Houston IAH

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Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Queuing Times 12345
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2/10

"no seats for passengers"

(United States)

Not Verified | Beautiful airport, BUT I am 64 years old and when I got to the gate there were no seats for passengers to sit in while they waited. There were tables and seats for a restaurant and 7 seats for people to use and charge computers. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! Every other airport I have ever gone to had plenty of seats at the gates. Houston, you are pathetic! You spent lots of money to make your airport beautiful then forgot to seat your customers. And there are a lot of older people who fly. You have now taken sole possession of the worst large airport I have ever been too. Congratulations! BTW, I flew United 1696 to Salt Lake City and was at Gate C-4.
Experience At AirportArrival and Departure
Date VisitFebruary 2023
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages N/A
no
1/10

"Confusing and unprofessional"

(United States)

Not Verified | Confusing and unprofessional. At the customer support there seems to be only one person who knew what to do. The rest of the people didnt know what to do and kept having to get someone who did know. They were not very friendly or helpful either.
Experience At AirportArrival Only
Date VisitJanuary 2023
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages N/A
Airport Staff 12345
no
1/10

"Dusty, cold, dirty"

(United States)

Not Verified | Flight IAH-EWR from Terminal D (D9). I started freezing once up on the escalators and went to the restaurant there. Everybody was wearing coats and scarfs because it was just cold. I went to the gate and looked around. I did not know Terminal D is also a construction zone. Dusty, cold, dirty areas at Gate 9. No isolation, no carpet, no ceiling. This is just another part that IAH is losing it's reputation and rating for years to come. It will take time once the construction is done.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitDecember 2022
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
no
1/10

"No comfortable place to try to rest

(United States)

Not Verified | Terrible airport. Because of my delayed arriving flight I had to spend the night. Employees are rude and unhelpful. No remotely comfortable place to even try to rest. Dirty and it smells.
Experience At AirportDeparture Only
Date VisitDecember 2022
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages N/A
Airport Staff 12345
no
1/10

"poor planning and lack of signage"

(United States)

Not Verified | Twice in the past 30 days we went to the airport to pick up family members arriving into Terminal A. We waited patiently in the cell phone lot until they got their bags then headed to the terminal to pick them up. Traffics to Terminal A is a nightmare and it doesn’t appear to be due to construction, its just poor planning and lack of signage to keep people in their correct lanes and moving smoothly. The first time in mid-Nov it took me at least 25 min from the time I left the cell phone lot until we got to the terminal. Today, after waiting in the long line for nearly 20-25 min when we arrived at the pick up door it is not apparent that there is more than 1 door to pick up a nor is it apparent from inside the terminal either. We were at the pickup spot waiting for our passengers who were traveling with a small child to find us. Unfortunately they were at a different door. As we tried on the phone to find each other the parking attendants who were very unprofessional and extremely rude ordered us to drive away. I was almost insistent that we weren’t going to leave since we knew my son, daughter-in-law and their toddler daughter were with all their bags looking for us somewhere and furthermore, not knowing that there was another passenger pickup door did not want to go back in the long line of traffic that I just finished wasting my time in for the past half hour. Finally one of the attendant got so indignant I thought he was either going to get physical with me or call the police on me so we elected to drive around to the other pick up door (which we did not even know existed). When we got over to the other side the parking was just as chaotic as we looked for our family. I knew I wasn’t going to leave the terminal from there until we picked them up because that would have put us going into another 20-30 minute long line of traffic. We were finally able to find each other but the entire ordeal from leaving the cellphone lot to pick up was right at an hour.
Experience At AirportArrival Only
Date VisitDecember 2022
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages N/A
Airport Staff 12345
no
2/10

"everywhere was electronic"

(United States)

Trip Verified | You can not simply order a meal and a beer everywhere was electronic, so if your phone decides not to work prepare to be hungry and thirsty. They should have a back up, but the staff has no choice but to apologize and are helpless.
Experience At AirportArrival and Departure
Date VisitNovember 2022
Type Of TravellerSolo Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
no
5/10

"inconsistent experience depending where you are"

(United States)

Trip Verified | Somewhat messy, with inconsistent experience depending where you are. Flew 4 times through IAH in the last few weeks and I have not been impressed. In addition, access to the airport is somewhat messy and we had to wait in line to get on a shuttle bus from and to car rental. Not sure why it was so busy. I think the experience can vary wildly depending on which gates you fly from.
Experience At AirportArrival and Departure
Date VisitOctober 2022
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages N/A
Wifi Connectivity 12345
no
1/10

"bathroom looks like it has never been cleaned"

(United States)

Trip Verified | Landed at IAH for a connecting flight to Phoenix and the first thing you get hit with is the smell of disgust, awful smells. Walk into the bathroom and it looks like it has never been cleaned or maybe not since the beginning of the year. Sit at the bar the prices are the worst I have seen at an airport and there is no customer service - what the heck? Hello bartender are you here? Would never come back here ever. Never been to Houston and never even want to based off the airport.
Experience At AirportTransit
Date VisitOctober 2022
Type Of TravellerCouple Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Wifi Connectivity 12345
Airport Staff 12345
no
3/10

"always find it confusing"

(Canada)

Not Verified | I have traveled to and from this airport several times. I always find it confusing where to go next. I find the easiest way is to follow the other passengers. We had been asked to check our carry on luggage as the flight was very full. There was no information where the luggage would show up. Each carousel we went to did not have our flight information. So as one carousel started up, Travellers scurried over hoping their luggage would appear. We should have had the theme music from Benny Hill playing overhead. The restrooms could use a face-lift. They are not only very well used but usually gross. New toilet seats at least, and more frequently cleaning would help a great deal.
Experience At AirportArrival Only
Date VisitSeptember 2022
Type Of TravellerFamily Leisure
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages N/A
Airport Staff 12345
no
1/10

"The signage is terrible"

(United States)

Trip Verified | What matters is whether it’s easy to get in and out of the airport, find my gate, and whether bathrooms are clean. IAH fails across the board. The signage is terrible. If you’re parking in a garage on site, good luck finding it based on the signs and once you do find the garages, you better have a reservation otherwise you’ll be directed to a parking lot offsite. That’ll add a solid 45 minutes. Once in the airport, I hope your not in terminal E because if you are, prepare for more very confusing signage and a long walk through other terminals to get to E. The employees here are friendly and helpful, and thank goodness because you’ll be searching for one after the signage frustrates you. IAH, this is beneath you. Clean up the signs (I suggest going digital so you can update things for construction). Improve the parking. Invest in the infrastructure, not the shopping
Experience At AirportArrival and Departure
Date VisitSeptember 2022
Type Of TravellerBusiness
Queuing Times 12345
Terminal Cleanliness 12345
Terminal Seating 12345
Terminal Signs 12345
Food Beverages 12345
Airport Shopping 12345
Airport Staff 12345
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