HOUSTON, Texas — Travelers flying United out of Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport started using the rebuilt Terminal B North Concourse this week, a day after city and airline leaders cut the ribbon on Oct. 21.
The three-level building covers 765,000 square feet and holds 22 mainline gates. Paired with the south side of Terminal B, it gives United 48 gates in the terminal. The concourse is the centerpiece of the airline’s $2.6 billion overhaul of Terminal B, an area that had not seen a major update since 1969.
Crews started work in November 2023, and the project supported about 3,000 construction jobs. Houston Mayor John Whitmire credited the airline and the city’s airport system for delivering the job in 33 months, on schedule and within budget. The Houston Airport System expects the upgrade to let 40% more passengers fly on the busiest travel days of 2026 than could in 2023.
Upstairs sits a United Club that the airline bills as the largest of any carrier in the Americas, at 54,000 square feet with room for 800 people, two bars, two buffets, private phone rooms and an outdoor terrace. Elsewhere in the concourse, travelers will find 10 large art pieces, a quiet sensory room, about 105,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, and charging outlets at most seats.
The building also supports United’s growing reach south of the border. The airline flies to 57 destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean from Houston and plans to add a nonstop route to Cartagena, Colombia, in December.
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