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The Houston Airport System (HAS) handled 62.4 million passengers in the 12 months ending July ’25. That represents a 0.5 percent increase over the 62.1 million handled during the same period last year and a continued improvement over pre-pandemic levels of travel. Domestic and international travel accounted for 49.2 million and 13.2 million passengers, respectively.

Travel was also up year over year for the month of July, growing 3.4 percent from July ‘24. Domestic travel was up 2.0 percent to 4.5 million passengers while international travel increased 8.0 percent to 1.4 million. The total number of passengers increased at both the William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), by 1.4 and 4.0 percent respectively.

HAS handled well over half a million metric tons of cargo in the 12 months ending July ’25, 3.1 percent above the total for the same period last year. July’s 12-month total of 562,702 metric tons surpassed the previous peak set in August ’22 and represents the strongest 12-month total on record.

In late August, Frontier announced new international flights connecting IAH to Guatemala City, Guatemala, San Salvador, El Salvador, and San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The new routes will launch in December, joining United, Avianca, Spirit, and Volaris El Salvador’s existing nonstop flights to Central America. The announcement continues to strengthen Houston’s position as the “gateway to Latin America.” For more news and information, visit fly2houston.com.

 

Prepared by Greater Houston Partnership Research

 

Clara Richardson
Analyst, Research
Greater Houston Partnership
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Colin Baker
Manager of Economic Research
Greater Houston Partnership
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