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GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT
IAH – TO RENOVATE OR REINVENT?
1. Should Houston Airport System continue with renovating George Bush
Intercontinental Airport?
2. Should Houston Airport System demolish and rebuild the airport with new
design?
SPATIAL QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED
IAH FACTS
• Opened June 1969
• Holding company originally named Jet Era Ranch Corporation – typographical
error transformed Jet Era into Jetero.
• Tenth busiest airport in the United States
• Served 41,251,015 passengers in 2014
• IAH is located on 26 sq miles
• Terminal Area 2,841,437 sq feet
IAH TERMINALS
• IAH has 5 terminals with the total square feet of 2,841,437
• Has both circular and linear features
• Construction to convert all circular features to linear
IAH TOTAL AREA
DIA FACTS
• Opened in 1995
• Fifth busiest airport in the United States
• Served 53,472,514 in 2014
• DIA is located on 32 sq miles
• Terminal Area is 1,171,889
DIA TERMINALS
• DIA has 3 terminals with a total square feet of 1,171,889
• Has linear features only
• Some believe the configuration of the runways form a swastika
DIA TOTAL AREA
• DIA services 23% more people with 59% less terminal space.
• It cost 1 billion dollars to expand terminal B south side alone.
• Terminal B’s north side was not touched.
• Denver International Airport cost 4.8 billion to build.
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
WHAT IS YOUR GEOGRAPHIC QUESTION?
SHOULD HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM CONTINUE WITH RENOVATING GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT?
SHOULD HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM DEMOLISH AND REBUILD THE AIRPORT WITH NEW DESIGN?
WHAT QUESTION OR OBSERVATIONS ORIGINALLY GAVE YOU THE IDEA FOR YOUR PROJECT?
WHAT ORIGINALLY GAVE ME THE IDEA WAS THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT IAH AND FLYING INTO DENVER AND HOW MUCH SMALLER THE
OVERALL AIRPORT LOOKED THAN IAH. IT WAS ALSO LESS CLUTTERED.
WHAT DID YOU EXPECT TO FIND?
I EXPECTED TO FIND THAT IAH WAS A BUSIER AIRPORT CONSIDERING IT LOOKS ALMOST TWICE AS BIG AS DIA.
HOW DID YOU GATHER YOUR DATA?
GATHERING THE DATA TOOK SOME TIME AND EFFORT. THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT THE AIRPORTS ON THE INTERNET. THERE
ARE SOME EXACT NUMBERS FOR TERMINAL SIZE BUT IT IS LIMITED. I USED GOOGLE EARTH PRO AND AFTER DOWNLOADING AND DOING MY FIRST
DIGITIZING I FOUND OUT THAT IT HAD TO BE GEOREFERENCED. THE INFORMATION ON EACH AIRPORT IS EITHER ON THEIR SITE OR ON WIKIPEDIA.
WHEN DID YOU GATHER YOUR DATA?
I STARTED GATHERING MY DATA OVER A MONTH AGO, I SWITCHED SEVERAL TIMES ON MY SUBJECT.
DID YOU FACE ANY DIFFICULTIES GATHERING YOUR DATA?
GATHERING THE DATA WAS NOT DIFFICULT BUT PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER TOOK A LITTLE EFFORT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I KNOW 3 TIMES AS
MUCH ABOUT DIGITIZING, GEO-REFERENCING, CALCULATE GEOMETRY AND GCS AND PROJECTED COORDINATE SYSTEMS.
HOW DID YOU CHOOSE THE LIMITS OF YOUR DATASET?
THE LIMITS OF MY DATASET WERE DICTATED BY THE LIMITS OF THE AIRPORTS.
WHAT DID YOU FIND (ALSO…DID YOU FIND WHAT YOU EXPECTED TO FIND, DID ANY UNUSUAL PATTERNS EMERGE, ETC.)?
WHAT I FOUND IS THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION OF ALMOST ALL AIRPORTS AND THOSE DATED BACK TO THE 1990’S ARE BUILT WITH LINEAR
TERMINALS. THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS WERE MORE CIRCULAR. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT LINEAR TERMINALS WERE MORE EFFICIENT IN HANDLING
THE NUMBER OF PLANES AND ALSO THE SIZE OF THEM. IAH’S TERMINAL B STARTED OUT WITH 4 CIRCULAR TERMINALS AND NOW HAS 2
CIRCULAR TERMINALS AND LINEAR TERMINALS TO THE SOUTH.
STATE YOUR CONCLUSIONS.
IN CONCLUSION, WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM WILL SPEND TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING TERMINALS TO MAKE
THEM MORE EFFICIENT, THEY SHOULD CONSIDER BUYING PROPERTY TO EXPAND WITH NEW TERMINALS THAT ARE MORE EFFICIENT. DEMOLISH
THE EXISTING TERMINALS TO ALLOW REPOSITIONING OF THE RUNWAYS TO ACCOMMODATE MODERN LARGER PLANES.

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GISC 1401 Project

  • 1. GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT IAH – TO RENOVATE OR REINVENT?
  • 2. 1. Should Houston Airport System continue with renovating George Bush Intercontinental Airport? 2. Should Houston Airport System demolish and rebuild the airport with new design? SPATIAL QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED
  • 3. IAH FACTS • Opened June 1969 • Holding company originally named Jet Era Ranch Corporation – typographical error transformed Jet Era into Jetero. • Tenth busiest airport in the United States • Served 41,251,015 passengers in 2014 • IAH is located on 26 sq miles • Terminal Area 2,841,437 sq feet
  • 4.
  • 5. IAH TERMINALS • IAH has 5 terminals with the total square feet of 2,841,437 • Has both circular and linear features • Construction to convert all circular features to linear
  • 6.
  • 8. DIA FACTS • Opened in 1995 • Fifth busiest airport in the United States • Served 53,472,514 in 2014 • DIA is located on 32 sq miles • Terminal Area is 1,171,889
  • 9.
  • 10. DIA TERMINALS • DIA has 3 terminals with a total square feet of 1,171,889 • Has linear features only • Some believe the configuration of the runways form a swastika
  • 11.
  • 13. • DIA services 23% more people with 59% less terminal space. • It cost 1 billion dollars to expand terminal B south side alone. • Terminal B’s north side was not touched. • Denver International Airport cost 4.8 billion to build. RETURN ON INVESTMENT
  • 14.
  • 15. WHAT IS YOUR GEOGRAPHIC QUESTION? SHOULD HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM CONTINUE WITH RENOVATING GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT? SHOULD HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM DEMOLISH AND REBUILD THE AIRPORT WITH NEW DESIGN? WHAT QUESTION OR OBSERVATIONS ORIGINALLY GAVE YOU THE IDEA FOR YOUR PROJECT? WHAT ORIGINALLY GAVE ME THE IDEA WAS THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AT IAH AND FLYING INTO DENVER AND HOW MUCH SMALLER THE OVERALL AIRPORT LOOKED THAN IAH. IT WAS ALSO LESS CLUTTERED. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT TO FIND? I EXPECTED TO FIND THAT IAH WAS A BUSIER AIRPORT CONSIDERING IT LOOKS ALMOST TWICE AS BIG AS DIA. HOW DID YOU GATHER YOUR DATA? GATHERING THE DATA TOOK SOME TIME AND EFFORT. THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT THE AIRPORTS ON THE INTERNET. THERE ARE SOME EXACT NUMBERS FOR TERMINAL SIZE BUT IT IS LIMITED. I USED GOOGLE EARTH PRO AND AFTER DOWNLOADING AND DOING MY FIRST DIGITIZING I FOUND OUT THAT IT HAD TO BE GEOREFERENCED. THE INFORMATION ON EACH AIRPORT IS EITHER ON THEIR SITE OR ON WIKIPEDIA. WHEN DID YOU GATHER YOUR DATA? I STARTED GATHERING MY DATA OVER A MONTH AGO, I SWITCHED SEVERAL TIMES ON MY SUBJECT.
  • 16. DID YOU FACE ANY DIFFICULTIES GATHERING YOUR DATA? GATHERING THE DATA WAS NOT DIFFICULT BUT PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER TOOK A LITTLE EFFORT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I KNOW 3 TIMES AS MUCH ABOUT DIGITIZING, GEO-REFERENCING, CALCULATE GEOMETRY AND GCS AND PROJECTED COORDINATE SYSTEMS. HOW DID YOU CHOOSE THE LIMITS OF YOUR DATASET? THE LIMITS OF MY DATASET WERE DICTATED BY THE LIMITS OF THE AIRPORTS. WHAT DID YOU FIND (ALSO…DID YOU FIND WHAT YOU EXPECTED TO FIND, DID ANY UNUSUAL PATTERNS EMERGE, ETC.)? WHAT I FOUND IS THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION OF ALMOST ALL AIRPORTS AND THOSE DATED BACK TO THE 1990’S ARE BUILT WITH LINEAR TERMINALS. THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS WERE MORE CIRCULAR. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT LINEAR TERMINALS WERE MORE EFFICIENT IN HANDLING THE NUMBER OF PLANES AND ALSO THE SIZE OF THEM. IAH’S TERMINAL B STARTED OUT WITH 4 CIRCULAR TERMINALS AND NOW HAS 2 CIRCULAR TERMINALS AND LINEAR TERMINALS TO THE SOUTH. STATE YOUR CONCLUSIONS. IN CONCLUSION, WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM WILL SPEND TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING TERMINALS TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT, THEY SHOULD CONSIDER BUYING PROPERTY TO EXPAND WITH NEW TERMINALS THAT ARE MORE EFFICIENT. DEMOLISH THE EXISTING TERMINALS TO ALLOW REPOSITIONING OF THE RUNWAYS TO ACCOMMODATE MODERN LARGER PLANES.