Dubai International Airport
Dubai International Airport مطار دبي الدولي Maṭār Dubayy al-Duwalī | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Dubai Airports Company | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Emirate of Dubai | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Al Garhoud, Dubai, UAE | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 30 September 1960 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 62 ft / 19 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°15′10″N 055°21′52″E / 25.25278°N 55.36444°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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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 as of 2024. It is also the busiest airport in the Middle East as of 2024, the second-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic as of 2024, the busiest airport for Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 movements, and the airport with the highest average number of passengers per flight. In 2024, the airport handled over 92 million passengers, over 2.2 million tonnes of cargo and registered over 440,000 aircraft movements.
The airport is situated in the Al Garhoud district, 2.54 nautical miles (4.70 km; 2.92 mi) east of the city center of Dubai and spread over an area of 2,900 hectares (7,200 acres) of land. Terminal 3 is the third-largest building in the world by floor space and the largest airport terminal in the world. In July 2019, the 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.
Emirates has its hub airport in the airport (DXB) and has its own terminal 3 with three concourses that they share with low-cost carrier 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. The airport is also the base for Flydubai, which handles 13% of passenger traffic and 25% of aircraft movements at DXB. The airport has a total capacity of 90 million passengers annually. As of January 2025, over 8,500 weekly flights are operated by more than 100 airlines to over 270 destinations across all inhabited continents. Almost half of the travelers using the airport are connecting passengers.
In 2014, the airport indirectly supported over 400,000 jobs and contributed over US$26.7 billion to Dubai's economy, representing around 27% of Dubai's GDP and 21% of employment in the city.
Due to the announced expansion of Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) on 28 April 2024, DXB will be shut down once DWC's expansion is completed. This expansion will lead DWC to supersede DXB and become the world's largest and busiest airport in terms of passengers, cargo and aircraft movements.