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Friarboy wrote:I vote HOU due to relatively easy access to downtown.
drerx7 wrote:Yup, HOU is closer...I live downtown and IAH is easily twice the time to get to. However, more options from IAH and there is a huge swath of metro Houston that is closer or equidistant to it. Plus if we dig deeper...it's a larger affluent population that would select IAH.
LAXPolaris wrote:Generally speaking, and I know this is hard to generalize cause people live in different places, but what would more people say is the more conveniently located airport, IAH or HOU?
Like if the local news did a poll on that, which would win?
FlyingSicilian wrote:LAXPolaris wrote:Generally speaking, and I know this is hard to generalize cause people live in different places, but what would more people say is the more conveniently located airport, IAH or HOU?
Like if the local news did a poll on that, which would win?
Ask this question in the metro and you will get seven million different opinions LOL
Having lived on both sides of town over the decades, I get both preferences. That said my last two homes in Houston, first in West U and now further south of 8 and west of 288, are both closer to HOU however 98 percent of my flights are from IAH; being global services with UA and doing most of my flying mid and long haul int'l, IAH gets me there non-stop or via one connection so I take the longer drive to IAH . And an extra 20-30 minutes is worth the goodies I get from UA and the lounges and the non-stops.
Plus with my special vet tags I get free parking at the terminal so not having to do the shuttles at IAH helps. YMMV of course.
On another note, kuddos to Mattress Mac again; he gives free furniture to many USOs around the country including IAH and HOU, which he just replaced (with little press or fanfare) so thanks Mac!
FlyingSicilian wrote:
On another note, kuddos to Mattress Mac again; he gives free furniture to many USOs around the country including IAH and HOU, which he just replaced (with little press or fanfare) so thanks Mac!
LAXPolaris wrote:Generally speaking, and I know this is hard to generalize cause people live in different places, but what would more people say is the more conveniently located airport, IAH or HOU?
Like if the local news did a poll on that, which would win?
TWA772LR wrote:FlyingSicilian wrote:
On another note, kuddos to Mattress Mac again; he gives free furniture to many USOs around the country including IAH and HOU, which he just replaced (with little press or fanfare) so thanks Mac!
Mattress Mac needs to be president.
TWA772LR wrote:FlyingSicilian wrote:
On another note, kuddos to Mattress Mac again; he gives free furniture to many USOs around the country including IAH and HOU, which he just replaced (with little press or fanfare) so thanks Mac!
Mattress Mac needs to be president.
LAXPolaris wrote:Generally speaking, and I know this is hard to generalize cause people live in different places, but what would more people say is the more conveniently located airport, IAH or HOU?
Like if the local news did a poll on that, which would win?
FlyingSicilian wrote:https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/pappas-restaurants-hobby-airport-18081999.php
It continues
TWA772LR wrote:FlyingSicilian wrote:
On another note, kuddos to Mattress Mac again; he gives free furniture to many USOs around the country including IAH and HOU, which he just replaced (with little press or fanfare) so thanks Mac!
Mattress Mac needs to be president.
phatfarmlines wrote:IAH: Anyone know if NK uses the three RON pads (south of gate A24 and southwest of the gate A20 stairwell gate) for boarding/deplaning as well?
GreenCountry wrote:News coming this week on United's plans for IAH Terminal B! Stay tuned.
aznmadsci wrote:Are they going to reconfigure B-South to handle some wide bodies, or just B-North?
Also from the renderings, it seems as the check-in lobby and baggage claim would be on the same floor. I’m trying to visualize what and where the Departure Core would be located.
aznmadsci wrote:Are they going to reconfigure B-South to handle some wide bodies, or just B-North?
Also from the renderings, it seems as the check-in lobby and baggage claim would be on the same floor. I’m trying to visualize what and where the Departure Core would be located.
GreenCountry wrote:Terminal B will have about 40 gates, includijng 4 wide-body gates.
TWA772LR wrote:LH plans on adding ITA into the TATL JV with AC and UA. I wonder if the long-fabled IAH-FCO service will actually come to fruition as a result, either on ITA or UA.
https://www.flightglobal.com/fleets/luf ... 07.article
IAHflyguy wrote:Like at DFW, IAH seems like it will continue to suffer from duplication of facilities due to its design. Thus far Terminal B's check-in/baggage claim has been for regional jets, whereas Terminal C was for mainline flights, and Terminal E for international flights, a nice separation. But now it seems B will handle just as much mainline as C. Will local travelers now have to pay close attention to where their flight arrives/departs in order to know where to check-in or be picked up? I imagine check-in won't make much of a difference, pick whichever terminal you choose, but it now seems possible you'll depart from C on a mainline flight and arrive at B on a mainline flight or vice-versa
Friarboy wrote:I vote HOU due to relatively easy access to downtown.
horsepowerchef wrote:IAH is starting to look suspiciously a lot like LAX... I hope theyre accidently going to end up with the same issues...
GreenCountry wrote:IAHflyguy wrote:Like at DFW, IAH seems like it will continue to suffer from duplication of facilities due to its design. Thus far Terminal B's check-in/baggage claim has been for regional jets, whereas Terminal C was for mainline flights, and Terminal E for international flights, a nice separation. But now it seems B will handle just as much mainline as C. Will local travelers now have to pay close attention to where their flight arrives/departs in order to know where to check-in or be picked up? I imagine check-in won't make much of a difference, pick whichever terminal you choose, but it now seems possible you'll depart from C on a mainline flight and arrive at B on a mainline flight or vice-versa
The advantage IAH has is pre- and post-security trains. As someone else mentioned, the Subway will probably see increased usage. (And the airport is working on plans to replace the subway with a higher-capacity system that possibly connects more airport facilities.) If you depart C and arrive at B or vice-versa, (a) it's only an issue if you parked in the airport terminal parking, and (b) if you have no checked luggage, take the Skyway and (c) if you have checked luggage, take the Subway. Not really seeing any suffering.
horsepowerchef wrote:IAH is starting to look suspiciously a lot like LAX... I hope theyre accidently going to end up with the same issues...
IAHflyguy wrote:GreenCountry wrote:IAHflyguy wrote:Like at DFW, IAH seems like it will continue to suffer from duplication of facilities due to its design. Thus far Terminal B's check-in/baggage claim has been for regional jets, whereas Terminal C was for mainline flights, and Terminal E for international flights, a nice separation. But now it seems B will handle just as much mainline as C. Will local travelers now have to pay close attention to where their flight arrives/departs in order to know where to check-in or be picked up? I imagine check-in won't make much of a difference, pick whichever terminal you choose, but it now seems possible you'll depart from C on a mainline flight and arrive at B on a mainline flight or vice-versa
The advantage IAH has is pre- and post-security trains. As someone else mentioned, the Subway will probably see increased usage. (And the airport is working on plans to replace the subway with a higher-capacity system that possibly connects more airport facilities.) If you depart C and arrive at B or vice-versa, (a) it's only an issue if you parked in the airport terminal parking, and (b) if you have no checked luggage, take the Skyway and (c) if you have checked luggage, take the Subway. Not really seeing any suffering.
True enough; the Subway makes it a simple matter to transfer. I do wonder what will happen when work begins to replace it though. From experience, the tunnel is very narrow and has tight corners (hence why they used WEDway technology when the present system opened in 1981; it was the only tech that could handle the dimensions of the existing tunnel). I imagine the Subway will have to go out of service for an extended period of time and possibly even the whole pedestrian mall if they plan on widening it to eliminate these issues; in that case the problem I highlighted does resurface, at least as long as the works are ongoing. I've kept seeing references to Subway replacements but no concrete plans; anyone have any idea what might be in the works? I did see mention of possibly extending the system to the Rental Car Center but no actual plans or anything like that.
GreenCountry wrote:
I don't know the status. As you probably know, it's a little hard to find the status of HAS projects. FWIW, some years ago, they had a study done that looked at 5 alternatives: (1) abandon the Subway and replace it with buses [Boooo!], (2) refurbish existing system, (3) replace existing system with moving walkways, (4) replace existing system with new technology inside the existing tunnel, and (5) replace existing system with a new elevated system that would run along South Terminal Road, with the option to extend the system to remote parking and the consolidated rental care facility in the future.
I have not been able to find acces to the study's conclusion (but #5 seems like a pretty clear winner to me.)
drerx7 wrote:horsepowerchef wrote:IAH is starting to look suspiciously a lot like LAX... I hope theyre accidently going to end up with the same issues...
You hope they end up with the same issues?
horsepowerchef wrote:drerx7 wrote:horsepowerchef wrote:IAH is starting to look suspiciously a lot like LAX... I hope theyre accidently going to end up with the same issues...
You hope they end up with the same issues?
sorry, I hope they dont...
drerx7 wrote:horsepowerchef wrote:drerx7 wrote:You hope they end up with the same issues?
sorry, I hope they dont...
Gotcha. It looks real LAX like. Connections will be hellish. I hate the walk from C7 to baggage claim as it is...
horsepowerchef wrote:drerx7 wrote:horsepowerchef wrote:
sorry, I hope they dont...
Gotcha. It looks real LAX like. Connections will be hellish. I hate the walk from C7 to baggage claim as it is...
Landing at E18 and going to the baggage claim requires the utmost in stamina…
hohd wrote:Does any one know when the Terminal C and E arrivals area will finish construction. It has been going to for more than 2 years and traffic congestion leaving the airport especially for afternoon arrivals is very long.
LAXPolaris wrote:hohd wrote:Does any one know when the Terminal C and E arrivals area will finish construction. It has been going to for more than 2 years and traffic congestion leaving the airport especially for afternoon arrivals is very long.
Not sure what the timeline is on C/E, but isn’t there even more that hasn’t even started yet? Thinking of B, maybe others as well?
All in all, seems like it’s going to be a long time until all construction is done.
TWA772LR wrote:Does anyone have any idea of what the Houston (U)LCC scene is going to look like over the next decade?
Right now we have the following:
G4 with a decent operation in HOU, probably won't get super big.