0.001% of observations
Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.