# Houston Airport System

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{{Short description|Department of Houston, Texas}}
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[[File:HoustonAirportSystemHQ.JPG|thumb|Houston Airport System Administration Building at 16930 JFK Boulevard, at [George Bush Intercontinental Airport](/source/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport)]]
'''Houston Airport System''' ('''HAS''') is a department of the [City of Houston](/source/Houston), [Texas](/source/Texas), United States that manages city airports. Its administrative offices are on the property of [George Bush Intercontinental Airport](/source/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](/source/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](/source/William_P._Hobby_Airport), and [Ellington Airport](/source/Ellington_Airport_(Texas)) 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](/source/William_P._Hobby) (former [Governor of Texas](/source/Governor_of_Texas) and owner of the ''[Houston Post](/source/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](/source/George_H._W._Bush), the 41st [President of the United States](/source/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.
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In January 2013, the airport system announced that free [Wi-Fi](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Houston_Business_Journal)''. January 30, 2013. Retrieved on February 6, 2013.</ref>

==See also==
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* [Politics of Houston](/source/Politics_of_Houston)
* [Transportation in Houston](/source/Transportation_in_Houston)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fly2houston.com Houston Airport System]
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