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Dubai International Airport

For the other international airport serving Dubai, see Al Maktoum International Airport.
Not to be confused with Zayed International Airport.

Dubai International Airport

مطار دبي الدولي

Maṭār Dubayy al-Duwalī
Aerial view of Dubai International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorDubai Airports Company
ServesEmirate of Dubai
LocationAl Garhoud
Opened30 September 1960 (1960-09-30)
Hub for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL62 ft / 19 m
Coordinates25°15′10″N 055°21′52″E / 25.25278°N 55.36444°E / 25.25278; 55.36444
Websitewww.dubaiairports.ae
Maps
DXB/OMDB is located in United Arab Emirates
DXB/OMDB
DXB/OMDB
Location in the UAE
DXB/OMDB is located in Persian Gulf
DXB/OMDB
DXB/OMDB
DXB/OMDB (Persian Gulf)
DXB/OMDB is located in Middle East
DXB/OMDB
DXB/OMDB
DXB/OMDB (Middle East)
DXB/OMDB is located in Asia
DXB/OMDB
DXB/OMDB
DXB/OMDB (Asia)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12L/30R 4,351 14,275 Asphalt
12R/30L 4,447 14,590 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers86,994,365 (Increase 31.7%)
Aircraft movements416,405 (Increase 21.3%)
Cargo (metric tonnes)1,805,898 (Decrease 4.5%)
Economic impact$26.7 billion[1]
Sources: UAE AIP,[2] ACI,[3] SkyVector[4][5]

Dubai International Airport (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي) (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic.[6] It is also the busiest airport in the Middle East, the second-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic,[7][8] the busiest airport for Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 movements,[9] and the airport with the highest average number of passengers per flight.[10] In 2023, the airport handled 87 million passengers and 1.81 million tonnes of cargo and registered 416,405 aircraft movements.[11]

Dubai International Airport is situated in the Al Garhoud district, 2.54 nautical miles (4.70 km; 2.92 mi) east[2] of the city center of Dubai and spread over an area of 7,200 acres (2,900 ha) of land.[12] Terminal 3 is the third-largest building in the world by floor space and the largest airport terminal in the world.[13] In July 2019, Dubai International airport installed the largest solar energy system in the region's airports as part of Dubai's goal to reduce 30 per cent of the city energy consumption by 2030.[14]

Emirates Airline has its hub airport in Dubai International (DXB) and has its own terminal 3 with three concourses that they share with Flydubai. The Emirates hub is the largest airline hub in the Middle East; Emirates handles 51% of all passenger traffic and accounts for approximately 42% of all aircraft movements at the airport.[15][16] Dubai Airport is also the base for low-cost carrier flydubai which handles 13% of passenger traffic and 25% of aircraft movements at DXB.[17] The airport has a total capacity of 90 million passengers annually. As of January 2024, over 8,000 weekly flights are operated by 100 airlines to over 262 destinations across all inhabited continents.[18] Over 63% of travelers using the airport in 2018 were connecting passengers.[19]

In 2014, Dubai International indirectly supported over 400,000 jobs and contributed over US$26.7 billion to the economy, representing around 27% of Dubai's GDP and 21% of the employment in Dubai.[20]

Due to the announced expansion of Al Maktoum Airport on 28 April 2024, Dubai International Airport will be shut down once Al Maktoum Airport expansion will be completed.[21]

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  14. ^ "Dubai Airport Terminal 2 installs 15,000 solar panels". gulfnews.com. 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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  19. ^ "Majority of DXB passengers in transit, study shows". Arabian Business. 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  20. ^ John, Issac. "UAE carriers set to scale new heights". khaleejtimes.ae. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  21. ^ Kamel, Deena (29 April 2024). "Dubai to scrap dual airport operations once move to mega-hub at Al Maktoum is complete". The National. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

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