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Getting to Coterra Energy in Houston

By Rachel Julian, Editor-in-Chief · · 3 min read

The airport, the drive, and the ground game for a business trip to Coterra Energy's Houston headquarters — reused from our verified where-to-stay data.

Direct answer: Visiting Coterra Energy in Houston? The HQ is at 840 Gessner Rd, Houston, TX 77024 (Memorial City, on Gessner Road). Airport: Both airports run about 25–30 minutes from west Houston. Houston has no train to either airport, so you'll take a rideshare or rent a car — build in a traffic buffer either way, because in Houston congestion is the variable, not distance.
Company
Coterra Energy — an oil and natural-gas exploration and production company
HQ address
840 Gessner Rd, Houston, TX 77024
Submarket
Memorial City, on Gessner Road
Airport
Both airports run about 25–30 minutes from west Houston
Getting there
Rideshare or rental car — Houston has no airport rail

Planning the whole trip? The complete guide to visiting Coterra Energy — stay, ground, and the meeting, in one place.

Which airport for Coterra Energy

Both airports run about 25–30 minutes from west Houston. As a rule in Houston: George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) in the north has the most flights and all the long-haul connections; William P. Hobby (HOU) to the southeast is closer to downtown and the central submarkets but thinner on connections. Pick the airport by your flight first — then plan the ground.

The ground reality in Houston

There is no rail link to either Houston airport — METRORail does not reach IAH or Hobby. METRO runs a few express buses (the 102 from IAH toward downtown, routes toward Hobby), but for a business trip on a schedule they are slow and infrequent. In practice that leaves two honest options: a rideshare or a rental car. Whichever you pick, treat Houston traffic as the real cost — I-45, I-10, and the 610 Loop can turn a 20-minute map into 50 minutes at peak. Leave the buffer.

Rental car or rideshare?

If your visit sits in one walkable submarket — downtown's tunnel-connected core, or a campus like Springwoods Village where the hotel is beside the office — rideshare and skip the parking. If you're hopping between campuses, staying in the Energy Corridor or Westchase, or you value not waiting on a pickup in the heat, rent the car. For Coterra Energy specifically, Memorial City, on Gessner Road points you toward a rental — the campus and its parking reward having your own wheels.

Where you sleep decides your morning commute. The companion to this page is where to stay near Coterra Energy — pick the hotel in the right submarket and the airport-to-office problem mostly solves itself.

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Sources: Coterra Energy's HQ address is its published corporate address. Airport, transit, and drive guidance is The Sales Traveler's own, based on Houston geography and the locations of George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) and William P. Hobby (HOU) — neither of which has a rail link. Not paid placements.
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