Dubai International Airport
Dubai International Airport مطار دبي الدولي Maṭār Dubayy ad-Duwalī | |||||||||||||||
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Aerial view of Dubai International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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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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DXB/OMDB Location in the UAE DXB/OMDB DXB/OMDB (Persian Gulf) DXB/OMDB DXB/OMDB (Middle East) DXB/OMDB DXB/OMDB (Asia) | |||||||||||||||
Interactive map of Dubai International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Sources: UAE AIP, ACI, SkyVector, DAC | |||||||||||||||
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, 4.70 kilometres (2.92 mi) east of the city center of Dubai and spread over an area of 1,750 hectares (4,300 acres) of land. Terminal 3 is the fourth-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' main hub is DXB. It is the primary operator from terminal 3, which consists of three concourses. 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 low-cost carrier 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.
DXB is planned to close once the expanded Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) is fully operational, DWC will supersede DXB as Dubai's main airport.