George Bush Intercontinental · IAH · Houston's global hub · June 2026
Houston's global hub, United's southern gateway that carried 48.5 million passengers across five terminals and the new Mickey Leland international wing, is now bookable by the hour, priced per play, matched to how George Bush Intercontinental's flight banks actually move.
George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston advertising spans from a few cents per play on concourse and gate screens to premium arrivals-hall LED and spectacular digital walls. On Blindspot, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.48, with no contracts or minimums.
The smart George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the departures bank in the morning, the security and concourse dwell through the day, the arrivals halls when the long-haul flights land.
Billboard ranking points
Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.
Ticketing lobbies across the terminals funnel every departing passenger past premium digital media.
Queue lanes and tray-table dwell hold attention through the screening choke point.
United connecting passengers wait out long dwell at the Terminal C and D gate concourses.
Reclaim belts and the Mickey Leland arrivals corridor catch a captive, recently landed audience.
The Skyway people-mover and Subway train repeat your brand as travelers cross between A and E.
United Clubs and the Terminal D duty-free runs reach a higher-spend traveler before the flight.
The media estate · operator partners
Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston's media owners, Clear Channel Airports, George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) advertising program, OUTFRONT Media airport network among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.
Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.
Formats
From a single gate screen to a full arrivals-hall takeover, Blindspot puts George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston's digital out-of-home on one map, each screen priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter airside and landside:
Large-format digital across check-in islands and departures, where every traveler dwells before security.
Captive screens along the security and passport queues, minutes of guaranteed attention per passenger.
Concourse and gate-lounge screens reaching seated, relaxed travelers with long airside dwell.
High-dwell arrivals and baggage-claim placements as passengers wait, the airport's longest captive window.
Boarding-bridge and gate-side panels in the final moment before the flight.
Iconic hall and atrium spectaculars for brand-statement reach across the whole terminal.
Location insights
IAH is United's southern stronghold, five terminals A through E stitched together by the Skyway people-mover and an underground train. Terminal C anchors the big United banks, the Mickey Leland Terminal D handles the global departures, and the expanded Terminal E feeds widebody international flow. Mornings push domestic departures, midday holds connecting dwell across the concourses, evenings fill arrivals and the baggage halls. Five buildings, one connecting spine, so traffic concentrates where the trains stop. Buy the banks, not the dead hours.
Departures and check-in fill in the early-morning and late-afternoon banks. Book those hours and your frequency against business travelers climbs for the same budget.
Gates and the gate holdrooms hold seated, relaxed travelers for 60–90 minutes, long windows where dwell, not rush, does the work.
Arrivals fills as long-haul flights land in banks, high-value international passengers with time to read. Swap creative to match who just arrived.
Location intelligence summary
George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston doesn't have a rush hour; it has flight banks. Departures peak in the morning, long-haul arrivals land in waves, and between them travelers dwell for 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. The buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the banks when your audience is captive, skip the dead hours.
| Objective | Book these zones | Best hours |
|---|---|---|
| Brand launch / premium | Departures + Transit | All day · long-haul banks |
| Business travelers | Departures, Gates | Weekday 6–10 AM · 4–8 PM |
| Long-dwell layovers | Gates, Arrivals | 10 AM–8 PM |
| International arrivals | Arrivals, Retail | Aligned to long-haul landing banks |
| Duty-free & retail | Departures, Gates | Departures peaks |
A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.
Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.
Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.
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Pricing · updated June 2026
Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.
| Format | Price per play | Typical presence | Why it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Departures hall pillars & LED | from ~$0.48 per play | $100 buys hourly ticketing-lobby slots | every departing passenger through the terminal lobbies |
| Gate concourse & holdroom screens | from ~$0.48 per play | $100 buys hourly holdroom slots | seated, long-dwell connecting traveler attention before boarding |
| Skyway & train transit | from ~$0.46 per play | $100 buys repeat exposure between terminals | connecting passengers crossing between A and E |
| Arrivals & baggage reclaim | from ~$0.46 per play | $100 buys belt-side reclaim time | a captive, recently landed audience |
| Departures-hall spectacular | custom | flagship Terminal C takeover | dominant share of voice over the main United departures core |
No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen
What a campaign costs
Because pricing is per play and hourly, there's no minimum, but here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.
Concourse test
One Terminal C pier's gate holdrooms across a morning departure bank
Multi-zone airport push
Departures lobbies, security lanes, the C and D concourses and the arrivals corridor together
IAH flagship takeover
Dominant share of voice across the United departures core and the international terminal
FAQ
From a few cents per play on concourse and gate screens to premium arrivals-hall and spectacular LED. On Blindspot, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston (IAH) screens are priced per play and booked by the hour, entry plays start around $0.48, with no contracts or minimums.
George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston handles roughly 48.5 million passengers a year, a captive, high-income, hard-to-reach audience that dwells 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. Few channels deliver that quality of attention.
Arrivals halls and baggage reclaim lead for dwell and recall; departures and security queues for guaranteed exposure to every passenger; concourse and gate holdrooms for long, relaxed attention.
Yes. On Blindspot every George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum, so you can buy only the morning departures bank or the long-haul arrivals windows that match your audience.
The airport's media is run by operators such as Clear Channel Airports, George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) advertising program, OUTFRONT Media airport network; Blindspot aggregates the bookable digital inventory onto one map, priced per play.
Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Approval typically averages around two business days across networks.
A multi-day hourly presence across a high-dwell concourse or arrivals hall, or a concentrated burst on departures and security screens through the busiest morning banks.
How to book
No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.
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Open the map, filter George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.
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Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.
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Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.
48.5 million travelers. Your hour.
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