{{Short description|Department of Houston, Texas}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2009}} right|225px [[File:HoustonAirportSystemHQ.JPG|thumb|Houston Airport System Administration Building at 16930 JFK Boulevard, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport]] '''Houston Airport System''' ('''HAS''') is a department of the City of Houston, Texas, United States that manages city airports. Its administrative offices are on the property of George Bush Intercontinental Airport.<ref name="Airportmap">"[http://www.houstontx.gov/police/pdfs/hpd_beat_map.pdf Beat Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008231956/http://www.houstontx.gov/police/pdfs/hpd_beat_map.pdf |date=2011-10-08 }}." Houston Police Department. Retrieved on October 23, 2011.</ref><ref>"[http://www.fly2houston.com/About Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101122558/http://www.fly2houston.com/About |date=2011-11-01 }}." Houston Airport System. Retrieved on October 23, 2011. "Houston Airport System 16930 JFK Boulevard Houston, Texas 77032"</ref> It operates Bush, William P. Hobby Airport, and Ellington Airport in Houston.
The city of Houston acquired Hobby Airport in 1937.<ref name="HoustonAirpHist">"[http://www.fly2houston.com/aboutHistory History of HAS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218072018/http://www.fly2houston.com/aboutHistory |date=2008-12-18 }}." ''Houston Airport System''. Retrieved on January 17, 2009.</ref> Previously named Houston Municipal Airport, it was renamed to honor William P. Hobby (former Governor of Texas and owner of the ''Houston Post'') in 1967.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}
In 1969, Houston Intercontinental Airport opened.<ref name="HoustonAirpHist"/> In 1997, it was renamed to honor George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.
In 1984, Ellington Airport (formerly Ellington Air Force Base, which was deactivated in 1976) became a part of the HAS system. <ref name="HoustonAirpHist"/>
In January 2013, the airport system announced that free Wi-Fi would be available at both Bush and Hobby, and that it plans to select a new provider. In 2012 the system had made about $300,000 from the Boingo Wireless services, which are free for the first 45 minutes and available for a fee afterwards. The system said that modern travelers now expect free Wi-Fi, so it will change.<ref>Ryan, Molly. "[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2013/01/30/houston-airports-to-get-connected-with.html Houston airports to get connected with free Wi-Fi]." ''Houston Business Journal''. January 30, 2013. Retrieved on February 6, 2013.</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Texas|Aviation}} * Politics of Houston * Transportation in Houston
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==External links== * [http://www.fly2houston.com Houston Airport System] {{Airports Owned by the City of Houston}} {{Houston, Texas}} {{authority control}}
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