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<br />AREA OVERVIEW <br /> <br />11-7 <br /> <br />TRANSPORTATION <br /> <br />Airports <br />The Houston Airport System (HAS) includes the Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), the <br />William P. Hobby Airport (Hobby) and Ellington Field, a civil/military airport. The HAS <br />recorded more than 51.1 million in total passenger activity during calendar year 2006 <br />and is the sixth largest airport system in the world. <br /> <br />Bush Intercontinental Airport is located 23 miles north of Houston's CBD and is the <br />City's primary airport facility. Houston has become one of the major centers for <br />international air transportation in the southwest; the airport has five runways and five <br />passenger terminals and provides service to international, interstate and intrastate <br />markets. Bush Intercontinental Airport is the eighth busiest airport in the U.S. in terms <br />of passenger activity and as an international passenger gateway. Growth at Bush <br />Intercontinental was almost 9% during 2006 and is projected to more than double by <br />2017, an average annual increase of about 4%. Similar growth is expected for air cargo <br />activity. <br /> <br />The following table illustrates the historic airport passenger and cargo activity at Bush <br />Intercontinental Airport over the period 2000 through 2006. <br /> <br /> <br />Bush Intercontinental Airport Passenger and Cargo Activity 2000 to 2006 <br /> <br />2000 <br />2001 <br />2002 <br />2003 <br />2004 <br />2005 <br />2006 <br />CAC* <br /> <br />35,251,372 <br />34,708,723 <br />33,908,310 <br />34,208,165 <br />36,506,116 <br />39,714,818 <br />42,549,018 <br />3.2% <br /> <br />1.6% <br />-1.5% <br />-2.3% <br />0.9% <br />6.7% <br />8.8% <br /> <br />604,375 <br />571,939 <br />604,393 <br />728,020 <br />768,508 <br />753,257 <br />791,592 <br />4.6% <br /> <br />-5.4% <br />5.7% <br />20.5% <br />5.6% <br />-2.0% <br />5.1% <br /> <br />.CAC = Compound Annual Change <br />Source: Department of Aviation, Houston Airport System <br /> <br />Bush Intercontinental Airport recently completed a $400 million International Services <br />Expansion Program. These improvements include the construction of a new runway <br />and taxiways, the expansion of existing terminal facilities and terminal upgrades. <br />Terminal D is scheduled for a $2 million renovation in the near future. <br /> <br />William P. Hobby Airport (Hobby) is located approxirnately seven miles southeast of <br />downtown and 20 miles west of the subject hotel site. The terminal building has three <br />concourses with a total of 31 gates. Hobby has eight scheduled passenger airlines with <br />non-stop or direct service to over 65 cities throughout the U.S. Southwest Airlines is the <br />airport's main carrier and accounts for more than 80% of the total passengers. <br />