The city sits at the confluence of the Christina River and the Delaware River, about 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Philadelphia. Wilmington Train Station, one of the southernmost stops on Philadelphia's SEPTA rail transportation system, is also served by Northeast Corridor Amtrak passenger trains.
Houston Intercontinental Airport IAH serves the country's fourth largest City of Houston and the Gulf Coast region in Southeast Texas. It is presently one of the top five airports in the world and continues to attract more air carriers and add more destination points.
Although Houston is more well known for controlling flights once they've taken off - space flights in particular - every day Space City's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) sees more than 700 departing passenger flights, according to the airport's website.