page_title: Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center
hierarchical_section_title: Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center
caption_attribution_description: English: Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center
context_page_description: Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center is located at George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 16600 JFK Boulevard, Houston, Texas, United States 77032. The Houston ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. Houston Center is the 9th busiest ARTCC in the United States. Between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, Houston Center handled 2,266,553 aircraft operations.
  The center controls airspace in southern Texas, Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southwestern Alabama, and areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
context_section_description: Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZHU) is located at George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 16600 JFK Boulevard, Houston, Texas, United States 77032. The Houston ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States. Houston Center is the 9th busiest ARTCC in the United States.  Between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, Houston Center handled 2,266,553 aircraft operations.
  The center controls airspace in southern Texas, Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southwestern Alabama, and areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
caption: Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center
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