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Dubai International Airport

international airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Summary

Dubai International Airport is an international airport[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of international airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,833 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Al Garhoud[3]
  • Country: United Arab Emirates[4]
  • Instance of: commercial traffic aerodrome[5], air base[6]
  • Owned by: Emirate of Dubai[7]
  • Operator: Dubai Airports Company[8]
  • Named after: Dubai[9]
  • IATA airport code: DXB[10]
  • ICAO airport code: OMDB[11]
  • Commons category: Dubai International Airport[12]
  • Scheduled service destination: Visakhapatnam International Airport[13], Toronto Pearson International Airport[14], Tokyo International Airport[15], Kansai International Airport[16], Istanbul Airport[17], İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport[18]
  • Has part(s): Dubai International Terminal 1[19], Dubai International Terminal 2[20], Dubai International Terminal 3[21]
  • Runway: 12L/30R[22], 12R/30L[23]
  • Coordinate location: 25.252777777778, 55.364444444444[24]
  • Official website: https://www.dubaiairports.ae/en[25], https://www.dubaiairports.ae/corporate/about-us/dubai-international-(dxb)[26], https://www.dubaiairports.ae/ar[27]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dubai International Airport[28]
  • Place served by transport hub: Dubai[29]
  • Employees: 800,000[30]
  • Date of official opening: 1960[31]
  • Native label: مطار دبي الدولي[32]
  • Short name: Dubaï[33], Dubai[34]
  • Elevation above sea level: 62[35]
  • Area: 1400[36]
  • Has part(s) of the class: airport terminal[37]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 25.2528, 55.3644[38]
  • Patronage: 2,787,822[39], 3,156,762[40], 3,361,408[41], 3,572,597[42], 3,627,932[43], 3,847,513[44], 3,775,026[45], 4,311,754[46], 4,347,402[47], 4,561,951[48], 5,016,712[49], 4,396,230[50], 5,444,086[51], 5,675,331[52]

Why It Matters

Dubai International Airport has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Related Entities

United Arab Emirates

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Airport", "OMDB"]
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