The 411 - Dialguide

We hope your stay is a pleasant one. For your convenience, listed below are important phone numbers and Web sites to have at your fingertips.

Emergency Numbers

Police/Fire/Medical — 911
Houston Fire Department — (713) 884-3144
Houston Police Department — (713) 222-3131

Hospitals

Houston Ambulance Service — (713) 222-3434

West
Memorial Hermann Hospital — (713) 704-4000

Northeast
Northeast Medical Center Hospital — (281) 540-7700

Medical Center
MD Anderson Cancer Center — (713) 792-6161
The Methodist Hospital — (713) 790-3311
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital — (713) 785-8537/(832) 355-1000

Downtown
Christus St. Joseph Hospital — (713) 757-1000

Northwest
Houston Northwest Medical Center — (281) 440-2320

Southeast/Clear Lake
Clear Lake Regional Medical Center — (281) 332-2511

Non-emergency

City services — 311

Service Agencies

Greater Houston American Red Cross — (713) 526-8300
Night number — (713) 526-0636

Highway Nicknames

Beaumont Highway: U.S. 90
East Freeway: I-10 East
Eastex Freeway: U.S. 59 (Between north Houston and downtown)
Gulf Freeway: 1-45 South (south of downtown)
Katy Freeway: 1-10 West
The Loop: Loop 610
North Freeway: 1-45
North Northwest Freeway: U.S. 290
Southwest Freeway: U.S. 59 (Between Southwest Houston and downtown)
South Freeway: Texas 288

Transportation

Airports
Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) — (281) 230-3100
William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) — (713) 640-3000

Airlines
Aeromexico — (800) 237-6639
Air Canada — (888) 247-2262
Air France — (800) 237-2747
AirTran Airways — (800) 247-8726
America West — (800) 235-9292
American Airlines — (800) 433-7300
American Trans Air — (800) 435-9282
Atlantic Southeast — (800) 221-1212
Aviacsa — (800) 237-6396
British Airways — (800) 247-9297
Cayman Airways — (800) 422-9626
China Air — (800) 227-5118
Comair — (800) 354-9822
Continental Airlines — (800) 523-3273
Continental Express — (800) 523-3273
Delta — (800) 221-1212
Frontier Airlines — (800) 432-1359
Jet Blue — (800) 538-2583
KLM — (800) 374-7747
Lufthansa — (800) 645-3880
Northwest Airlines — (800) 225-2525
Pakistan Airlines — (800) 578-6786
SkyWest Airlines — (800) 221-1212
Southwest Airlines — (800) 435-9792
TACA — (800) 535-8780
United — (800) 241-6522
US Airways — (800) 428-4322

Airport Shuttles

Shuttle services operate to and from Bush IAH and Hobby airports, and most hotels. Purchase tickets online, from shuttle drivers outside baggage claim or from ticket counters near baggage claim.

Super Shuttle — (800) 258-3826
Texans Shuttle — (877) 770-1655
Houston Professional Airport Shuttle — (713) 988-5126
*Private limousine and bus services also provide shuttle service.

Visitor Information

Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau — (713) 227-3100
GHCVB Visitors Center — City Hall, 901 Bagby St., downtown (713) 437-5200/(800) 4HOUSTON
Greater Houston Chamber of Commerce/Greater Houston Partnership — (713) 844-3600
Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce — (713) 644-7070

Useful Web Sites

GuestLife Houston — www.guestlife.com/houston
City of Houston — www.cityofhouston.gov
Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau — www.visithoustontexas.com
Downtown Management District — www.houstondowntown.com
NASA/Johnson Space Center — www.jsc.nasa.gov
Texas Travel Info. — www.tourtexas.com

Parks/Recreation/Wildlife

Houston Parks & Recreation Department — www.houstontx.gov/parks, (713) 845-1000
Texas Parks and Wildlife — www.tpwd.state.tx.us, (800) 792-1112

Weather

National Weather Station — www.nws.noaa.gov, (281) 337-5074
Local Weather Forecast — (713) 529-4444

Temperatures (Average high/low)
Winter — 63/42ºF
Spring — 78/57ºF
Summer — 92/72ºF
Fall — 80/58ºF