Pick Up / Drop Off
Pick up passengers outside the terminals, Baggage Claim/Arrivals level
- Terminal A: north side, Door A-113
- Terminal B: north side, Door B-101
- Terminal C: north side, Door C-102
- Terminal D: Terminal E International Arrivals Hall*
- Terminal E: south side, Door 103B
- Follow signs to “Arrivals”
Parking is not permitted at terminal curbside.
*Note: International passengers who arrive at Terminal D will proceed through Customs & Immigration to the Terminal E international arrivals hall.
Private Cars - For Arriving Passengers
Drivers picking up American Airlines and Spirit passengers please follow signage to South Terminal Rd. pick-up curb front.
Do not park at the curbside to wait for your passenger. Idle vehicles create congestion at the curbside and back up traffic.
Pick up – outside Baggage Claim/Arrivals Level
- Terminal A: North Side, Door A-113
- Terminal B: South Side, Door A-115 (American and Spirit passengers)
- Terminal C: North side, Door C-102
- Terminal E: South side, Door E 103B
- Follow signs to “Ground Transportation”
- Exit through the doors marked “Passenger Pick-Up”
Drop off – All Terminals, Departures Level
Two Cell Phone Lots at IAH offer convenient locations to await passenger arrivals while easing traffic congestion around the terminals.
- Free
- Open 24 hours
- Driver must remain with vehicle
Cell Phone Lot on John F. Kennedy Boulevard 17010 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Houston, TX 77032
__From Sam Houston Tollway __
- From the Sam Houston Tollway, exit John F. Kennedy Boulevard and travel north.
- Take the Rankin Road exit and continue north on the access road through the four-way stop at Rankin Road.
- Follow signs to “Cell Phone Lot.”
- The Cell Phone Lot is on the right, just past the four-way stop.
Cell Phone Lot on Will Clayton Parkway 5703 Will Clayton Parkway, Humble TX 77338
From U.S. 59 (I-69)
- From U.S. 59 (I-69), exit Will Clayton Parkway and travel west.
- Follow the signs to “Cell Phone Lot.”
- The Cell Phone Lot is on your right.
- Parking is not permitted at the terminal curbside.
Control Tower Cell Phone Lot 4500 Will Clayton Parkway, Humble TX 77396
__From Sam Houston Tollway __
- From the Sam Houston Tollway, exit John F. Kennedy Boulevard and travel north.
- Follow signs to “Cell Phone Lot.”
- The Cell Phone Lot is on the right.
From Terminals A/B
- Follow signs marked “Airport Exit U.S. 59/ I-69
- Join Will Clayton Parkway traveling East, follow signs to “Cell Phone Lot”
- The cell phone lot will be on the right at 4500 Will Clayton Parkway
From Terminal C/D/E
- Follow signs marked “Airport Exit U.S.59/ I-69
- Join Will Clayton Parkway traveling East
- Following the Return to Terminal signage, turn left on Colonel Fisher, then left at the traffic light to proceed West bound on Will Clayton Parkway
- Follow signs to the “Cell Phone Lot”
- The cell phone lot will be on the right at 4500 Will Clayton Parkway
Parking is not permitted at the terminal curbside.
Drop off
- Terminal A: Departures Level 2
- Terminal C: Departures Level 2
- Terminal D: Level 1
- Terminal E: Departures Level 2