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Dubai International Airport

IATA: DXB – ICAO: OMDB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Government of Dubai
Operator		Department of Civil Aviation
Serves		Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Location		Garhoud, Dubai
Hub for		Al Rais Cargo Cargo Plus Aviation Dubai Royal Air Wing Emirates Falcon Express Cargo Airlines Flydubai
Elevation AMSL		62 ft / 19 m
Coordinates		25°15′10″N 055°21′52″E / 25.25278°N 55.36444°E / 25.25278; 55.36444
Website		www.dubaiairport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
12L/30R	4,000	13,124	Asphalt
12R/30L	4,000	13,124	Asphalt

Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي‎) is an international airport serving Dubai, the largest city of the United Arab Emirates. It is a major aviation hub in the Middle East, and is the main airport of Dubai.^[1] It is situated in the Al Garhoud district, 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Dubai.^[2] The airport is operated by the Department of Civil Aviation and is the home base of Dubai's international airline, Emirates and Emirates SkyCargo; the Emirates hub is the largest airline hub in the Middle East and Africa; Emirates handles 60% of all passenger traffic, and accounts for 38% of all aircraft movements at the airport. Dubai Airport is also the base for low-cost carrier, Flydubai. As of July 2010, there over 6,000 weekly flights operated by 130 airlines to over 220 destinations across six continents.^[3]
The airport was the 15th busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic handling 40.9 million passengers in 2009. The airport was also the 4th busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic.^[4] In addition to being an important passenger traffic hub, the airport is the 7th busiest cargo airport in world, handling 1.927 million tonnes of cargo in 2009, a 5.6% increase compared to 2008^[5] As of April 2010, DXB is the 6th busiest airport in the world by cargo traffic^[6], the 12th busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic,^[7] and the 4th busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic,^[8]