Drive Times From Houston Heights to George Bush Intercontinental Airport

Google's typical-traffic model puts Woodland Heights to George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 18 to 23 minutes on a Tuesday at 8:00 am, over 17.2 miles. Coming home, its estimate for a Tuesday at 5:30 pm runs 22 to 33 minutes, over 18.5 miles. Both readings follow Hardy Toll Rd.

Those are Google's estimates for those two weekday hours, not clocked trips. The evening range is the wider of the two. Where a given drive lands inside either range depends on the exact street and the traffic that hour.

Google estimates Norhill to George Bush Intercontinental Airport at 18 to 23 minutes on a Tuesday at 8:00 am, a distance of 17.3 miles. The return from the airport to Norhill at 5:30 pm on a Tuesday comes to 21 to 33 minutes and 18.5 miles. Hardy Toll Rd is the route in both directions.

Google's morning range for Norhill matches the one it gives Woodland Heights minute for minute. In the evening, Norhill's range is 21 to 33 minutes against 22 to 33 for Woodland Heights. Each figure is a model estimate for that weekday hour. The exact address and the evening's traffic decide where a drive falls.

In Google's estimates for a Tuesday at 8:00 am, Woodland Heights and Norhill both come in at 18 to 23 minutes, against 19 to 27 minutes from Houston Heights. Woodland Heights is the shortest of the three at 17.2 miles, then Norhill at 17.3 and Houston Heights at 17.5.

All three of Google's morning readings use the same toll road. The wider difference is at the top of the range: 19 to 27 minutes for Houston Heights against 18 to 23 for the other two.

Yes, in each of Google's readings. The 5:30 pm return runs farther than the 8:00 am departure from all three starting points: 18.6 miles against 17.5 for Houston Heights, 18.5 against 17.2 for Woodland Heights, and 18.5 against 17.3 for Norhill.

The time ranges move the same way: each evening range starts and ends higher than the morning range for the same neighborhood. Both directions are estimates for a Tuesday at those hours, and the route stays on Hardy Toll Rd.

Houston Heights, in Google's estimates for a Tuesday at 5:30 pm. Its return from George Bush Intercontinental Airport spans 23 to 37 minutes. Norhill spans 21 to 33 minutes, and Woodland Heights spans 22 to 33 minutes. All three follow Hardy Toll Rd, over 18.6 miles from Houston Heights and 18.5 miles from the other two.

A wider range means more of the evening drive turns on the traffic that hour. Google gives these as estimates for that weekday hour rather than timed trips. The exact address moves a drive within its range.