Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZHU) is located at

George Bush Intercontinental Airport George Bush Intercontinental Airport is an international airport in Houston, Texas, United States, serving the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Located about north of Downtown Houston between Interstate 45 and Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 5 ...

at 16600 JFK Boulevard,

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77032. The Houston

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is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. Houston Center is the 9th busiest ARTCC in the United States. The center controls

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in southern Texas,

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, southern

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, and areas in the

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Airports served by the Houston ARTCC

Commercial airports

Mobile Regional Airport Mobile Regional Airport is a public/military airport west of Mobile, in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the Mobile Airport Authority, a self-funded entity that receives no local tax dollars. The N ...

( Mobile) *

** Alexandria International Airport (

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, near

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) **

Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport , also known as Ryan Field, is a public use airport located four miles (7 km) north of the central business district of Baton Rouge, a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The airport w ...

(

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) ** Lafayette Regional Airport (

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) ** Lake Charles Regional Airport (

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, near Lake Charles) **

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, near

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** Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport ( Gulfport) *

** Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (

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Southeast Texas Regional Airport Jack Brooks Regional Airport , formerly Southeast Texas Regional Airport, is near Port Arthur, Texas, nine miles (14 km) southeast of Beaumont and northeast of Port Arthur. It was Jefferson County Airport, but its name was changed to honor ...

( Port Arthur, near

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) **

Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport is east of downtown Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. The Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport serves two airlines, six air taxis and offers three fixed-base operations ...

( Brownsville) ** Easterwood Field ( College Station) **

Corpus Christi International Airport Corpus Christi International Airport is west of Corpus Christi, in Nueces County, Texas. It opened in 1960, replacing Cliff Maus airport at , where the Lozano Golf Center is now located. The airport's six-gate Hayden Wilson Head Terminal, ...

( Corpus Christi) **

Del Rio International Airport Del Rio International Airport is two miles northwest of Del Rio, in Val Verde County, Texas, United States. It is used for general aviation, and, being near Laughlin Air Force Base, it is often used by USAF students. Facilities The airport cov ...

( Del Rio) **

Valley International Airport Valley International Airport (VIA) is owned by the City of Harlingen, in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is operated by a nine-member airport board appointed by the mayor. HRL is centrally located in the Rio Grande Valley and is refer ...

( Harlingen) **

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) ** William P. Hobby Airport (

) ** Laredo International Airport ( Laredo) **

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( McAllen) **

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Scholes International Airport Scholes International Airport at Galveston is three miles southwest of Galveston, in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''reliever airport''. The airport ...

(

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) **

Victoria Regional Airport Victoria Regional Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) northeast of the central business district of Victoria, a city in Victoria County, Texas, United States. It is mostly used ...

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WAAS reference stations Aviation in Texas Traffic Control Center

Airports served by the Houston ARTCC

Commercial airports

Airspace control

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