Dubai International Airport serves as the principal aviation gateway of the United Arab Emirates and the main hub of Emirates airline, built around Dubai's strategy of positioning itself as a global crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa. It became one of the world's busiest airports for international passenger traffic, its growth driven largely by long-haul connecting flights routed through Dubai rather than by local origin-and-destination demand. The airport expanded through successive terminal additions as the emirate invested heavily in aviation infrastructure to underpin its broader ambitions as a trade and tourism hub.
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Completion Year SignificanceDubai International Airport is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic and, as of 2025, the second-busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic, as well as the busiest airport in the Middle East and the busiest airport for Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 movements. 1 Connections
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Dubai International is Emirates' primary hub, built around the hub-and-spoke model connecting long-haul routes through a single transfer point.
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Source Wikipedia: Dubai International Airport
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WikipediaHistory section
It officially opened on 30 September 1960, 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.
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It is also the busiest airport in the Middle East as of 2025, the second-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic as of 2025, the busiest airport for Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 movements, and the airport with the highest average number of passengers per flight.
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is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic as of 2025.
In Group: Major International Airports, Lead sentence
Dubai International Airport (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي; IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic as of 2025.
Operated By: Dubai Airports, Infobox: owner_oper
Dubai Airports Company
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