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Happy 45th birthday, Bush IAH

Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Construction (1969)
Aerial View (1969)
Terminal C (1968)
Terminal A (1969)
Terminal A (1969)
Terminal A ticket lobby (1969)
Terminal A west (1969)
Terminal B (1969)
Terminal B baggage claim (1969)
Terminal B (1969)
Baggage claim (1969)
East side of Bush IAH (1969)
Flight attendants (1969)
Lobby (1969)
Terminal B (1969)
Terminal A (1969)
Opening day (1969)
Terminal B (1969)
(1969)
Terminal B (1969)
Terminal A (1969)
Terminal A east ticket lobby (1969)
Terminal A layout (1969)
Terminal B layout (1969)
Aerial view (1970)
(1970)
Cargo ramp (1970)
Terminal A ticket lobby (1970)
Terminal A ticket lobby (1970)
Terminal B (1970)
Terminal B (1970)
(1972)
Mickey cuts ribbon for terminal train (1979)
(1979)
IAH logo (1979)
Aerial view (1979)
Terminal train (1981)
Terminal train control room (1981)
Terminal C (1981)
Terminal C (1981)
Terminal C (1981)
Terminal C (1981)
Concorde on Runway 14 (1985)
Aerial view (1987)
Aerial view (1987)
Aerial view of runway 27 (1988)
Anniversary luncheon invite (1989)
Terminal D model (1990)
Mickey Leland building (1991)
Terminal D opening (1991)
Houston Airport Systems newsletter (1998)
(2001)
Aerial view (2003)
Terminal E (2004)
(2007)
Continental jet
(1972)
Terminal A west roof (1969)
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Construction (1969)

In June of 1969, Bush Intercontinental Airport began operations in north Houston. More than four-and-a-half decades later, it's one of the busiest airports in the world. See photos from the big airport's history in the slideshow above.

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