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Dubai International Airport

March 15, 2023

For the other international airport serving Dubai, see Al Maktoum International Airport.

Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي) is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic.[5] It is also the nineteenth-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic,[6] one of the busiest cargo airports in the world,[7] the busiest airport for Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 movements,[8] and the airport with the highest average number of passengers per flight.[9] In 2017, the airport handled 88 million passengers and 2.65 million tonnes of cargo and registered 409,493 aircraft movements.[10]

Dubai International Airport

مطار دبي الدولي

Maṭār Dubayy al-Duwalī
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorDubai Airports Company
ServesEmirate of Dubai
Opened1960; 63 years ago (1960)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL62 ft / 19 m
Coordinates25°15′10″N 055°21′52″E / 25.25278°N 55.36444°E / 25.25278; 55.36444Coordinates: 25°15′10″N 055°21′52″E / 25.25278°N 55.36444°E / 25.25278; 55.36444
Websitewww.dubaiairports.ae
Maps
DXB/OMDB
Location in the UAE
DXB/OMDB
DXB/OMDB (Asia)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12L/30R 4,351 14,275 Asphalt
12R/30L 4,447 14,590 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Passengers29.1 million (2021) 59%
Aircraft movements373,261
Cargo (metric tonnes)2,514,918 4.8%
Economic impact$26.7 billion[1]
Sources: UAE AIP,[2] ACI,[3] SkyVector[4]

Dubai International Airport is situated in the Al Garhoud district, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) east[2] of Dubai and spread over an area of 7,200 acres (2,900 ha) of land.[11] Terminal 3 is the second-largest building in the world by floor space and the largest airport terminal in the world.[12] 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 percent of the city energy consumption by 2030.[13]

Emirates Airline has its hub airport in Dubai International (DXB) and has their own terminal 3 with 3 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.[14][15] Dubai Airport is also the base for low-cost carrier flydubai which handles 13% of passenger traffic and 25% of aircraft movements at DXB.[16] The airport has a total capacity of 90 million passengers annually. As of January 2016, there are over 7,700 weekly flights operated by 140 airlines to over 270 destinations across all inhabited continents.[17] Over 63% of travelers using the airport in 2018 were connecting passengers.[18]

In 2014 Dubai International indirectly supported over 400,000 jobs and contributed over US$26.7 billion to the economy, which represented around 27% of Dubai's GDP and 21% of the employment in Dubai.[19]

History

The history of civil aviation in Dubai started in July 1937 when an air agreement was signed for a flying boat base for the aircraft of Imperial Airways with the rental of the base at about 440 rupees per month – this included the guards' wages.[citation needed] The Empire Flying Boats also started operating once a week flying east to Karachi mostly direct from the UK and west to Southampton, England. By February 1938, there were four flying boats a week.[citation needed]

In the 1940s, flying from Dubai was by flying boats operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), operating the Horseshoe route from Southern Africa via the Persian Gulf to Sydney.[20]

Construction

 
The airport's fire station and control tower seen from landside, constructed in early 1959

Construction of the airport was ordered by the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, in 1959. It officially opened in 1960 with its first airfield, at which time it was able to handle aircraft the size of a Douglas DC-3 on a 1,800-metre-long (5,900 ft) runway made of compacted sand.[21] Three turning-areas, an apron and small terminal completed the airport that was constructed by Costain.[22]

 
The first jet aircraft to land on the new runway at Dubai Airport in 1965 was a Comet from Middle East Airlines.

In May 1963, construction of a 9,200-foot (2,800 m) asphalt runway started. This new runway, alongside the original sand runway and taxiway opened in May 1965, together with several new extensions were added to the Terminal Building, hangars erected, Airport and Navigational aids were installed. The installation of the lighting system continued after the official opening and was completed in August of that year. During the second half of the 1960s several extensions, equipment upgrades like a VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and an instrument landing system (ILS), as well as new buildings, were constructed. By 1969, the airport was served by 9 airlines serving some 20 destinations.[23]

The inauguration was on 15 May 1966 and was marked by the visits of the first big jets of Middle East Airlines and Kuwait Airways Comets.[24]

The advent of wide-body aircraft required further airport development in the 1970s, which had already been foreseen by the Ruler of Dubai, and plans for a new Terminal, runways, and taxiways capable of coping with international flights were drawn up. The construction of a new terminal building consisting of a three-storey building 110 m (360 ft) long and included an enclosed floor area of 13,400 m2 (144,000 sq ft). A new 28 m (92 ft) control tower was also constructed.[25]

Expansion continued in the early 1970s including ILS Category II equipment, lengthening existing runway to 12,500 ft (3,810 m), installation of a non-directional beacon (NDB), diesel generators, taxiways, etc. This work made handling the Boeing 747 and Concorde possible. Several runway and apron extensions were carried out through the decade to meet growing demand.[26]

1971 saw the new precision category 2 Approach and Runway Lighting System being commissioned. The construction of the Airport Fire Station and the installation of the generators were completed in December of that year and were fully operational in March 1972. The ruler also commissioned and inaugurated the Long-range Surveillance System on 19 June 1973.[27]

With the expansion of the Airport Fire Services, it was necessary to find more suitable accommodation, and a hangar-style building was made available to them at the end of 1976. This was located midway between the runway ends to facilitate efficient operations. A new building was also constructed to house the Airport Maintenance Engineer, Electronics Engineering section, and Stores unit.

Expansion of the Airport Restaurant and Transit Lounge including the refurbishing of the upper level and the provision of a new kitchen was completed in December 1978.

The next phase of development was the second runway, which was completed three months ahead of schedule and opened in April 1984. This runway, located 360 m (1,180 ft) north of the existing runway and parallel to it and is equipped with the latest meteorological, airfield lighting and instrument landing systems to give the airport a Category II classification.

Also, several extensions and upgrades of terminal facilities and supporting systems were carried out. On 23 December 1980 the airport became an ordinary member of the Airports Council International (ACI). The decline of Karachi airport is often associated with the traffic Dubai took away from them.

During the 1980s, Dubai was a stopping point for airlines such as Air India, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, and others traveling between Asia and Europe that needed a refueling point in the Persian Gulf. This use was later made redundant with the availability of Russian airspace due to the breakup of the Soviet Union and the advent of longer-range aircraft introduced in the late 1980s and early 1990s such as the Airbus A340, the Boeing 747-400 and the Boeing 777 series aircraft, which had the range to fly between Europe and Southeast Asia nonstop.[28] British Airways flights from Islamabad to Manchester also stopped for short times during the 1980s.

Expansion

 
Air Astana Boeing 737-700 taxiing at Dubai International Airport in 2005
 
Azerbaijan Airlines Boeing 707-300 parked at a remote stand at Dubai International Airport in 1995

The opening of Terminal 2 in 1998 saw the first step of phase 1 of the new development master plan launched in 1997. As the second stage, Concourse 1 opened in April 2000 under the name of Sheikh Rashid Terminal. The concourse is 0.8 km (0.50 mi) in length and connects to the check-in area by a 0.3 km (0.19 mi) tunnel containing moving walkways (conveyor belt/travelators). It also contains a hotel, business center, health club, exchanges, dining and entertainment facilities, internet services, medical center, post office, and a prayer room. The next step was the reconfiguration of the runways, already part of phase 2, and aprons and taxiways were expanded and strengthened in 2003–2004. In addition, the Dubai Flower Centre opened in 2005 as part of the development. The airport saw the need for this as the city is a hub for import and export of flowers and the airport required a specialist facility since flowers need special conditions.[29][30]

Construction of Terminal 3 began in 2004 as the next stage of phase 2 of the development, with an estimated cost of around $4.55  billion. Completion was originally planned for 2006 but was delayed by two years.[31]

On 30 May 2008, a topping out ceremony was conducted. The terminal became operational on 14 October 2008, with Emirates Airline (EK2926) from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, being the first flight to arrive at the new terminal and EK843 to Doha, Qatar being the first departing flight. The terminal increased the airport's maximum passenger capacity annually by 47  million, bringing the total annual capacity up to 75 million passengers.[32]

On 29 October 2010, the airport marked its 50th anniversary. The airport has seen over 402 million passengers at an average annual growth rate of 15.5% and handled over 3.87 million aircraft at an average annual growth rate of 12.4%.[33]

With the arrival of the Airbus A380, the airport made modifications costing $230 million. These included the building of 29 gates capable of handling the large aircraft, five of which are in Terminal 3 and two are in Terminal 1. Other important projects at the airport include the next stage of phase 2 development, which includes the construction of Concourse 3. This will be a smaller version of Concourse 2, which is connected to Terminal 3.

Also as part of the expansion, the airport is now able to handle at least 75 million (an increase of 19 million) passengers per annum with the opening of Concourse 3, which is part of Terminal 3. However, recent communications predict a further increase to 80 million passengers with additional reassessments of existing capacities. In 2009, Terminal 2 expanded its facilities to handle 5 million (an increase of 2 million) passengers annually, taking the airport's total capacity to 62 million passengers. Terminal 2 capacity was planned to be expanded to bring the total capacity of the airport from the initial 75 million passengers to 80 million passenger capacity by 2012.[34]

The Cargo Mega Terminal, which will have the capacity to handle 3 million tonnes of cargo a year, is a major development; it is going to be built in the long term. The completion of the mega terminal will be no later than 2018. Terminal 2 will be completely redeveloped to match the status of the other two terminals. With all of these projects completed by 2013, the airport expects to be able to handle at least 75–80 million passengers and over 5 million tonnes of cargo.

 
Aircraft parked at concourse C. Concourse C has a capacity of 33 million passengers.

The airport's landside facilities were modified to allow the construction of two stations for the Red Line of Dubai Metro. One station was built at Terminal 1 and the other at Terminal 3. The line began service on 9 September 2009, and opened in phases over the next year.[35] The second Metro line, the Green Line, runs near the Airport Free Zone and has served the airport's north-eastern area with the Terminal 2 starting in September 2011.[36]

With phase 2 of DXB's expansion plan complete, the airport now has three terminals and three concourses, two cargo mega terminals, an airport free zone,[37] an expo center with three large exhibition halls, a major aircraft maintenance hub and a flower center to handle perishable goods.[34] A phase 3 which has been included in the master-plan involves the construction of a new Concourse 4.

The airport revealed its future plans in May 2011, which involve the construction of a new Concourse D for all airlines currently operating from concourse C. Concourse D is expected to bring the total capacity of the airport to over 90 million passengers and will open in early 2016. The plan also involves Emirates solely operating from Concourse C along with Concourse A and B.[38]

In September 2012, Dubai Airports changed the names of concourses to make it easier for passengers to navigate the airport. Concourse 1, in which over 100 international airlines operate, became Concourse C. Concourse 2 became Concourse B and Concourse 3 became Concourse A. The gates in Terminal 2 were changed and are now numbered F1 to F6. The remaining alpha-numeric sequences are being reserved for future airport facilities that are part of the Dubai Airports' $7.8 billion expansion programme, including Concourse D.[39]

Summary of Dubai International Airport Masterplan
Phase Year Description
Phase 1[40] 1997 Initial capacity of 11 million passengers per annum. $540 million phase 1 launched.[41]
1998 Terminal 2 inaugurated on 1 May 1998, to alleviate congestion from Terminal 1, with a capacity of 2.5 million passengers annually.[42]
2000 Sheikh Rashid Terminal (Concourse C) – reopened 15 April 2000. Capable of handling 22 million passengers per annum.[43]
Phase 2[29][unreliable source?]
2002 $4.5 bn ($545 m for the civils on T3 and concourse projects) launched.
2003 Taxiways were strengthened. In addition, work on other taxiways in the area was expanded in order to complete the work associated with the newly commissioned second runway.[44][unreliable source?]
2005 Construction of Dubai Flower Centre completed.[45]
2005 US$225 million VIP Pavilion for the Dubai Royal Wing opens in July.[46]
2008 Capable of handling 60 million passengers per annum with the opening of Terminal 3 – Concourse B[47]
2012 Extensions to Terminal 2 are completed – new check-in hall, departure area, and extensions to the terminal building.
2013 New Concourse A constructed, enabling the airport to have a capacity of 80 million
2016 Concourse D will be completed with a capacity of 15 million passengers. All airlines currently operating from concourse C will move to D.
General Expansion 2004–2008 Includes construction of Emirates Flight Catering Centre, Emirates Engineering Facility.
2006 Opening of Emirates Engineering Facility – largest aircraft hangars in the world.[48]
2007 Opening of Emirates Flight Catering Centre, capable of producing 115,000 meals per day.[49]
2008 New Executive Flights Centre facility launched.[50]
2014 Runway refurbishment and upgrades after an 80-day project which ran from 1 May to 20 July 2014. During this period, DXB operated with one single runway. New LED lighting replaced the old tungsten runway lights and new taxiways were constructed enabling an increase in runway capacity.[51]
2015 Terminal 2 capacity increased to 10 million after expansion completed.[52]

Dubai's government announced the construction of a new airport in Jebel Ali, named Dubai World Central – Al Maktoum International Airport. It is expected to be the second-largest airport in the world by physical size, though not by passenger metrics. It opened 27 June 2010;[53] however, construction is not expected to finish until 2027. The airport is expected to be able to accommodate up to 160 million passengers.[54][55][56] There has been an official plan to build the Dubai Metro Purple Line to connect Al Maktoum International Airport to Dubai International Airport; construction was set to begin in 2012. The proposed 52 km (32 mi) Purple Line will link Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International Airport.[57]

Concourse D opened on 24 February 2016 for all international airlines and moved out of the Terminal 1. Emirates now operates from Concourses A, B and C, all under Terminal 3. while FlyDubai operates from Terminal 2 (Concourse F).

Growth in traffic at Dubai International Airport[58][59]
Airlines 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Passenger movements 4.347 million 6.299 million 9.732 million 15.973 million 28.788 million 47.181 million 70.476 million
Airfreight movements (tonnes) 144,282 243,092 431,777 764,193 1.410 million 2.19 million 2.37 million
City links 36 54 110 170 195 210 240
Weekly scheduled flights N/A N/A 2,350 2,850 4,550 6,100 7,500
Airlines N/A N/A 80 102 113 135 140

On 20 December 2018 the airport celebrated its one billionth passenger.[60]

Air traffic

Main airlines based at DXB

 
Emirates operations at Dubai International
  • Emirates Airline is the largest airline operating at the airport, with an all-wide-body fleet of over 200 Airbus and Boeing aircraft based at Dubai, providing scheduled services to the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand. It operates out of Terminal 3, Concourses A, B and C.[61]
  • Emirates SkyCargo, a subsidiary of Emirates, operates scheduled all-cargo services between Dubai and the rest of the world.[62]
  • Flydubai, a low-cost airline planning to operate over 100 aircraft on scheduled passenger services to and from Dubai, to the Middle East, Africa, Europe and South Asia. It operates from Terminal 2[63] and, since December 2018, also from Terminal 3 for selected destinations.[64][65]

Recreational flying to Dubai is catered for by the Dubai Aviation Club, which undertakes flying training for private pilots and provides facilities for private owners.[66]

The Government of Dubai provides short and long range search and rescue services, police support, medical evacuation and general purpose flights for the airport and all VIP flights to the airport.[67]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at DXB airport. See Wikidata query.
Operations and statistics
Year Passengers Airfreight (tonnes) Aircraft
2003 18,062,344 928,758 148,334
2004 21,711,883 1,111,647 168,511
2005 23,607,507 1,333,014 195,820
2006 28,788,726 1,410,963 217,165
2007 34,340,000 1,668,505 260,530
2008 37,441,440 1,824,991
2009 40,901,752 1,927,520
2010 47,180,628 2,270,498 292,662
2011 50,977,960 2,199,750 326,317
2012 57,684,550 2,279,624 344,245
2013 66,431,533 2,435,567 369,953
2014 70,475,636 2,367,574 357,339
2015 78,014,841 2,506,092 406,625
2016 83,654,250 2,592,454 418,220
2017 88,242,099
2018 89,149,387
2019 86,396,757
2020 18,229,461
2021 29,110,609

Infrastructure

 
Airport layout
 
Aircraft parked at remote stands at DXB

Dubai International Airport was conceptualized to function as Dubai's primary airport and the region's busiest for the foreseeable future without the need for relocation or the building of another airport when passenger figures increased. The area was chosen near to Dubai, to attract passengers from the city of Dubai, rather than travel to the busier Sharjah International Airport. The planned location originally was Jebel Ali.[68][unreliable source?]

The original master plan for the existing airport initially involved a dual-terminal and one runway configuration over two phases with provisions for another two passenger terminals in the near future. Phase 1 included the construction for the first passenger terminal, the first runway, 70 aircraft parking bays, support facilities and structures, including large maintenance hangar, the first fire station, workshops, and administrative offices, an airfreight complex, two cargo agents' buildings, in-flight catering kitchens and an 87 m (285 ft) control tower. Construction for the second phase would commence immediately after the completion of Phase 1 and include the second runway, 50 new aircraft parking bays in addition to the existing 70 bays, a second fire station and a third cargo agent building.[69]

The third phase included the construction of a new terminal (now the parts of Terminal 1's main building and Concourse C) and an additional 60 parking bays, as well as a new aircraft maintenance facility. Then, in the early 2000s (decade) a new master plan was introduced which began the development of the current concourses and terminal infrastructure.[70]

Paul Griffiths (Dubai Airports' CEO) in his interview to Vision magazine, cited plans to build infrastructure to support the expansion of Emirates and budget airline flydubai, and ascend the ranks of global aviation hubs.[71]

Control tower

The 87-metre-tall (285 ft) airport traffic control tower (ATCT) was constructed as part of phase two of the then[clarification needed]-development plan.[72]

Terminals

Dubai International Airport has three terminals. Terminal 1 has one concourse (concourse D), Terminal 2 is set apart from the other two main buildings and Terminal 3 is divided into Concourse A, B, and C. The cargo terminal is capable of handling 3 million tonnes of cargo annually and a general aviation terminal (GAT) is close by.[29]

 
Aerial view of concourse B and C. Concourse A (not shown) is connected to Terminal 3 via Terminal 3 APM. Concourse D is also connected to Terminal 1 via Terminal 1 APM.
 
Aircraft parked at Concourse C before most of Emirates' operations moved to Concourse B. Emirates took over operations of Concourse C in 2016 as all airlines operating from Concourse C moved to Concourse D.

Passenger terminals

Dubai Airport has three passenger terminals. Terminals 1 and 3 are directly connected with a common transit area, with airside passengers being able to move freely between the terminals without going through immigration, while Terminal 2 is on the opposite side of the airport. For transiting passengers, a shuttle service runs between the terminals, with a journey time of around 20 minutes from Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 and 30 minutes to Terminal 3. Passengers in Terminal 3 who need to transfer between concourse A and the rest of the Terminal have to travel via an automated people mover. Also after early 2016 when the construction of Concourse D was done, there is now an automated people mover between concourse D and Terminal 1.[73][unreliable source?]

Situated beside Terminal 2 is the Executive Flights Terminal, which has its own check-in facilities for premium passengers and where transportation to aircraft in any of the other terminals is by personal buggy.

The three passenger terminals have a total handling capacity of around 80  million passengers a year.

Terminals 1 and 3 cater to international passengers, whilst Terminal 2 is for budget passengers and passengers flying to the subcontinent and Persian Gulf region; Terminals 1 and 3 handle 85% of the passenger traffic and the Executive Flights terminal is for the higher-end travelers and important guests.

Terminal 1

 
Outside DXB Terminal 1

Terminal 1 has a capacity of 45 million passengers. It is used by over 100 airlines and is connected to Concourse D by an automated people mover. It is spread over an area of 520,000 m2 (5,600,000 sq ft) and offers 221 check-in counters.

The Terminal was originally built to handle 18 million passengers; however, with extreme congestion at the terminal, the airport was forced to expand the terminal to accommodate the opening of 28 remote gates. Over the years, more mobile gates were added to the airport bringing the total as of 2010 to 28.

In 2013, Dubai Airports announced a major renovation for Terminal 1 and Concourse C. The renovations include upgraded baggage systems, replacement of check-in desks and a more spacious departure hall. Arrivals will also see improvements to help reduce waiting times. The renovation was completed by the middle of 2015.[74]

Concourse D

Planning began for further expansion of Dubai Airport, with the construction of Terminal 4, it was revealed on the day Emirates completed its phased operations at the new Terminal 3, on 14 November 2008.[75] According to Dubai Airport officials, plans for Terminal 4 had begun and extensions would be made to Terminal 3. These are required to bring the capacity of the airport to 80–90 million passengers a year by 2015.[76]

In May 2011, Paul Griffiths, chief executive of Dubai Airports revealed the Dubai Airport masterplan. It involves the construction of Concourse D (previously Terminal 4). With a capacity of 15 million, it would bring the total capacity of the airport to 90 million passengers by 2018—an increase of 15 million. It also will see Emirates take over the operation at Concourse C, along with concourse A and B which it will already be operating. All remaining airlines will shift to Concourse D, or move to Al Maktoum International Airport. The airport projects that international passenger and cargo traffic will increase at an average annual growth rate of 7.2% and 6.7%, respectively, and that by 2020 passenger numbers at Dubai International Airport will reach 98.5 million and cargo volumes will top 4.1 million tonnes.[77]

Concourse D will have a capacity of 15 million passengers, include 17 gates and will be connected to Terminal 1 via an automated people mover.[78] On 6 February 2016, members of the public were invited to trial the concourse in preparation for its opening. On Wednesday, 24 February 2016, Concourse D officially opened with the first British Airways flight arriving at gate D8.[79]

Concourse D and Terminal 1 reopened on 24 June 2021 following a year's closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[80]

Terminal 2

 
FlyDubai aircraft parked at Terminal 2 aircraft stands

[81] Terminal 2 built in 1998 has an area of 47,000 m2 (510,000 sq ft) and has a capacity of 10 million as of 2013, after several, decent reconstructions and a major expansion in 2012 which saw capacity double. It is used by over 50 airlines, mainly operating in the Persian Gulf region. Most flights operate to India, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

In June 2009, Terminal 2 became the hub of Air India Express and flydubai,[82] and the terminal houses the airline's corporate head office.[83]

Terminal 2 has undergone a major refurbishment recently, extending check-in and boarding facilities, changing the interior and exterior décor, and offering more dining choices to passengers. Capacity was increased to allow for 10 million passengers, an increase of 5 million.[84]

The terminal has now increased the number of facilities available to passengers. Check-in counters have increased to 37. The boarding area is more spacious, with more natural light. Also the new open boarding gates allow several flights to board simultaneously, improving passenger and aircraft movements. There are a total of 43 remote stands at the terminal. However, passengers cannot move between Terminal 2 to 1 or from 2 to 3 and vice versa inside the airport. They have to make use of Taxi service or public transport available outside.

The Dubai duty-free shopping area covers 2,400 m2 (26,000 sq ft) in departures and 540 m2 (5,800 sq ft) in arrivals.[81] The 3,600-square-metre (39,000 sq ft) extension included a larger arrivals hall as well.

Terminal 3

Main article: Dubai International Terminal 3
 
Interior of Terminal 3

The partly underground Terminal 3 was built at a cost of US$4.5 billion, exclusively for Emirates and has a capacity of 65 million passengers. The terminal has 20 Airbus A380 gates at Concourse A and 5 at Concourse B and 2 at Concourse C.[85] It was announced on 6 September 2012 that Terminal 3 would no longer be Emirates-exclusive, as Emirates and Qantas had set up an extensive code sharing agreement. Qantas would be the second and only one of two airlines to fly in and out of Terminal 3. This deal also allows Qantas to use the A380 dedicated concourse.[86]

Upon completion, Terminal 3 was the largest building in the world by floor space, with over 1,713,000 m2 (18,440,000 sq ft) of space, capable of handling 60 million passengers in a year. A large part is located under the taxiway area and is directly connected to Concourse B: the departure and arrival halls in the new structure are 10 m (33 ft) beneath the airport's apron. Concourse A is connected to the terminal via a Terminal 3 APM.[87][88] It has been operational since 14 October 2008, and opened in four phases to avoid collapse of baggage handling and other IT systems.

The building includes a multi level underground structure, first and business class lounges, restaurants, 180 check-in counters and 2,600 car-parking spaces. The terminal offers more than double the previous retail area of concourse C, by adding about 4,800 m2 (52,000 sq ft) and Concourse B's 10,700 m2 (115,000 sq ft) of shopping facilities.[89]

In arrivals, the terminal contains 72 immigration counters and 14 baggage carousels.[90][91] The baggage handling system—the largest system and also the deepest in the world—has a capacity to handle 8,000 bags per hour. The system includes 21 screening injection points, 49 make-up carousels, 90 km (56 mi) of conveyor belts capable of handling 15,000 items per hour at a speed of 27 km/h (17 mph) and 4,500 early baggage storage positions.[92]

Concourse A

Concourse A, part of Terminal 3, opened 2 January 2013,[93] has a capacity of 19 million passengers and is connected to the two major public levels of Terminal 3 via Terminal 3 APM in addition to the vehicular and baggage handling system utility tunnels for further transfer. The concourse opened on 2 January 2013 and was built at a cost of US$3.3 billion.[94] The building, which follows the characteristic shape of Concourse B, 924 m (3,031 ft) long, 91 m (299 ft) wide and 40 m (130 ft) high in the centre from the apron level and accommodates 20 air bridge gates, of which all are capable of handling the Airbus A380-800.[95][96] There are also 6 remote lounges for passengers departing on flights parked at 13 remote stands. The gates in concourse A are labelled A1–A24.[39][97]

The concourse includes one 4-star hotel and one 5-star hotel, first- and business-class lounges, and duty-free areas. The total built-up area is 540,000 m2 (5,800,000 sq ft).[98] The concourse allows for multi-level boarding and boasts the largest first and business class lounges in the world. Each lounge has its own dedicated floor offering direct aircraft access from the lounges. The total amount of retail space at the concourse is 11,000 m2 (120,000 sq ft), and there is also a total of 14 cafes and restaurants.[citation needed]

The total retail area in the concourse is approximately 11,000 m2 (120,000 sq ft).[99]

Concourse B
 
Exterior of Concourse B

Concourse B is directly connected to terminal 3 and is dedicated exclusively to Emirates. The total built up area of the concourse itself is 675,000 m2 (7,270,000 sq ft). The concourse is 945 m (3,100 ft) long, 90.8 m (298 ft) wide (at midpoint) and 49.5 m (162 ft) high. The terminal has 10 floors (4 basements, a ground floor and 5 above floors). The building currently includes a multi-level structure for departures and arrivals and includes 32 gates, labelled B1–B32.[39] The concourse has 26 air bridge gates and 5 boarding lounges for 14 remote stands that are for Airbus A340 and Boeing 777 aircraft only. For transit passengers the concourse has 3 transfer areas and 62 transfer desks.[100]

The concourse also includes the Emirates first and Business class lounges, and the Marhaba lounge. The First class lounge has a capacity of 1,800 passengers and a total area of 12,600 m2 (136,000 sq ft). The Business class lounge has a capacity of 3,000 passengers and a total area of 13,500 m2 (145,000 sq ft). The Marhaba lounge, the smallest lounge at the concourse has a capacity of 300 passengers at a time.[101]

The total retail area at the concourse is 120,000 m2 (1,300,000 sq ft), which also includes 18 restaurants within the food court. There are also three hotels in the concourse; a 5-star hotel and a 4-star hotel.[102]

There is a direct connection to Sheikh Rashid Terminal (Concourse C) located at the control tower structure through passenger walkways. There is also a 300-room hotel and health club including both five and four star rooms. Concourse B includes five aerobridges that are capable of handling the new Airbus A380.[103] Emirates Airline continues to maintain a presence in Concourse C, operating 12 gates at the concourse as well as the Emirates First Class and Business Class Lounges.[104]

Concourse C

Concourse C, is a part of Terminal 3, was opened in 2000 and used to be the largest concourse at Dubai International Airport before Concourse B in Terminal 3 opened. It incorporates 50 gates, including 28 air bridges and 22 remote gates located at a lower level of the terminal. The gates are labelled C1–C50.[39]

The concourse includes over 17 food and beverage cafes and restaurants, with the food court being located on the Departures Level. Also located in the concourse is a 5-star hotel and a 5,400 m2 (58,000 sq ft) duty-free shopping facility. Other facilities include prayer rooms and a medical centre. Concourse C became part of Terminal 3 in 2016 after concourse D opened.

Al Majlis VIP Pavilion and Dubai Executive Flight Terminal

 
Dubai Royal Air Wing is the main airline operating from the VIP Pavilion.

The Al Majlis VIP pavilion was exclusively built for the Dubai Royal Air Wing and opened on 1 July 2008. The entire facility is a 3,400-square-metre (37,000 sq ft) terminal, and includes a Royal Majlis and an antenna farm. It also includes eight aircraft hangars with a total built up area of 69,598 m2 (749,150 sq ft) and maintenance hangars for Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, and a 1,200-square-metre (13,000 sq ft) gatehouse for VIP service.[46] In 2010 there were 47,213 customers, 13,162 movements and in 2009, there were a total of 43,968 customers and 14,896 movements.[105]

Executive Flight Services (EFS) caters to those passengers of high class or special importance that travel through Dubai International Airports. It is the largest dedicated business aviation terminal of its kind in the Middle East. It is located at the Dubai Airport Free Zone close to Dubai International's Terminal 2. It only caters to private flights exclusive to the terminal. Airlines operating from the terminal are expected to maintain a lounge. In 2010, EFS handled 7,889 aircraft movements and 25,177 passengers.[106]

The centre itself is located close to Terminal 2, and includes a 5,500 m2 (59,000 sq ft) two-storey main building, a 3,700 m2 (40,000 sq ft) hangar, a 3,700 m2 (40,000 sq ft) ramp area for aircraft parking and a special VIP car park for long term parking. The centre also has its own immigration and customs sections, its own Dubai Duty Free outlet, a fully equipped business and conference centre, eight luxury private lounges and a limousine service between aircraft and the terminal.[citation needed] The ramp area of the terminal can accommodate up to 22 small-sized private jets, between 8 and 12 medium-sized jets or up to four large-sized jets such as a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), the Boeing 727 or the Airbus A319. The facility makes EFC the largest dedicated business aviation terminal in the Middle East.

Cargo Mega Terminal

 
Aircraft stands at the cargo terminal

The cargo village at Dubai International Airport is one of the world's largest and most central cargo hubs, with most of the cargo for Asia and Africa coming through the facility. Forecasts in 2004 for cargo growth predicted that additional major cargo handling facilities were needed to satisfy demands. Plans were put in place to construct the first stage of the cargo mega terminal, which by 2018 will have the ability to handle three million tons of freight.[107] Phase 1 of the cargo mega terminal was completed by 2004 and the next phase of expansion was scheduled for completion in late 2007. Presently the airport has a cargo capacity of 2.5 million tonnes, and will be expanded to handle 3 million.[108]

Flower centre

Dubai Airport has constructed a flower centre to handle flower imports and exports, as Dubai is a major hub for the import and export of flowers, and the airport required a specialist facility since these products need special conditions.[109] The flower centre's first phase was completed in 2004 at a cost of $50 million.[110]

The centre when completed and functioning will have a floor area of approximately 100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft) including different export chambers and offices. The handling capacity of the centre is expected to be more than 300,000 tonnes of product throughput per annum. The entire facility (with the exception of the offices) will be maintained at an ambient temperature of just 2 to 4 °C (36 to 39 °F).[111]

Runways

 
Aircraft taxiing to runway 12L/30R

Dubai Airport has two closely spaced parallel runways, 12R/30L is 4,447 m × 60 m (14,590 ft × 197 ft), 12L/30R is 4,000 m × 60 m (13,120 ft × 200 ft). The gap between the centrelines of the two runways is 385 m (1,263 ft). The runways are equipped with four sets of ILS to guide landing aircraft safely under very poor weather conditions. The runways were expanded to accommodate the Airbus A380 which came into service in 2007.[29] In 2009, it was announced that the airport installed a Category III landing system, allowing planes to land in low-visibility conditions, such as fog. This system was the first of its kind in the United Arab Emirates.

In 2013 Dubai Airports announced an 80-day runway refurbishment program which started on 1 May 2014 and was completed on 21 July 2014. The northern runway was resurfaced while lighting upgrades and additional taxiways were built on the southern runway to help boost its capacity. The southern runway was closed from 1 to 31 May 2014, while the northern runway was closed from 31 May to 20 July 2014. Due to extra congestion on one runway, all freighter, charter and general aviation flights were diverted to Al Maktoum International Airport.[112][113] Flights at DXB were reduced by 26% and 14 airlines moved to Al Maktoum International Airport whilst the runways works were being done. Emirates cut 5,000 flights and grounded over 20 aircraft during the period.[114]

Dubai Airports plans to close the southern runway (12R/30L) for complete resurfacing and replacement of the airfield lighting and supporting infrastructure. This will be done during a 45-day period from 16 April 2019 to 30 May 2019. This upgrade will boost safety, service and capacity levels at DXB.[115] Airlines will be required to reduce flight operations at DXB due to single runway operations.[116]

Accommodating the Airbus A380

With Dubai-based Emirates being one of the launch customers for the Airbus A380 and also the largest customer, Dubai Airport needed to expand its existing facilities to accommodate the very large aircraft. The Department of Civil Aviation spent $120 million in upgrading both of its terminals and airport infrastructure, including enlarged gate holdrooms, new finger piers, an enlarged runway, new airbridges and extended baggage belt carousels from the normal 70 to 90 m (230 to 300 ft). Dubai Airport also invested $3.5 billion into a new Concourse A, exclusively for handling Emirates A380s. With the changes made, the airport does not expect embarking and disembarking passengers and baggage from the A380 to take longer than it does for Boeing 747-400s, which carry fewer passengers. On 16 July 2008, Dubai Airport unveiled the first of two specially-built gates capable of handling the aircraft. Costing $10 million, the gates will enable passengers to get on the upper cabin of the new 555-seater aircraft directly from the gate hold rooms. The hold rooms themselves have been enlarged to cater for the larger number of passengers flying the A380s. In addition to the two gates at Terminal 1, five more A380-capable gates were opened at concourse B on 14 October 2008. Concourse A opened on 2 January 2013.[117]

Labor controversy

Further information: Human rights in the United Arab Emirates

Workers building a new terminal at Dubai International Airport went on a sympathy strike in March 2006.[118][119] Another strike took place in October 2007. Four thousand strikers were arrested. Most of them were released some days later and those who were not local were then deported from Dubai.[citation needed]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter services to and from the airport:[120]

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo[121]
Air Algérie Algiers
Air Astana Almaty, Astana
Air Canada Toronto–Pearson
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chongqing[122]
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air India Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa–Dabolim, Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Kozhikode (ends 26 March 2023),[123] Mumbai
Air India Express Amritsar, Delhi (ends 25 March 2023),[124] Goa–Dabolim (begins 27 March 2023),[125] Indore (begins 31 March 2023),[125] Jaipur, Kannur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai (ends 25 March 2023),[124] Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli
Air Peace Abuja,[126] Lagos[127]
airBaltic Riga[128]
airblue Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar
AnadoluJet Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen[129]
Ariana Afghan Airlines Kabul
Arkia Tel Aviv[130][131]
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku
Azimuth Rostov-on-Don (suspended)[132]
Azur Air Moscow–Vnukovo (suspended)
Azur Air Ukraine Seasonal charter: Kyiv–Boryspil (suspended)[133]
Badr Airlines Khartoum
Belavia Minsk[134]
Biman Bangladesh Airlines1 Chittagong, Dhaka, Sylhet
British Airways London–Heathrow
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong[135]
Cebu Pacific Manila
China Eastern Airlines Qingdao[136]
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou, Shenzhen[137]
Cyprus Airways Larnaca (resumes 27 March 2023)[138]
Daallo Airlines Hargeisa, Mogadishu
EgyptAir Alexandria, Cairo
El Al Tel Aviv[131]
Emirates Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Ahmedabad, Algiers, Amman–Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Athens, Auckland, Baghdad, Bahrain, Bangalore, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Basra, Beijing–Capital,[139] Beirut, Birmingham, Bologna, Boston, Brisbane, Brussels, Budapest, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Cebu, Chennai, Chicago–O'Hare, Christchurch, Clark, Colombo–Bandaranaike, Conakry, Copenhagen, Dakar–Diass, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dammam, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Denpasar, Dhaka, Dublin, Durban,[140] Düsseldorf, Entebbe, Erbil, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Hanoi, Harare, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston–Intercontinental, Hyderabad, Islamabad, Istanbul, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen,[141] Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Jeddah, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Kabul (suspended), Karachi, Khartoum, Kochi, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kuwait City, Lagos, Lahore, Larnaca, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, London–Heathrow, London–Stansted, Los Angeles, Luanda, Lusaka, Lyon,[142] Madrid, Mahé, Malé, Malta, Manchester, Manila, Mauritius,[140] Medina, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami,[143] Milan–Malpensa, Moscow–Domodedovo, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Newark, Newcastle upon Tyne, New York–JFK, Nice, Orlando, Osaka–Kansai, Oslo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Perth, Peshawar, Phuket, Prague, Riyadh, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Rome–Fiumicino, Salalah, San Francisco, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Saint Petersburg, Seattle/Tacoma, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong,[139] Sialkot, Singapore, Stockholm–Arlanda, Sydney, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv,[144] Thiruvananthapuram, Tokyo–Haneda (resumes 2 April 2023),[145] Tokyo–Narita, Toronto–Pearson, Tunis, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw–Chopin, Washington–Dulles,[146] Zürich
Enter Air[147][148] Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
FitsAir Colombo–Bandaranaike
Flyadeal Riyadh[149]
FlyArystan Aktau, Aktobe,[150] Oral,[150] Shymkent
flydubai Abha,Addis Ababa, Ahmedabad, Alexandria, Almaty, Al Ula,[151] Amman–Queen Alia, Ankara,[152] Ashgabat,[153] Asmara, Astana, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Bandar Abbas, Basra, Beirut, Belgrade, Bergamo,[154] Bishkek, Bucharest, Budapest, Catania,[155] Chennai, Chittagong,[156] Colombo–Bandaranaike, Dammam, Dar es Salaam, Delhi, Dhaka, Djibouti, Doha,[157] Dushanbe, Entebbe, Erbil, Faisalabad, Gassim, Grozny,[158] Ha'il, Hargeisa, Helsinki,[159] Hofuf,[160] Hyderabad, Isfahan, Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Jeddah, Jizan, Juba, Kabul (suspended), Karachi, Kathmandu, Kazan, Khartoum, Kilimanjaro,[161] Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode,[162][163] Krabi,[164] Kraków, Krasnodar, Kuwait City, Kyiv–Boryspil (suspended), Lar, Ljubljana,[165] Lucknow, Makhachkala, Malé,[166] Mashhad, Medina, Mogadishu (begins 9 March 2023),[167] Moscow–Vnukovo, Moscow–Zhukovsky,[168] Mineralnye Vody, Multan, Mumbai, Muscat, Najaf, Namangan,[169] Naples,[170] Novosibirsk,[168] Odessa (suspended), Pattaya–U-Tapao,[171] Perm,[168] Pisa,[172] Port Sudan, Prague, Quetta, Riyadh, Saint Petersburg,[173] Salalah, Salzburg, Samara, Samarkand,[174] Sarajevo, Shiraz, Shymkent (begins 28 February 2023),[175] Sialkot, Sochi,[176] Sofia, Sohag,[177] Sohar,[178] Sulaimaniyah,[179] Tabuk, Ta'if, Tashkent,[180] Tbilisi, Tehran–Imam Khomeini, Tel Aviv,[181] Tirana,[182] Ufa, Warsaw–Chopin,[183] Yangon,[146] Yekaterinburg, Yerevan, Zagreb,[184] Zanzibar
Seasonal: Batumi,[185] Bodrum,[186] Cagliari (begins 22 June 2023),[187] Corfu (begins 24 June 2023),[188] Dubrovnik, İzmir,[189] Kazan,[190] Kutaisi,[191] Makhachkala,[192][190] Mineralnye Vody,[190] Mykonos, Rostov-on-Don,[193][190] Samara,[190] Qabala,[194] Santorini, Tivat, Trabzon[186]
Flynas Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh
FLYONE Armenia Yerevan[195]
Go First[196] Kannur
Gulf Air Bahrain
IndiGo Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar (begins 1 April 2023),[197] Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli
Iran Air Ahvaz, Bandar Abbas, Lar, Qeshm, Shiraz
Iran Airtour Mashhad, Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Iran Aseman Airlines Chabahar/Konarak
Iraqi Airways Baghdad, Basra, Erbil, Najaf
Israir Tel Aviv[198]
Jazeera Airways Kuwait City
Jordan Aviation Amman–Queen Alia[199]
Jubba Airways Bosaso,[200] Hargeisa, Mogadishu
Kam Air Kabul
Kenya Airways Mombasa,[201] Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
KLM Amsterdam
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon[202]
Kuwait Airways Kuwait City
LOT Polish Airlines Seasonal: Warsaw–Chopin[203]
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich[204]
Luxair Seasonal: Luxembourg[205]
Mahan Air Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Middle East Airlines Beirut
Myanmar Airways International Yangon[206]
Nepal Airlines Kathmandu
Oman Air Muscat
Pakistan International Airlines Faisalabad,[207] Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan,[207] Peshawar, Sialkot
Pegasus Airlines Ankara,[208] Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Philippine Airlines Manila
Qatar Airways Doha[209]
Qeshm Air Lar, Qeshm, Shiraz, Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Rossiya Airlines Seasonal charter: Moscow–Vnukovo (suspended)
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca[210]
Royal Brunei Airlines Bandar Seri Begawan, London–Heathrow[211]
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia
RwandAir Kigali
S7 Airlines Seasonal: Novosibirsk (suspended)
Saudia Jeddah, Medina, Neom Bay,[212] Riyadh
SereneAir Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar[213]
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Shuangliu (ends 25 March 2023), Chengdu–Tianfu (begins 26 March 2023)[214]
Singapore Airlines Singapore
SkyUp Kyiv–Boryspil (temporarily suspended)[215]
SmartLynx Airlines Seasonal charter: Berlin
Smartwings Bratislava, Ostrava, Prague
Somon Air Dushanbe
SpiceJet Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Delhi, Jaipur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Madurai, Mumbai, Pune
SriLankan Airlines Colombo–Bandaranaike
SunExpress Antalya
Seasonal: İzmir[216]
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
Syrian Air Damascus, Latakia
Transavia Seasonal: Amsterdam
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat
Uganda Airlines Entebbe[217]
United Airlines Newark (begins 27 March 2023)[218]
Ukraine International Airlines Kyiv–Boryspil
Ural Airlines Chelyabinsk,[219] Yekaterinburg
Seasonal: Moscow–Domodedovo, Samara
US-Bangla Airlines Dhaka[220]
Uzbekistan Airways Fergana,[221] Tashkent
Vistara Mumbai[222]
Wizz Air Seasonal: Bucharest,[223] Budapest,[224] Sofia[225]
Yamal Airlines Seasonal: Tyumen
Notes
  • 1 Biman Bangladesh Airlines' flight from Dubai to Dhaka makes a stop at Sylhet. However, the flight from Dhaka to Dubai is non-stop.

Cargo

See also: Al Maktoum International Airport

Services

Aviation services

 
The Emirates Flight Catering centre, which was expanded in 2007, is capable of producing 115,000 meals per day.[232]
 
Emirates Engineering Centre aircraft hangars at DXB

Ground handling

Ground handling services at Dubai International Airport has been provided by Dnata Ground Handling Services.

Emirates Airlines has over 2000 Airport Services employees current serving the airport.[233]

Services include cargo ramp and technical support services to airlines at Dubai Airport.[234]

Aircraft maintenance

Emirates Engineering, based in Dubai, operates the aircraft maintenance and engine test cell technical facilities at the airport. Emirates Engineering currently provides full support for the Emirates Airline fleet and all the other international operations at the airport.[235]

Current facilities include:[236][237]

  • Seven aircraft hangars all capable of handling the A380 (currently the largest aircraft hangar in the world)[238]
  • Aircraft painting hangar
  • Aircraft processing plant
  • Aircraft engine run-up facility enclosure
  • Engineering Line Maintenance facility
  • Engine Test Cell
  • Aircraft spare parts stores

Passenger services

The airport has over 26,000 m2 (280,000 sq ft) of retail space spread between its three main terminals and includes many shopping and eating outlets.[239] The Dubai duty-free shopping area in Terminal 2 covers 1,400 m2 (15,000 sq ft) in departures and 50 m2 (540 sq ft) in arrivals. The 3,437-square-metre (37,000 sq ft) extension included a larger arrivals hall as well.

Extensive upgrading work on existing retail areas since 2004 in Terminals 1 and 2 has increased sales. Dubai Duty Free Company announced annual sales of Dhs5.9 billion (US$1.6 billion) in 2012, representing a 10 per cent increase on the previous year. In 2008, Dubai Duty Free doubled its retail space from 7,000 to 15,000 m2 (75,000 to 161,000 sq ft) with the inauguration of the new Emirates Terminal 3 in October 2008. Dubai Duty Free recorded more than 23.5 million transactions in 2012.[239] As of August 2009, Dubai Duty Free was the biggest single airport retail operation in the world ahead of London's Heathrow and Seoul's Incheon airports.

In addition to a wide array of duty-free shops and eating outlets, Dubai Airport has two open-air garden areas. Dubai Airport has numerous business centres located around the airport. Within the international transit area of the interconnected Terminals 1 and 2, internet and games facilities, prayer rooms, showers, spas, gym, swimming pool and three hotels are provided. Various lounge areas are provided, some including children's play areas or televisions showing news, movies and sports channels.[240] Terminal 3 has a left luggage facility operated by Emirates in the Arrivals area where layover passengers can leave their luggage for a fee while they go sightseeing.

Safety and security

 
Smart Gate immigration counters at Passport Control

The Civil Aviation Authority of Dubai manages the overall safety and security of the airport. Pre-screening takes place in all terminals at the entrance of the airport. Iris scanning has been implemented in all UAE airports. This type of scanning prevents those deported from the UAE for serious criminal charges from returning again using fraudulent documents.

The airport uses highly sensitive equipment to conduct thorough searches on travellers into the UAE, including screening for smuggling, possessing or taking illegal drugs in the country.[241] A senior Dubai judge was quoted on 11 February 2008, by Seven Days saying, "These laws help discourage anyone from carrying or using drugs. Even if the amount of illegal drugs found on someone is 0.05 grams, they will be found guilty. The penalty is a minimum four years if it is for personal use. The message is clear—drugs will not be tolerated".[241] A number of travellers have been held pending charge while Dubai authorities test their possessions, blood and urine for any trace of contraband.[242]

In 2018, Houthi rebel group claimed that Dubai airport had been attacked by drones launched by Houthi rebels from Yemen. In response, Dubai Airports stated “With regards to reports by questionable sources this morning, Dubai Airports can confirm that Dubai International (DXB) is operating as normal without any interruption”.[243]

Operations

Since there are international flights operating out from the airport, the terminals are equipped with immigration processing facilities and security scanning for all passengers including domestic, and regional passengers. Terminals 1 and 3 handle 95% of the international flights, whilst Terminal 2 mainly caters to regional flights and international flights routed to other airports in Middle East. Emirates Airline operates from only Terminal 3. Conversely, low-cost carriers such as flydubai operate flights out of Terminal 2.[244]

Passenger growth at the airport has been growing at an average rate of 18%. The airport reached its capacity of 33 million passengers per annum by 2007; however, this was still not enough to handle the growing over congestion at the airport. In 2013, the airport's capacity reached 75 million with the opening of concourse A and expansion of Terminal 2.

Passenger traffic for 2014 grew by 7.5% as 70.48 million passengers passed through Dubai International, compared to 66.43 million during the corresponding period in 2013.[245] Growth slowed down in 2014 due to the 80-day runway resurfacing project, which saw DXB operate with only one runway between May and July.

In 2014, India was DXB's biggest destination with 8.91 million passengers. The UK, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan followed with 5.38 million, 4.88 million and 3.13 million, respectively. London's Heathrow became the top city destination, recording 2,626,357 passengers. Doha followed it with 2,355,959.[246][citation needed]

In 2020, Dubai International Airport's first quarter passenger traffic fell down by 67.8 percent and reached 5.75 million. This is even lower than the statistics presented last year in the same quarter.[247]

In 2022, Dubai International Airport registered strong recovery and robust growth in its customer base that propelled the annual passenger numbers to 66 million. The airport’s growth outpaced the annual forecast in the final months of the year following an exceptionally strong fourth quarter.[248]

Cargo

The airport handled 2.37 million tonnes of air cargo in 2014, a decrease of 3.1 per cent over 2013, making it the sixth-busiest airfreight hub in the world and the busiest in the Middle East.[3] The decline was due to the runway closure, and the shifting of many cargo flights from DXB to Al Maktoum International Airport.

Ground transportation

Road

 
D 89 leading to Dubai Airport

The airport is connected by the road D 89. One of the longest intra-city roads, D 89 begins at the Deira Corniche and runs perpendicular to D 85 (Baniyas Road). From Deira, the road progresses south-eastward towards Dubai International Airport, intersecting with E 311 (Emirates Road) past the airport.[249] A road tunnel underneath one of the runways was built in 2003.[250]

Metro

Main article: Dubai Metro

The airport is served by Dubai Metro, which operates two lines through or near the airport. The Red Line has a station at each of Terminal 3 and Terminal 1. Services run between 6 am and 11 pm every day except Friday, when they run between 1 pm and midnight. These timings differ during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The stations are located in front of both terminals and can be accessed directly from the arrivals areas.

The Green Line has at a station near the Airport Free Zone, from which passengers can connect to Terminal 2.[251][unreliable source?]

The Purple and Blue Lines are under construction and these two lines will also have a station.[252]

Bus

Dubai Buses operated by RTA run a number of routes to the city, but mainly Deira, and are available at the Airport Ground Transportation centre and the Arrivals at every terminal.

Passengers who need to transfer between Terminals 1 and 3, and Terminal 2 can use the inter-terminal shuttle bus service which operates frequently.

Bus stations are situated opposite both Terminal 1, 2 and 3. Local buses 4, 11, 15, 33 and 44 can be used to connect with Terminal 1 and 3, while bus 2 connects with Terminal 2. Dubai International Airport Buses provide air-conditioned transport into the city centre and over 80 hotels in the city.

Emirates offers a complimentary coach service, which operates three daily services to and from Al Ain, and four daily, to and from Abu Dhabi.[253] So does Etihad.

Taxi

The airport is served by the Government owned Dubai Taxi Agency, which provides 24-hour service at the arrivals in every terminal.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 14 March 1972, Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashed on approach to Dubai, killing 112.
  • On 20 July 1973, Japan Air Lines Flight 404 was a passenger flight which was hijacked by Palestinian and Japanese terrorists. The flight was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Schiphol and made a stop in Dubai before flying to Damascus.
  • On December 27, 1997, a Pakistan Airlines Boeing 747 plane from Karachi to London, crashed when landing at Dubai airport. It overshot the runway and went through the perimeter wall before coming to rest. No one was killed.
  • On 22 November 1974, British Airways Flight 870, a Vickers VC10, from Dubai to Heathrow, was hijacked in Dubai, landing at Tripoli for refuelling before flying on to Tunis. One hostage was murdered before the hijackers eventually surrendered after 84 hours. Captain Jim Futcher was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal, the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators Founders Medal, the British Air Line Pilots Association Gold Medal and a Certificate of Commendation from British Airways for his actions during the hijacking, having returned to the aircraft to fly it knowing the hijackers were on board.[254]
  • In 1999, Indian Airlines Flight 814 was hijacked over Indian airspace and tried to land at Dubai, after being prevented from landing in neighboring Oman. The airport authorities made sure that the plane could not land by stationing airport equipment and coaches on the runways. The plane later landed at a UAE military base.[255]
  • On 12 March 2007, the nose gear of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight BG006, an Airbus A310-300, collapsed while the aircraft was accelerating down the runway.[256][257]
  • On 3 September 2010, UPS Flight 6, operating a Boeing 747-44AF N571UP crashed due to an in-flight fire when attempting to return to Dubai. N571UP was operating an international cargo flight to Cologne Bonn Airport, Germany.[258]
  • On 3 August 2016, Emirates Flight 521 from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, operating a Boeing 777-300 A6-EMW crashed upon landing. All 300 passengers and crew evacuated safely. However, one airport firefighter died battling the flames.
  • On 19 December 2021, an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER A6-EQI performing Emirates flight 231 from Dubai to Washington Dulles International Airport took off and nearly crashed into nearby office or apartment buildings. It was discovered that there were problems with the autopilot.[259]
  • In February 2022, two Emirates planes nearly collided with each other. It seems that the pilots did not receive clearance from air traffic control.
  • On 1 July 2022, a Brisbane bound Emirates Airbus A380 suffered some damage during take off. After it landed, airport workers found a big hole in the fuselage and some bolts in the landing gear. Investigations are still underway. [260]

In media

In 2013, Dubai International Airport was featured in a 10-part documentary series called Ultimate Airport Dubai that aired on the National Geographic Channel and was produced by Arrow Media and National Geographic Channels International. The documentary focused on the everyday operations of the airport.[261][262] The series returned for a second season in 2014 and a third in 2015.[263]

See also

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For the other international airport serving Dubai see Al Maktoum International Airport Dubai International Airport IATA DXB ICAO OMDB Arabic مطار دبي الدولي is the primary international airport serving Dubai United Arab Emirates and is the world s busiest airport by international passenger traffic 5 It is also the nineteenth busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic 6 one of the busiest cargo airports in the world 7 the busiest airport for Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 movements 8 and the airport with the highest average number of passengers per flight 9 In 2017 the airport handled 88 million passengers and 2 65 million tonnes of cargo and registered 409 493 aircraft movements 10 Dubai International Airportمطار دبي الدوليMaṭar Dubayy al DuwaliIATA DXBICAO OMDBWMO 41194SummaryAirport typePublicOwner OperatorDubai Airports CompanyServesEmirate of DubaiOpened1960 63 years ago 1960 Hub forFedEx Express Emirates flydubaiElevation AMSL62 ft 19 mCoordinates25 15 10 N 055 21 52 E 25 25278 N 55 36444 E 25 25278 55 36444 Coordinates 25 15 10 N 055 21 52 E 25 25278 N 55 36444 E 25 25278 55 36444Websitewww wbr dubaiairports wbr aeMapsDXB OMDBLocation in the UAEShow map of United Arab EmiratesDXB OMDBDXB OMDB Asia Show map of AsiaRunwaysDirection Length Surfacem ft12L 30R 4 351 14 275 Asphalt12R 30L 4 447 14 590 AsphaltStatistics 2021 Passengers29 1 million 2021 59 Aircraft movements373 261Cargo metric tonnes 2 514 918 4 8 Economic impact 26 7 billion 1 Sources UAE AIP 2 ACI 3 SkyVector 4 Dubai International Airport is situated in the Al Garhoud district 2 5 nautical miles 4 6 km 2 9 mi east 2 of Dubai and spread over an area of 7 200 acres 2 900 ha of land 11 Terminal 3 is the second largest building in the world by floor space and the largest airport terminal in the world 12 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 percent of the city energy consumption by 2030 13 Emirates Airline has its hub airport in Dubai International DXB and has their own terminal 3 with 3 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 14 15 Dubai Airport is also the base for low cost carrier flydubai which handles 13 of passenger traffic and 25 of aircraft movements at DXB 16 The airport has a total capacity of 90 million passengers annually As of January 2016 there are over 7 700 weekly flights operated by 140 airlines to over 270 destinations across all inhabited continents 17 Over 63 of travelers using the airport in 2018 were connecting passengers 18 In 2014 Dubai International indirectly supported over 400 000 jobs and contributed over US 26 7 billion to the economy which represented around 27 of Dubai s GDP and 21 of the employment in Dubai 19 Contents 1 History 1 1 Construction 1 2 Expansion 2 Air traffic 2 1 Main airlines based at DXB 3 Statistics 4 Infrastructure 4 1 Control tower 4 2 Terminals 4 3 Passenger terminals 4 3 1 Terminal 1 4 3 2 Terminal 2 4 3 3 Terminal 3 4 3 3 1 Concourse A 4 3 3 2 Concourse B 4 3 3 3 Concourse C 4 3 4 Al Majlis VIP Pavilion and Dubai Executive Flight Terminal 4 3 5 Cargo Mega Terminal 4 3 6 Flower centre 4 4 Runways 4 5 Accommodating the Airbus A380 5 Labor controversy 6 Airlines and destinations 6 1 Passenger 6 2 Cargo 7 Services 7 1 Aviation services 7 1 1 Ground handling 7 1 2 Aircraft maintenance 7 2 Passenger services 8 Safety and security 9 Operations 9 1 Cargo 10 Ground transportation 10 1 Road 10 2 Metro 10 3 Bus 10 4 Taxi 11 Accidents and incidents 12 In media 13 See also 14 References 15 External linksHistory EditThe history of civil aviation in Dubai started in July 1937 when an air agreement was signed for a flying boat base for the aircraft of Imperial Airways with the rental of the base at about 440 rupees per month this included the guards wages citation needed The Empire Flying Boats also started operating once a week flying east to Karachi mostly direct from the UK and west to Southampton England By February 1938 there were four flying boats a week citation needed In the 1940s flying from Dubai was by flying boats operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation BOAC operating the Horseshoe route from Southern Africa via the Persian Gulf to Sydney 20 Construction Edit The airport s fire station and control tower seen from landside constructed in early 1959 Construction of the airport was ordered by the ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum in 1959 It officially opened in 1960 with its first airfield at which time it was able to handle aircraft the size of a Douglas DC 3 on a 1 800 metre long 5 900 ft runway made of compacted sand 21 Three turning areas an apron and small terminal completed the airport that was constructed by Costain 22 The first jet aircraft to land on the new runway at Dubai Airport in 1965 was a Comet from Middle East Airlines In May 1963 construction of a 9 200 foot 2 800 m asphalt runway started This new runway alongside the original sand runway and taxiway opened in May 1965 together with several new extensions were added to the Terminal Building hangars erected Airport and Navigational aids were installed The installation of the lighting system continued after the official opening and was completed in August of that year During the second half of the 1960s several extensions equipment upgrades like a VHF omnidirectional range VOR and an instrument landing system ILS as well as new buildings were constructed By 1969 the airport was served by 9 airlines serving some 20 destinations 23 The inauguration was on 15 May 1966 and was marked by the visits of the first big jets of Middle East Airlines and Kuwait Airways Comets 24 The advent of wide body aircraft required further airport development in the 1970s which had already been foreseen by the Ruler of Dubai and plans for a new Terminal runways and taxiways capable of coping with international flights were drawn up The construction of a new terminal building consisting of a three storey building 110 m 360 ft long and included an enclosed floor area of 13 400 m2 144 000 sq ft A new 28 m 92 ft control tower was also constructed 25 Expansion continued in the early 1970s including ILS Category II equipment lengthening existing runway to 12 500 ft 3 810 m installation of a non directional beacon NDB diesel generators taxiways etc This work made handling the Boeing 747 and Concorde possible Several runway and apron extensions were carried out through the decade to meet growing demand 26 1971 saw the new precision category 2 Approach and Runway Lighting System being commissioned The construction of the Airport Fire Station and the installation of the generators were completed in December of that year and were fully operational in March 1972 The ruler also commissioned and inaugurated the Long range Surveillance System on 19 June 1973 27 With the expansion of the Airport Fire Services it was necessary to find more suitable accommodation and a hangar style building was made available to them at the end of 1976 This was located midway between the runway ends to facilitate efficient operations A new building was also constructed to house the Airport Maintenance Engineer Electronics Engineering section and Stores unit Expansion of the Airport Restaurant and Transit Lounge including the refurbishing of the upper level and the provision of a new kitchen was completed in December 1978 The next phase of development was the second runway which was completed three months ahead of schedule and opened in April 1984 This runway located 360 m 1 180 ft north of the existing runway and parallel to it and is equipped with the latest meteorological airfield lighting and instrument landing systems to give the airport a Category II classification Also several extensions and upgrades of terminal facilities and supporting systems were carried out On 23 December 1980 the airport became an ordinary member of the Airports Council International ACI The decline of Karachi airport is often associated with the traffic Dubai took away from them During the 1980s Dubai was a stopping point for airlines such as Air India Cathay Pacific Singapore Airlines Malaysia Airlines and others traveling between Asia and Europe that needed a refueling point in the Persian Gulf This use was later made redundant with the availability of Russian airspace due to the breakup of the Soviet Union and the advent of longer range aircraft introduced in the late 1980s and early 1990s such as the Airbus A340 the Boeing 747 400 and the Boeing 777 series aircraft which had the range to fly between Europe and Southeast Asia nonstop 28 British Airways flights from Islamabad to Manchester also stopped for short times during the 1980s Expansion Edit Air Astana Boeing 737 700 taxiing at Dubai International Airport in 2005 Azerbaijan Airlines Boeing 707 300 parked at a remote stand at Dubai International Airport in 1995 The opening of Terminal 2 in 1998 saw the first step of phase 1 of the new development master plan launched in 1997 As the second stage Concourse 1 opened in April 2000 under the name of Sheikh Rashid Terminal The concourse is 0 8 km 0 50 mi in length and connects to the check in area by a 0 3 km 0 19 mi tunnel containing moving walkways conveyor belt travelators It also contains a hotel business center health club exchanges dining and entertainment facilities internet services medical center post office and a prayer room The next step was the reconfiguration of the runways already part of phase 2 and aprons and taxiways were expanded and strengthened in 2003 2004 In addition the Dubai Flower Centre opened in 2005 as part of the development The airport saw the need for this as the city is a hub for import and export of flowers and the airport required a specialist facility since flowers need special conditions 29 30 Construction of Terminal 3 began in 2004 as the next stage of phase 2 of the development with an estimated cost of around 4 55 billion Completion was originally planned for 2006 but was delayed by two years 31 On 30 May 2008 a topping out ceremony was conducted The terminal became operational on 14 October 2008 with Emirates Airline EK2926 from Jeddah Saudi Arabia being the first flight to arrive at the new terminal and EK843 to Doha Qatar being the first departing flight The terminal increased the airport s maximum passenger capacity annually by 47 million bringing the total annual capacity up to 75 million passengers 32 On 29 October 2010 the airport marked its 50th anniversary The airport has seen over 402 million passengers at an average annual growth rate of 15 5 and handled over 3 87 million aircraft at an average annual growth rate of 12 4 33 With the arrival of the Airbus A380 the airport made modifications costing 230 million These included the building of 29 gates capable of handling the large aircraft five of which are in Terminal 3 and two are in Terminal 1 Other important projects at the airport include the next stage of phase 2 development which includes the construction of Concourse 3 This will be a smaller version of Concourse 2 which is connected to Terminal 3 Also as part of the expansion the airport is now able to handle at least 75 million an increase of 19 million passengers per annum with the opening of Concourse 3 which is part of Terminal 3 However recent communications predict a further increase to 80 million passengers with additional reassessments of existing capacities In 2009 Terminal 2 expanded its facilities to handle 5 million an increase of 2 million passengers annually taking the airport s total capacity to 62 million passengers Terminal 2 capacity was planned to be expanded to bring the total capacity of the airport from the initial 75 million passengers to 80 million passenger capacity by 2012 34 The Cargo Mega Terminal which will have the capacity to handle 3 million tonnes of cargo a year is a major development it is going to be built in the long term The completion of the mega terminal will be no later than 2018 Terminal 2 will be completely redeveloped to match the status of the other two terminals With all of these projects completed by 2013 the airport expects to be able to handle at least 75 80 million passengers and over 5 million tonnes of cargo Aircraft parked at concourse C Concourse C has a capacity of 33 million passengers The airport s landside facilities were modified to allow the construction of two stations for the Red Line of Dubai Metro One station was built at Terminal 1 and the other at Terminal 3 The line began service on 9 September 2009 and opened in phases over the next year 35 The second Metro line the Green Line runs near the Airport Free Zone and has served the airport s north eastern area with the Terminal 2 starting in September 2011 36 With phase 2 of DXB s expansion plan complete the airport now has three terminals and three concourses two cargo mega terminals an airport free zone 37 an expo center with three large exhibition halls a major aircraft maintenance hub and a flower center to handle perishable goods 34 A phase 3 which has been included in the master plan involves the construction of a new Concourse 4 The airport revealed its future plans in May 2011 which involve the construction of a new Concourse D for all airlines currently operating from concourse C Concourse D is expected to bring the total capacity of the airport to over 90 million passengers and will open in early 2016 The plan also involves Emirates solely operating from Concourse C along with Concourse A and B 38 In September 2012 Dubai Airports changed the names of concourses to make it easier for passengers to navigate the airport Concourse 1 in which over 100 international airlines operate became Concourse C Concourse 2 became Concourse B and Concourse 3 became Concourse A The gates in Terminal 2 were changed and are now numbered F1 to F6 The remaining alpha numeric sequences are being reserved for future airport facilities that are part of the Dubai Airports 7 8 billion expansion programme including Concourse D 39 Summary of Dubai International Airport Masterplan Phase Year DescriptionPhase 1 40 1997 Initial capacity of 11 million passengers per annum 540 million phase 1 launched 41 1998 Terminal 2 inaugurated on 1 May 1998 to alleviate congestion from Terminal 1 with a capacity of 2 5 million passengers annually 42 2000 Sheikh Rashid Terminal Concourse C reopened 15 April 2000 Capable of handling 22 million passengers per annum 43 Phase 2 29 unreliable source 2002 4 5 bn 545 m for the civils on T3 and concourse projects launched 2003 Taxiways were strengthened In addition work on other taxiways in the area was expanded in order to complete the work associated with the newly commissioned second runway 44 unreliable source 2005 Construction of Dubai Flower Centre completed 45 2005 US 225 million VIP Pavilion for the Dubai Royal Wing opens in July 46 2008 Capable of handling 60 million passengers per annum with the opening of Terminal 3 Concourse B 47 2012 Extensions to Terminal 2 are completed new check in hall departure area and extensions to the terminal building 2013 New Concourse A constructed enabling the airport to have a capacity of 80 million2016 Concourse D will be completed with a capacity of 15 million passengers All airlines currently operating from concourse C will move to D General Expansion 2004 2008 Includes construction of Emirates Flight Catering Centre Emirates Engineering Facility 2006 Opening of Emirates Engineering Facility largest aircraft hangars in the world 48 2007 Opening of Emirates Flight Catering Centre capable of producing 115 000 meals per day 49 2008 New Executive Flights Centre facility launched 50 2014 Runway refurbishment and upgrades after an 80 day project which ran from 1 May to 20 July 2014 During this period DXB operated with one single runway New LED lighting replaced the old tungsten runway lights and new taxiways were constructed enabling an increase in runway capacity 51 2015 Terminal 2 capacity increased to 10 million after expansion completed 52 Dubai s government announced the construction of a new airport in Jebel Ali named Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International Airport It is expected to be the second largest airport in the world by physical size though not by passenger metrics It opened 27 June 2010 53 however construction is not expected to finish until 2027 The airport is expected to be able to accommodate up to 160 million passengers 54 55 56 There has been an official plan to build the Dubai Metro Purple Line to connect Al Maktoum International Airport to Dubai International Airport construction was set to begin in 2012 The proposed 52 km 32 mi Purple Line will link Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International Airport 57 Concourse D opened on 24 February 2016 for all international airlines and moved out of the Terminal 1 Emirates now operates from Concourses A B and C all under Terminal 3 while FlyDubai operates from Terminal 2 Concourse F Growth in traffic at Dubai International Airport 58 59 Airlines 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014Passenger movements 4 347 million 6 299 million 9 732 million 15 973 million 28 788 million 47 181 million 70 476 millionAirfreight movements tonnes 144 282 243 092 431 777 764 193 1 410 million 2 19 million 2 37 millionCity links 36 54 110 170 195 210 240Weekly scheduled flights N A N A 2 350 2 850 4 550 6 100 7 500Airlines N A N A 80 102 113 135 140On 20 December 2018 the airport celebrated its one billionth passenger 60 Air traffic EditMain airlines based at DXB Edit Emirates operations at Dubai International Emirates Airline is the largest airline operating at the airport with an all wide body fleet of over 200 Airbus and Boeing aircraft based at Dubai providing scheduled services to the Middle East Africa Asia Europe North America South America Australia and New Zealand It operates out of Terminal 3 Concourses A B and C 61 Emirates SkyCargo a subsidiary of Emirates operates scheduled all cargo services between Dubai and the rest of the world 62 Flydubai a low cost airline planning to operate over 100 aircraft on scheduled passenger services to and from Dubai to the Middle East Africa Europe and South Asia It operates from Terminal 2 63 and since December 2018 also from Terminal 3 for selected destinations 64 65 Recreational flying to Dubai is catered for by the Dubai Aviation Club which undertakes flying training for private pilots and provides facilities for private owners 66 The Government of Dubai provides short and long range search and rescue services police support medical evacuation and general purpose flights for the airport and all VIP flights to the airport 67 Statistics EditAnnual passenger traffic at DXB airport See Wikidata query Operations and statistics Year Passengers Airfreight tonnes Aircraft2003 18 062 344 928 758 148 3342004 21 711 883 1 111 647 168 5112005 23 607 507 1 333 014 195 8202006 28 788 726 1 410 963 217 1652007 34 340 000 1 668 505 260 5302008 37 441 440 1 824 9912009 40 901 752 1 927 5202010 47 180 628 2 270 498 292 6622011 50 977 960 2 199 750 326 3172012 57 684 550 2 279 624 344 2452013 66 431 533 2 435 567 369 9532014 70 475 636 2 367 574 357 3392015 78 014 841 2 506 092 406 6252016 83 654 250 2 592 454 418 2202017 88 242 0992018 89 149 3872019 86 396 7572020 18 229 4612021 29 110 609Infrastructure Edit Airport layout Aircraft parked at remote stands at DXB Dubai International Airport was conceptualized to function as Dubai s primary airport and the region s busiest for the foreseeable future without the need for relocation or the building of another airport when passenger figures increased The area was chosen near to Dubai to attract passengers from the city of Dubai rather than travel to the busier Sharjah International Airport The planned location originally was Jebel Ali 68 unreliable source The original master plan for the existing airport initially involved a dual terminal and one runway configuration over two phases with provisions for another two passenger terminals in the near future Phase 1 included the construction for the first passenger terminal the first runway 70 aircraft parking bays support facilities and structures including large maintenance hangar the first fire station workshops and administrative offices an airfreight complex two cargo agents buildings in flight catering kitchens and an 87 m 285 ft control tower Construction for the second phase would commence immediately after the completion of Phase 1 and include the second runway 50 new aircraft parking bays in addition to the existing 70 bays a second fire station and a third cargo agent building 69 The third phase included the construction of a new terminal now the parts of Terminal 1 s main building and Concourse C and an additional 60 parking bays as well as a new aircraft maintenance facility Then in the early 2000s decade a new master plan was introduced which began the development of the current concourses and terminal infrastructure 70 Paul Griffiths Dubai Airports CEO in his interview to Vision magazine cited plans to build infrastructure to support the expansion of Emirates and budget airline flydubai and ascend the ranks of global aviation hubs 71 Control tower Edit The 87 metre tall 285 ft airport traffic control tower ATCT was constructed as part of phase two of the then clarification needed development plan 72 Terminals Edit Dubai International Airport has three terminals Terminal 1 has one concourse concourse D Terminal 2 is set apart from the other two main buildings and Terminal 3 is divided into Concourse A B and C The cargo terminal is capable of handling 3 million tonnes of cargo annually and a general aviation terminal GAT is close by 29 Aerial view of concourse B and C Concourse A not shown is connected to Terminal 3 via Terminal 3 APM Concourse D is also connected to Terminal 1 via Terminal 1 APM Aircraft parked at Concourse C before most of Emirates operations moved to Concourse B Emirates took over operations of Concourse C in 2016 as all airlines operating from Concourse C moved to Concourse D Passenger terminals Edit Dubai Airport has three passenger terminals Terminals 1 and 3 are directly connected with a common transit area with airside passengers being able to move freely between the terminals without going through immigration while Terminal 2 is on the opposite side of the airport For transiting passengers a shuttle service runs between the terminals with a journey time of around 20 minutes from Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 and 30 minutes to Terminal 3 Passengers in Terminal 3 who need to transfer between concourse A and the rest of the Terminal have to travel via an automated people mover Also after early 2016 when the construction of Concourse D was done there is now an automated people mover between concourse D and Terminal 1 73 unreliable source Situated beside Terminal 2 is the Executive Flights Terminal which has its own check in facilities for premium passengers and where transportation to aircraft in any of the other terminals is by personal buggy The three passenger terminals have a total handling capacity of around 80 million passengers a year Terminals 1 and 3 cater to international passengers whilst Terminal 2 is for budget passengers and passengers flying to the subcontinent and Persian Gulf region Terminals 1 and 3 handle 85 of the passenger traffic and the Executive Flights terminal is for the higher end travelers and important guests Terminal 1 Edit Outside DXB Terminal 1 Terminal 1 has a capacity of 45 million passengers It is used by over 100 airlines and is connected to Concourse D by an automated people mover It is spread over an area of 520 000 m2 5 600 000 sq ft and offers 221 check in counters The Terminal was originally built to handle 18 million passengers however with extreme congestion at the terminal the airport was forced to expand the terminal to accommodate the opening of 28 remote gates Over the years more mobile gates were added to the airport bringing the total as of 2010 to 28 In 2013 Dubai Airports announced a major renovation for Terminal 1 and Concourse C The renovations include upgraded baggage systems replacement of check in desks and a more spacious departure hall Arrivals will also see improvements to help reduce waiting times The renovation was completed by the middle of 2015 74 Concourse DPlanning began for further expansion of Dubai Airport with the construction of Terminal 4 it was revealed on the day Emirates completed its phased operations at the new Terminal 3 on 14 November 2008 75 According to Dubai Airport officials plans for Terminal 4 had begun and extensions would be made to Terminal 3 These are required to bring the capacity of the airport to 80 90 million passengers a year by 2015 76 In May 2011 Paul Griffiths chief executive of Dubai Airports revealed the Dubai Airport masterplan It involves the construction of Concourse D previously Terminal 4 With a capacity of 15 million it would bring the total capacity of the airport to 90 million passengers by 2018 an increase of 15 million It also will see Emirates take over the operation at Concourse C along with concourse A and B which it will already be operating All remaining airlines will shift to Concourse D or move to Al Maktoum International Airport The airport projects that international passenger and cargo traffic will increase at an average annual growth rate of 7 2 and 6 7 respectively and that by 2020 passenger numbers at Dubai International Airport will reach 98 5 million and cargo volumes will top 4 1 million tonnes 77 Concourse D will have a capacity of 15 million passengers include 17 gates and will be connected to Terminal 1 via an automated people mover 78 On 6 February 2016 members of the public were invited to trial the concourse in preparation for its opening On Wednesday 24 February 2016 Concourse D officially opened with the first British Airways flight arriving at gate D8 79 Concourse D and Terminal 1 reopened on 24 June 2021 following a year s closure due to the COVID 19 pandemic 80 Terminal 2 Edit FlyDubai aircraft parked at Terminal 2 aircraft stands 81 Terminal 2 built in 1998 has an area of 47 000 m2 510 000 sq ft and has a capacity of 10 million as of 2013 after several decent reconstructions and a major expansion in 2012 which saw capacity double It is used by over 50 airlines mainly operating in the Persian Gulf region Most flights operate to India Saudi Arabia Iran Afghanistan and Pakistan In June 2009 Terminal 2 became the hub of Air India Express and flydubai 82 and the terminal houses the airline s corporate head office 83 Terminal 2 has undergone a major refurbishment recently extending check in and boarding facilities changing the interior and exterior decor and offering more dining choices to passengers Capacity was increased to allow for 10 million passengers an increase of 5 million 84 The terminal has now increased the number of facilities available to passengers Check in counters have increased to 37 The boarding area is more spacious with more natural light Also the new open boarding gates allow several flights to board simultaneously improving passenger and aircraft movements There are a total of 43 remote stands at the terminal However passengers cannot move between Terminal 2 to 1 or from 2 to 3 and vice versa inside the airport They have to make use of Taxi service or public transport available outside The Dubai duty free shopping area covers 2 400 m2 26 000 sq ft in departures and 540 m2 5 800 sq ft in arrivals 81 The 3 600 square metre 39 000 sq ft extension included a larger arrivals hall as well Terminal 3 Edit Main article Dubai International Terminal 3 Interior of Terminal 3 The partly underground Terminal 3 was built at a cost of US 4 5 billion exclusively for Emirates and has a capacity of 65 million passengers The terminal has 20 Airbus A380 gates at Concourse A and 5 at Concourse B and 2 at Concourse C 85 It was announced on 6 September 2012 that Terminal 3 would no longer be Emirates exclusive as Emirates and Qantas had set up an extensive code sharing agreement Qantas would be the second and only one of two airlines to fly in and out of Terminal 3 This deal also allows Qantas to use the A380 dedicated concourse 86 Upon completion Terminal 3 was the largest building in the world by floor space with over 1 713 000 m2 18 440 000 sq ft of space capable of handling 60 million passengers in a year A large part is located under the taxiway area and is directly connected to Concourse B the departure and arrival halls in the new structure are 10 m 33 ft beneath the airport s apron Concourse A is connected to the terminal via a Terminal 3 APM 87 88 It has been operational since 14 October 2008 and opened in four phases to avoid collapse of baggage handling and other IT systems The building includes a multi level underground structure first and business class lounges restaurants 180 check in counters and 2 600 car parking spaces The terminal offers more than double the previous retail area of concourse C by adding about 4 800 m2 52 000 sq ft and Concourse B s 10 700 m2 115 000 sq ft of shopping facilities 89 In arrivals the terminal contains 72 immigration counters and 14 baggage carousels 90 91 The baggage handling system the largest system and also the deepest in the world has a capacity to handle 8 000 bags per hour The system includes 21 screening injection points 49 make up carousels 90 km 56 mi of conveyor belts capable of handling 15 000 items per hour at a speed of 27 km h 17 mph and 4 500 early baggage storage positions 92 Concourse A Edit Concourse A part of Terminal 3 opened 2 January 2013 93 has a capacity of 19 million passengers and is connected to the two major public levels of Terminal 3 via Terminal 3 APM in addition to the vehicular and baggage handling system utility tunnels for further transfer The concourse opened on 2 January 2013 and was built at a cost of US 3 3 billion 94 The building which follows the characteristic shape of Concourse B 924 m 3 031 ft long 91 m 299 ft wide and 40 m 130 ft high in the centre from the apron level and accommodates 20 air bridge gates of which all are capable of handling the Airbus A380 800 95 96 There are also 6 remote lounges for passengers departing on flights parked at 13 remote stands The gates in concourse A are labelled A1 A24 39 97 The concourse includes one 4 star hotel and one 5 star hotel first and business class lounges and duty free areas The total built up area is 540 000 m2 5 800 000 sq ft 98 The concourse allows for multi level boarding and boasts the largest first and business class lounges in the world Each lounge has its own dedicated floor offering direct aircraft access from the lounges The total amount of retail space at the concourse is 11 000 m2 120 000 sq ft and there is also a total of 14 cafes and restaurants citation needed The total retail area in the concourse is approximately 11 000 m2 120 000 sq ft 99 Concourse B Edit Exterior of Concourse B Concourse B is directly connected to terminal 3 and is dedicated exclusively to Emirates The total built up area of the concourse itself is 675 000 m2 7 270 000 sq ft The concourse is 945 m 3 100 ft long 90 8 m 298 ft wide at midpoint and 49 5 m 162 ft high The terminal has 10 floors 4 basements a ground floor and 5 above floors The building currently includes a multi level structure for departures and arrivals and includes 32 gates labelled B1 B32 39 The concourse has 26 air bridge gates and 5 boarding lounges for 14 remote stands that are for Airbus A340 and Boeing 777 aircraft only For transit passengers the concourse has 3 transfer areas and 62 transfer desks 100 The concourse also includes the Emirates first and Business class lounges and the Marhaba lounge The First class lounge has a capacity of 1 800 passengers and a total area of 12 600 m2 136 000 sq ft The Business class lounge has a capacity of 3 000 passengers and a total area of 13 500 m2 145 000 sq ft The Marhaba lounge the smallest lounge at the concourse has a capacity of 300 passengers at a time 101 The total retail area at the concourse is 120 000 m2 1 300 000 sq ft which also includes 18 restaurants within the food court There are also three hotels in the concourse a 5 star hotel and a 4 star hotel 102 There is a direct connection to Sheikh Rashid Terminal Concourse C located at the control tower structure through passenger walkways There is also a 300 room hotel and health club including both five and four star rooms Concourse B includes five aerobridges that are capable of handling the new Airbus A380 103 Emirates Airline continues to maintain a presence in Concourse C operating 12 gates at the concourse as well as the Emirates First Class and Business Class Lounges 104 Concourse C Edit Concourse C is a part of Terminal 3 was opened in 2000 and used to be the largest concourse at Dubai International Airport before Concourse B in Terminal 3 opened It incorporates 50 gates including 28 air bridges and 22 remote gates located at a lower level of the terminal The gates are labelled C1 C50 39 The concourse includes over 17 food and beverage cafes and restaurants with the food court being located on the Departures Level Also located in the concourse is a 5 star hotel and a 5 400 m2 58 000 sq ft duty free shopping facility Other facilities include prayer rooms and a medical centre Concourse C became part of Terminal 3 in 2016 after concourse D opened Al Majlis VIP Pavilion and Dubai Executive Flight Terminal Edit Dubai Royal Air Wing is the main airline operating from the VIP Pavilion The Al Majlis VIP pavilion was exclusively built for the Dubai Royal Air Wing and opened on 1 July 2008 The entire facility is a 3 400 square metre 37 000 sq ft terminal and includes a Royal Majlis and an antenna farm It also includes eight aircraft hangars with a total built up area of 69 598 m2 749 150 sq ft and maintenance hangars for Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s and a 1 200 square metre 13 000 sq ft gatehouse for VIP service 46 In 2010 there were 47 213 customers 13 162 movements and in 2009 there were a total of 43 968 customers and 14 896 movements 105 Executive Flight Services EFS caters to those passengers of high class or special importance that travel through Dubai International Airports It is the largest dedicated business aviation terminal of its kind in the Middle East It is located at the Dubai Airport Free Zone close to Dubai International s Terminal 2 It only caters to private flights exclusive to the terminal Airlines operating from the terminal are expected to maintain a lounge In 2010 EFS handled 7 889 aircraft movements and 25 177 passengers 106 The centre itself is located close to Terminal 2 and includes a 5 500 m2 59 000 sq ft two storey main building a 3 700 m2 40 000 sq ft hangar a 3 700 m2 40 000 sq ft ramp area for aircraft parking and a special VIP car park for long term parking The centre also has its own immigration and customs sections its own Dubai Duty Free outlet a fully equipped business and conference centre eight luxury private lounges and a limousine service between aircraft and the terminal citation needed The ramp area of the terminal can accommodate up to 22 small sized private jets between 8 and 12 medium sized jets or up to four large sized jets such as a Boeing Business Jet BBJ the Boeing 727 or the Airbus A319 The facility makes EFC the largest dedicated business aviation terminal in the Middle East Cargo Mega Terminal Edit Aircraft stands at the cargo terminal The cargo village at Dubai International Airport is one of the world s largest and most central cargo hubs with most of the cargo for Asia and Africa coming through the facility Forecasts in 2004 for cargo growth predicted that additional major cargo handling facilities were needed to satisfy demands Plans were put in place to construct the first stage of the cargo mega terminal which by 2018 will have the ability to handle three million tons of freight 107 Phase 1 of the cargo mega terminal was completed by 2004 and the next phase of expansion was scheduled for completion in late 2007 Presently the airport has a cargo capacity of 2 5 million tonnes and will be expanded to handle 3 million 108 Flower centre Edit Dubai Airport has constructed a flower centre to handle flower imports and exports as Dubai is a major hub for the import and export of flowers and the airport required a specialist facility since these products need special conditions 109 The flower centre s first phase was completed in 2004 at a cost of 50 million 110 The centre when completed and functioning will have a floor area of approximately 100 000 m2 1 100 000 sq ft including different export chambers and offices The handling capacity of the centre is expected to be more than 300 000 tonnes of product throughput per annum The entire facility with the exception of the offices will be maintained at an ambient temperature of just 2 to 4 C 36 to 39 F 111 Runways Edit Aircraft taxiing to runway 12L 30R Dubai Airport has two closely spaced parallel runways 12R 30L is 4 447 m 60 m 14 590 ft 197 ft 12L 30R is 4 000 m 60 m 13 120 ft 200 ft The gap between the centrelines of the two runways is 385 m 1 263 ft The runways are equipped with four sets of ILS to guide landing aircraft safely under very poor weather conditions The runways were expanded to accommodate the Airbus A380 which came into service in 2007 29 In 2009 it was announced that the airport installed a Category III landing system allowing planes to land in low visibility conditions such as fog This system was the first of its kind in the United Arab Emirates In 2013 Dubai Airports announced an 80 day runway refurbishment program which started on 1 May 2014 and was completed on 21 July 2014 The northern runway was resurfaced while lighting upgrades and additional taxiways were built on the southern runway to help boost its capacity The southern runway was closed from 1 to 31 May 2014 while the northern runway was closed from 31 May to 20 July 2014 Due to extra congestion on one runway all freighter charter and general aviation flights were diverted to Al Maktoum International Airport 112 113 Flights at DXB were reduced by 26 and 14 airlines moved to Al Maktoum International Airport whilst the runways works were being done Emirates cut 5 000 flights and grounded over 20 aircraft during the period 114 Dubai Airports plans to close the southern runway 12R 30L for complete resurfacing and replacement of the airfield lighting and supporting infrastructure This will be done during a 45 day period from 16 April 2019 to 30 May 2019 This upgrade will boost safety service and capacity levels at DXB 115 Airlines will be required to reduce flight operations at DXB due to single runway operations 116 Accommodating the Airbus A380 Edit With Dubai based Emirates being one of the launch customers for the Airbus A380 and also the largest customer Dubai Airport needed to expand its existing facilities to accommodate the very large aircraft The Department of Civil Aviation spent 120 million in upgrading both of its terminals and airport infrastructure including enlarged gate holdrooms new finger piers an enlarged runway new airbridges and extended baggage belt carousels from the normal 70 to 90 m 230 to 300 ft Dubai Airport also invested 3 5 billion into a new Concourse A exclusively for handling Emirates A380s With the changes made the airport does not expect embarking and disembarking passengers and baggage from the A380 to take longer than it does for Boeing 747 400s which carry fewer passengers On 16 July 2008 Dubai Airport unveiled the first of two specially built gates capable of handling the aircraft Costing 10 million the gates will enable passengers to get on the upper cabin of the new 555 seater aircraft directly from the gate hold rooms The hold rooms themselves have been enlarged to cater for the larger number of passengers flying the A380s In addition to the two gates at Terminal 1 five more A380 capable gates were opened at concourse B on 14 October 2008 Concourse A opened on 2 January 2013 117 Labor controversy EditFurther information Human rights in the United Arab Emirates Workers building a new terminal at Dubai International Airport went on a sympathy strike in March 2006 118 119 Another strike took place in October 2007 Four thousand strikers were arrested Most of them were released some days later and those who were not local were then deported from Dubai citation needed Airlines and destinations EditPassenger Edit The following airlines offer regular scheduled and charter services to and from the airport 120 AirlinesDestinationsAeroflotMoscow Sheremetyevo 121 Air AlgerieAlgiersAir AstanaAlmaty AstanaAir CanadaToronto PearsonAir ChinaBeijing Capital Chongqing 122 Air FranceParis Charles de GaulleAir IndiaBangalore Chennai Delhi Goa Dabolim Hyderabad Indore Kochi Kozhikode ends 26 March 2023 123 MumbaiAir India ExpressAmritsar Delhi ends 25 March 2023 124 Goa Dabolim begins 27 March 2023 125 Indore begins 31 March 2023 125 Jaipur Kannur Kochi Kozhikode Lucknow Mangalore Mumbai ends 25 March 2023 124 Thiruvananthapuram TiruchirappalliAir PeaceAbuja 126 Lagos 127 airBalticRiga 128 airblueIslamabad Karachi Lahore Multan PeshawarAnadoluJetIstanbul Sabiha Gokcen 129 Ariana Afghan AirlinesKabulArkiaTel Aviv 130 131 Azerbaijan AirlinesBakuAzimuthRostov on Don suspended 132 Azur AirMoscow Vnukovo suspended Azur Air UkraineSeasonal charter Kyiv Boryspil suspended 133 Badr AirlinesKhartoumBelaviaMinsk 134 Biman Bangladesh Airlines1Chittagong Dhaka SylhetBritish AirwaysLondon HeathrowCathay PacificHong Kong 135 Cebu PacificManilaChina Eastern AirlinesQingdao 136 China Southern AirlinesGuangzhou Shenzhen 137 Cyprus AirwaysLarnaca resumes 27 March 2023 138 Daallo AirlinesHargeisa MogadishuEgyptAirAlexandria CairoEl AlTel Aviv 131 EmiratesAbidjan Abuja Accra Addis Ababa Ahmedabad Algiers Amman Queen Alia Amsterdam Athens Auckland Baghdad Bahrain Bangalore Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Barcelona Basra Beijing Capital 139 Beirut Birmingham Bologna Boston Brisbane Brussels Budapest Buenos Aires Ezeiza Cairo Cape Town Casablanca Cebu Chennai Chicago O Hare Christchurch Clark Colombo Bandaranaike Conakry Copenhagen Dakar Diass Dallas Fort Worth Dammam Dar es Salaam Delhi Denpasar Dhaka Dublin Durban 140 Dusseldorf Entebbe Erbil Frankfurt Geneva Glasgow Guangzhou Hamburg Hanoi Harare Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Houston Intercontinental Hyderabad Islamabad Istanbul Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen 141 Jakarta Soekarno Hatta Jeddah Johannesburg O R Tambo Kabul suspended Karachi Khartoum Kochi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur International Kuwait City Lagos Lahore Larnaca Lisbon London Gatwick London Heathrow London Stansted Los Angeles Luanda Lusaka Lyon 142 Madrid Mahe Male Malta Manchester Manila Mauritius 140 Medina Melbourne Mexico City Miami 143 Milan Malpensa Moscow Domodedovo Mumbai Munich Muscat Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Newark Newcastle upon Tyne New York JFK Nice Orlando Osaka Kansai Oslo Paris Charles de Gaulle Perth Peshawar Phuket Prague Riyadh Rio de Janeiro Galeao Rome Fiumicino Salalah San Francisco Sao Paulo Guarulhos Saint Petersburg Seattle Tacoma Seoul Incheon Shanghai Pudong 139 Sialkot Singapore Stockholm Arlanda Sydney Taipei Taoyuan Tehran Imam Khomeini Tel Aviv 144 Thiruvananthapuram Tokyo Haneda resumes 2 April 2023 145 Tokyo Narita Toronto Pearson Tunis Venice Vienna Warsaw Chopin Washington Dulles 146 ZurichEnter Air 147 148 Seasonal Warsaw ChopinEthiopian AirlinesAddis AbabaFinnairSeasonal HelsinkiFitsAirColombo BandaranaikeFlyadealRiyadh 149 FlyArystanAktau Aktobe 150 Oral 150 ShymkentflydubaiAbha Addis Ababa Ahmedabad Alexandria Almaty Al Ula 151 Amman Queen Alia Ankara 152 Ashgabat 153 Asmara Astana Baghdad Bahrain Baku Bandar Abbas Basra Beirut Belgrade Bergamo 154 Bishkek Bucharest Budapest Catania 155 Chennai Chittagong 156 Colombo Bandaranaike Dammam Dar es Salaam Delhi Dhaka Djibouti Doha 157 Dushanbe Entebbe Erbil Faisalabad Gassim Grozny 158 Ha il Hargeisa Helsinki 159 Hofuf 160 Hyderabad Isfahan Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Jeddah Jizan Juba Kabul suspended Karachi Kathmandu Kazan Khartoum Kilimanjaro 161 Kochi Kolkata Kozhikode 162 163 Krabi 164 Krakow Krasnodar Kuwait City Kyiv Boryspil suspended Lar Ljubljana 165 Lucknow Makhachkala Male 166 Mashhad Medina Mogadishu begins 9 March 2023 167 Moscow Vnukovo Moscow Zhukovsky 168 Mineralnye Vody Multan Mumbai Muscat Najaf Namangan 169 Naples 170 Novosibirsk 168 Odessa suspended Pattaya U Tapao 171 Perm 168 Pisa 172 Port Sudan Prague Quetta Riyadh Saint Petersburg 173 Salalah Salzburg Samara Samarkand 174 Sarajevo Shiraz Shymkent begins 28 February 2023 175 Sialkot Sochi 176 Sofia Sohag 177 Sohar 178 Sulaimaniyah 179 Tabuk Ta if Tashkent 180 Tbilisi Tehran Imam Khomeini Tel Aviv 181 Tirana 182 Ufa Warsaw Chopin 183 Yangon 146 Yekaterinburg Yerevan Zagreb 184 Zanzibar Seasonal Batumi 185 Bodrum 186 Cagliari begins 22 June 2023 187 Corfu begins 24 June 2023 188 Dubrovnik Izmir 189 Kazan 190 Kutaisi 191 Makhachkala 192 190 Mineralnye Vody 190 Mykonos Rostov on Don 193 190 Samara 190 Qabala 194 Santorini Tivat Trabzon 186 FlynasDammam Jeddah RiyadhFLYONE ArmeniaYerevan 195 Go First 196 KannurGulf AirBahrainIndiGoAhmedabad Amritsar Bangalore Bhubaneswar begins 1 April 2023 197 Chandigarh Chennai Delhi Hyderabad Kochi Kozhikode Lucknow Mangalore Mumbai Thiruvananthapuram TiruchirappalliIran AirAhvaz Bandar Abbas Lar Qeshm ShirazIran AirtourMashhad Tehran Imam KhomeiniIran Aseman AirlinesChabahar KonarakIraqi AirwaysBaghdad Basra Erbil NajafIsrairTel Aviv 198 Jazeera AirwaysKuwait CityJordan AviationAmman Queen Alia 199 Jubba AirwaysBosaso 200 Hargeisa MogadishuKam AirKabulKenya AirwaysMombasa 201 Nairobi Jomo KenyattaKLMAmsterdamKorean AirSeoul Incheon 202 Kuwait AirwaysKuwait CityLOT Polish AirlinesSeasonal Warsaw Chopin 203 LufthansaFrankfurt Munich 204 LuxairSeasonal Luxembourg 205 Mahan AirTehran Imam KhomeiniMiddle East AirlinesBeirutMyanmar Airways InternationalYangon 206 Nepal AirlinesKathmanduOman AirMuscatPakistan International AirlinesFaisalabad 207 Islamabad Karachi Lahore Multan 207 Peshawar SialkotPegasus AirlinesAnkara 208 Istanbul Sabiha GokcenPhilippine AirlinesManilaQatar AirwaysDoha 209 Qeshm AirLar Qeshm Shiraz Tehran Imam KhomeiniRossiya AirlinesSeasonal charter Moscow Vnukovo suspended Royal Air MarocCasablanca 210 Royal Brunei AirlinesBandar Seri Begawan London Heathrow 211 Royal JordanianAmman Queen AliaRwandAirKigaliS7 AirlinesSeasonal Novosibirsk suspended SaudiaJeddah Medina Neom Bay 212 RiyadhSereneAirIslamabad Lahore Peshawar 213 Sichuan AirlinesChengdu Shuangliu ends 25 March 2023 Chengdu Tianfu begins 26 March 2023 214 Singapore AirlinesSingaporeSkyUpKyiv Boryspil temporarily suspended 215 SmartLynx AirlinesSeasonal charter BerlinSmartwingsBratislava Ostrava PragueSomon AirDushanbeSpiceJetAhmedabad Amritsar Delhi Jaipur Kochi Kozhikode Madurai Mumbai PuneSriLankan AirlinesColombo BandaranaikeSunExpressAntalya Seasonal Izmir 216 Swiss International Air LinesZurichSyrian AirDamascus LatakiaTransaviaSeasonal AmsterdamTurkish AirlinesIstanbulTurkmenistan AirlinesAshgabatUganda AirlinesEntebbe 217 United AirlinesNewark begins 27 March 2023 218 Ukraine International AirlinesKyiv BoryspilUral AirlinesChelyabinsk 219 YekaterinburgSeasonal Moscow Domodedovo SamaraUS Bangla AirlinesDhaka 220 Uzbekistan AirwaysFergana 221 TashkentVistaraMumbai 222 Wizz AirSeasonal Bucharest 223 Budapest 224 Sofia 225 Yamal AirlinesSeasonal TyumenNotes1 Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight from Dubai to Dhaka makes a stop at Sylhet However the flight from Dhaka to Dubai is non stop Cargo Edit See also Al Maktoum International Airport AirlinesDestinationsCargolux 226 Hong Kong Komatsu LuxembourgDHL Aviation citation needed BahrainCoyne Airways 227 Baghdad Bagram Erbil Kabul KandaharEgyptair CargoCairoEthiopian Cargo 228 Addis AbabaFedEx Express citation needed Athens Bangalore Chengdu Shuangliu Delhi Goa Hong Kong Johannesburg 229 Milan Malpensa Mumbai Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta 230 Paris Charles de Gaulle SingaporeFitsAir citation needed Abu Dhabi Baghdad Balad Colombo Bandaranaike Erbil Herat Jalalabad Kabul Kandahar Lashkar Gah Sharana Sulaymaniyah Tarin Kowt ThumraitSilk Way Airlines 231 BakuUPS Airlines citation needed Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Clark Cologne Bonn Delhi Guangzhou Hong Kong Louisville Singapore SydneyServices EditAviation services Edit The Emirates Flight Catering centre which was expanded in 2007 is capable of producing 115 000 meals per day 232 Emirates Engineering Centre aircraft hangars at DXB Ground handling Edit Ground handling services at Dubai International Airport has been provided by Dnata Ground Handling Services Emirates Airlines has over 2000 Airport Services employees current serving the airport 233 Services include cargo ramp and technical support services to airlines at Dubai Airport 234 Aircraft maintenance Edit Emirates Engineering based in Dubai operates the aircraft maintenance and engine test cell technical facilities at the airport Emirates Engineering currently provides full support for the Emirates Airline fleet and all the other international operations at the airport 235 Current facilities include 236 237 Seven aircraft hangars all capable of handling the A380 currently the largest aircraft hangar in the world 238 Aircraft painting hangar Aircraft processing plant Aircraft engine run up facility enclosure Engineering Line Maintenance facility Engine Test Cell Aircraft spare parts storesPassenger services Edit The airport has over 26 000 m2 280 000 sq ft of retail space spread between its three main terminals and includes many shopping and eating outlets 239 The Dubai duty free shopping area in Terminal 2 covers 1 400 m2 15 000 sq ft in departures and 50 m2 540 sq ft in arrivals The 3 437 square metre 37 000 sq ft extension included a larger arrivals hall as well Extensive upgrading work on existing retail areas since 2004 in Terminals 1 and 2 has increased sales Dubai Duty Free Company announced annual sales of Dhs5 9 billion US 1 6 billion in 2012 representing a 10 per cent increase on the previous year In 2008 Dubai Duty Free doubled its retail space from 7 000 to 15 000 m2 75 000 to 161 000 sq ft with the inauguration of the new Emirates Terminal 3 in October 2008 Dubai Duty Free recorded more than 23 5 million transactions in 2012 239 As of August 2009 Dubai Duty Free was the biggest single airport retail operation in the world ahead of London s Heathrow and Seoul s Incheon airports In addition to a wide array of duty free shops and eating outlets Dubai Airport has two open air garden areas Dubai Airport has numerous business centres located around the airport Within the international transit area of the interconnected Terminals 1 and 2 internet and games facilities prayer rooms showers spas gym swimming pool and three hotels are provided Various lounge areas are provided some including children s play areas or televisions showing news movies and sports channels 240 Terminal 3 has a left luggage facility operated by Emirates in the Arrivals area where layover passengers can leave their luggage for a fee while they go sightseeing Safety and security Edit Smart Gate immigration counters at Passport Control The Civil Aviation Authority of Dubai manages the overall safety and security of the airport Pre screening takes place in all terminals at the entrance of the airport Iris scanning has been implemented in all UAE airports This type of scanning prevents those deported from the UAE for serious criminal charges from returning again using fraudulent documents The airport uses highly sensitive equipment to conduct thorough searches on travellers into the UAE including screening for smuggling possessing or taking illegal drugs in the country 241 A senior Dubai judge was quoted on 11 February 2008 by Seven Days saying These laws help discourage anyone from carrying or using drugs Even if the amount of illegal drugs found on someone is 0 05 grams they will be found guilty The penalty is a minimum four years if it is for personal use The message is clear drugs will not be tolerated 241 A number of travellers have been held pending charge while Dubai authorities test their possessions blood and urine for any trace of contraband 242 In 2018 Houthi rebel group claimed that Dubai airport had been attacked by drones launched by Houthi rebels from Yemen In response Dubai Airports stated With regards to reports by questionable sources this morning Dubai Airports can confirm that Dubai International DXB is operating as normal without any interruption 243 Operations EditSince there are international flights operating out from the airport the terminals are equipped with immigration processing facilities and security scanning for all passengers including domestic and regional passengers Terminals 1 and 3 handle 95 of the international flights whilst Terminal 2 mainly caters to regional flights and international flights routed to other airports in Middle East Emirates Airline operates from only Terminal 3 Conversely low cost carriers such as flydubai operate flights out of Terminal 2 244 Passenger growth at the airport has been growing at an average rate of 18 The airport reached its capacity of 33 million passengers per annum by 2007 however this was still not enough to handle the growing over congestion at the airport In 2013 the airport s capacity reached 75 million with the opening of concourse A and expansion of Terminal 2 Passenger traffic for 2014 grew by 7 5 as 70 48 million passengers passed through Dubai International compared to 66 43 million during the corresponding period in 2013 245 Growth slowed down in 2014 due to the 80 day runway resurfacing project which saw DXB operate with only one runway between May and July In 2014 India was DXB s biggest destination with 8 91 million passengers The UK Saudi Arabia and Pakistan followed with 5 38 million 4 88 million and 3 13 million respectively London s Heathrow became the top city destination recording 2 626 357 passengers Doha followed it with 2 355 959 246 citation needed In 2020 Dubai International Airport s first quarter passenger traffic fell down by 67 8 percent and reached 5 75 million This is even lower than the statistics presented last year in the same quarter 247 In 2022 Dubai International Airport registered strong recovery and robust growth in its customer base that propelled the annual passenger numbers to 66 million The airport s growth outpaced the annual forecast in the final months of the year following an exceptionally strong fourth quarter 248 Cargo Edit The airport handled 2 37 million tonnes of air cargo in 2014 a decrease of 3 1 per cent over 2013 making it the sixth busiest airfreight hub in the world and the busiest in the Middle East 3 The decline was due to the runway closure and the shifting of many cargo flights from DXB to Al Maktoum International Airport Ground transportation EditRoad Edit D 89 leading to Dubai Airport The airport is connected by the road D 89 One of the longest intra city roads D 89 begins at the Deira Corniche and runs perpendicular to D 85 Baniyas Road From Deira the road progresses south eastward towards Dubai International Airport intersecting with E 311 Emirates Road past the airport 249 A road tunnel underneath one of the runways was built in 2003 250 Metro Edit Main article Dubai Metro The airport is served by Dubai Metro which operates two lines through or near the airport The Red Line has a station at each of Terminal 3 and Terminal 1 Services run between 6 am and 11 pm every day except Friday when they run between 1 pm and midnight These timings differ during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan The stations are located in front of both terminals and can be accessed directly from the arrivals areas The Green Line has at a station near the Airport Free Zone from which passengers can connect to Terminal 2 251 unreliable source The Purple and Blue Lines are under construction and these two lines will also have a station 252 Bus Edit Dubai Buses operated by RTA run a number of routes to the city but mainly Deira and are available at the Airport Ground Transportation centre and the Arrivals at every terminal Passengers who need to transfer between Terminals 1 and 3 and Terminal 2 can use the inter terminal shuttle bus service which operates frequently Bus stations are situated opposite both Terminal 1 2 and 3 Local buses 4 11 15 33 and 44 can be used to connect with Terminal 1 and 3 while bus 2 connects with Terminal 2 Dubai International Airport Buses provide air conditioned transport into the city centre and over 80 hotels in the city Emirates offers a complimentary coach service which operates three daily services to and from Al Ain and four daily to and from Abu Dhabi 253 So does Etihad Taxi Edit The airport is served by the Government owned Dubai Taxi Agency which provides 24 hour service at the arrivals in every terminal Accidents and incidents EditOn 14 March 1972 Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashed on approach to Dubai killing 112 On 20 July 1973 Japan Air Lines Flight 404 was a passenger flight which was hijacked by Palestinian and Japanese terrorists The flight was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Schiphol and made a stop in Dubai before flying to Damascus On December 27 1997 a Pakistan Airlines Boeing 747 plane from Karachi to London crashed when landing at Dubai airport It overshot the runway and went through the perimeter wall before coming to rest No one was killed On 22 November 1974 British Airways Flight 870 a Vickers VC10 from Dubai to Heathrow was hijacked in Dubai landing at Tripoli for refuelling before flying on to Tunis One hostage was murdered before the hijackers eventually surrendered after 84 hours Captain Jim Futcher was awarded the Queen s Gallantry Medal the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators Founders Medal the British Air Line Pilots Association Gold Medal and a Certificate of Commendation from British Airways for his actions during the hijacking having returned to the aircraft to fly it knowing the hijackers were on board 254 In 1999 Indian Airlines Flight 814 was hijacked over Indian airspace and tried to land at Dubai after being prevented from landing in neighboring Oman The airport authorities made sure that the plane could not land by stationing airport equipment and coaches on the runways The plane later landed at a UAE military base 255 On 12 March 2007 the nose gear of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight BG006 an Airbus A310 300 collapsed while the aircraft was accelerating down the runway 256 257 On 3 September 2010 UPS Flight 6 operating a Boeing 747 44AF N571UP crashed due to an in flight fire when attempting to return to Dubai N571UP was operating an international cargo flight to Cologne Bonn Airport Germany 258 On 3 August 2016 Emirates Flight 521 from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport operating a Boeing 777 300 A6 EMW crashed upon landing All 300 passengers and crew evacuated safely However one airport firefighter died battling the flames On 19 December 2021 an Emirates Boeing 777 300ER A6 EQI performing Emirates flight 231 from Dubai to Washington Dulles International Airport took off and nearly crashed into nearby office or apartment buildings It was discovered that there were problems with the autopilot 259 In February 2022 two Emirates planes nearly collided with each other It seems that the pilots did not receive clearance from air traffic control On 1 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