Airport guide
Dubai AirportIATA code DXB
Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates in Asia. Originfacts tracks 1 direct destination departing from DXB.
- Serves
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Codes
- DXB · OMDB
- IATA · ICAO
- Time zone
- Asia/Dubai
- Region
- Asia
Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates in Asia. Operating on Asia/Dubai local time at coordinates 25.250°, 55.350°, the airfield functions as an active commercial transit hub for scheduled regional and international flights. Originfacts tracks 1 destination departing from DXB, with primary carrier operations including Emirates, Garuda Indonesia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and TUIfly Netherlands, connecting key routes to Amsterdam. Passengers traveling through Dubai Airport are advised to verify terminal assignments, compare ground transport links into Dubai, and plan check-in times with their operating airline before departure.
Dubai Airport details
- IATA code
- DXB
- ICAO code
- OMDB
- City
- Dubai
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Region
- Asia
- Time zone
- Asia/Dubai
- Coordinates
- 25.250°, 55.371°
- From OurAirports
Codes, region and time zone come from the Originfacts airport record (last updated 2 May 2026). Fields marked otherwise come from the dataset named on them. None are verified by hand against Dubai Airport’s own pages.
DXB airport facts
- Size class
- Large airport
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026); OurAirports’ own classification
- Elevation
- 19 m (62 ft)
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026)
- Passengers, 2025
- 95.2 million
- Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026), citing media.dubaiairports.ae (opens in a new tab)
- Nearest airport with scheduled flights
- Sharjah International Airport SHJ · 17 km
- OurAirports scheduled-service flag; straight-line distance calculated
Runways at DXB
Source: OurAirports (opens in a new tab) runways data (public domain), retrieved 5 Oct 2026. Not an aeronautical source — not for navigation.
2 open runways, all lit. Longest 12R/30L: 4,447 m, asphalt.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12R/30L | 4,447 m14,590 ft | 60 m | asphalt | Lit |
| 12L/30R | 4,351 m14,275 ft | 60 m | asphalt | Lit |
Airlines and destinations from DXB
Source: Travelpayouts fare data, 5 Oct 2026 — destinations where travellers found a nonstop fare from DXB in the days before that date. Not a complete or live schedule.
Nonstop fares from DXB to 197 destinations in 95 countries, on 52 airlines. Originfacts’ own route records for DXB are listed separately below.
Airlines named on the fares
- EKEmirates72 destinations
- FZFlydubai45 destinations
- IXAir India Express6 destinations
- 6EIndiGo6 destinations
- DPPobeda6 destinations
- A4Azimuth3 destinations
- SGSpiceJet3 destinations
- UTUtair3 destinations
- KCAir Astana2 destinations
- CAAir China2 destinations
- XYFlynas2 destinations
- IAIraqi Airways2 destinations
- LHLufthansa2 destinations
- WYOman Air2 destinations
- PCPegasus Airlines2 destinations
- PKPIA2 destinations
- XQSunExpress2 destinations
- A3Aegean Airlines1 destination
- SUAeroflot1 destination
- ACAir Canada1 destination
- AFAir France1 destination
- OSAustrian Airlines1 destination
- ODBatik Air Malaysia1 destination
- B2Belavia1 destination
- BABritish Airways1 destination
- 5JCebu Pacific1 destination
- C6Centrum Air1 destination
- MUChina Eastern1 destination
- CZChina Southern Airlines1 destination
- CYCyprus Airways1 destination
- EWEurowings1 destination
- 5FFly One1 destination
- F3flyadeal1 destination
- GAGaruda Indonesia1 destination
- GFGulf Air1 destination
- H9Himalaya Airlines1 destination
- AZITA Airways1 destination
- J9Jazeera Airways1 destination
- KQKenya Airways1 destination
- 8MMyanmar Airways International1 destination
- ATRoyal Air Maroc1 destination
- WBRwandAir1 destination
- S7S7 Airlines1 destination
- SVSaudia1 destination
- 3USichuan Airlines1 destination
- QSSmartWings Czechia1 destination
- SZSomon Air1 destination
- SASouth African Airways1 destination
- LXSWISS1 destination
- TUTunisair1 destination
- BSUS-Bangla Airlines1 destination
- W6Wizz Air1 destination
The airline on a fare can be the seller of a codeshare flown by a partner. Linked names are matched to Originfacts airline pages by code and name; others are shown as the fare data names them.
Destinations by country
- India (17)
- Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kannur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirappalli
- Russia (16)
- Adler/Sochi, Groznyy, Kazan, Krasnodar, Makhachkala, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Surgut, Tyumen, Ufa, Vladikavkaz, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg
- United States (11)
- Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington
- China (7)
- Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen
- Saudi Arabia (7)
- Abha, Al Ula, Dammam, Jeddah, Medina, Riyadh, Tabuk
- Pakistan (6)
- Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Sialkot
- Australia (5)
- Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney
- Germany (5)
- Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
- Italy (5)
- Bologna, Milan, Naples, Rome, Venice
- Turkiye (5)
- Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Istanbul, Izmir
- Iraq (4)
- Al-Najaf, Baghdad, Basra, Erbil
- France (3)
- Lyon, Nice, Paris
- Philippines (3)
- Cebu City, City of Angeles, Manila
- South Africa (3)
- Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
- Thailand (3)
- Bangkok, Krabi, Phuket
- United Kingdom (3)
- Birmingham, Edinburgh, London
- Vietnam (3)
- Da Nang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
- Austria (2)
- Salzburg, Vienna
- Brazil (2)
- Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
- Canada (2)
- Montreal, Toronto
- Egypt (2)
- Alexandria, Cairo
- Indonesia (2)
- Denpasar (Bali), Jakarta
- Japan (2)
- Osaka, Tokyo
- Kazakhstan (2)
- Almaty, Astana
- Kenya (2)
- Mombasa, Nairobi
- Oman (2)
- Muscat, Salalah
- Poland (2)
- Krakow, Warsaw
- Spain (2)
- Barcelona, Madrid
- Switzerland (2)
- Geneva, Zurich
- Tanzania (2)
- Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar
- Afghanistan (1)
- Kabul
- Albania (1)
- Tirana
- Angola (1)
- Luanda
- Argentina (1)
- Buenos Aires
- Armenia (1)
- Yerevan
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Baku
- Bahrain (1)
- Manama
- Bangladesh (1)
- Dhaka
- Belarus (1)
- Minsk
- Belgium (1)
- Brussels
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
- Sarajevo
- Bulgaria (1)
- Sofia
- Cambodia (1)
- Siem Reap
- Colombia (1)
- Bogota
- Croatia (1)
- Zagreb
- Cyprus (1)
- Larnaca
- Czech Republic (1)
- Prague
- Denmark (1)
- Copenhagen
- Eritrea (1)
- Asmara
- Ethiopia (1)
- Addis Ababa
- Finland (1)
- Helsinki
- Georgia (1)
- Tbilisi
- Ghana (1)
- Accra
- Greece (1)
- Athens
- Guinea (1)
- Conakry
- Hong Kong (1)
- Hong Kong
- Hungary (1)
- Budapest
- Ireland (1)
- Dublin
- Ivory Coast (1)
- Abidjan
- Kuwait (1)
- Kuwait City
- Kyrgyzstan (1)
- Bishkek
- Latvia (1)
- Riga
- Madagascar (1)
- Antananarivo
- Malaysia (1)
- Kuala Lumpur
- Maldives (1)
- Male
- Malta (1)
- Malta
- Mauritius (1)
- Mauritius
- Moldova (1)
- Chisinau
- Montenegro (1)
- Tivat
- Morocco (1)
- Casablanca
- Myanmar (1)
- Yangon
- Nepal (1)
- Kathmandu
- Netherlands (1)
- Amsterdam
- New Zealand (1)
- Auckland
- Norway (1)
- Oslo
- Portugal (1)
- Lisbon
- Qatar (1)
- Doha
- Rwanda (1)
- Kigali
- Senegal (1)
- Dakar
- Serbia (1)
- Belgrade
- Seychelles (1)
- Mahe
- Singapore (1)
- Singapore
- Slovenia (1)
- Ljubljana
- Somalia (1)
- Hargeisa
- South Korea (1)
- Seoul
- Sri Lanka (1)
- Colombo
- Sweden (1)
- Stockholm
- Taiwan (1)
- Taipei
- Tajikistan (1)
- Dushanbe
- Tunisia (1)
- Tunis
- Turkmenistan (1)
- Ashgabat
- Uganda (1)
- Entebbe
- Uzbekistan (1)
- Tashkent
- Zambia (1)
- Lusaka
- Zimbabwe (1)
- Harare
Linked destinations also have an Originfacts route record from DXB.
Check schedules with the airline or Dubai Airport before you book.
Airlines on routes from DXB
Source: Originfacts route records, last updated 21 May 2026. Not verified by hand.
The airlines listed on the route Originfacts tracks from DXB. Only 1 route from DXB is in Originfacts’ route records so far — a small sample, not Dubai Airport’s full network. This is not a complete list of airlines at Dubai Airport.
Routes from DXB
Source: Originfacts route records, last updated 21 May 2026. Not verified by hand.
The route Originfacts tracks from DXB so far, listed with the distance and estimated flight time in each route record. Only 1 route from DXB is in Originfacts’ route records so far — a small sample, not Dubai Airport’s full network. Check live schedules with the airline.
Full list of destinations: dubaiairports.ae/en (opens in a new tab) (the airport’s official site)
Airlines with a hub at DXB
Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026): airlines whose “airline hub” property names DXB, with no end date and not recorded as dissolved. Community-edited; hubs change.
Where DXB is
6.6 km east-southeast
Dubai Airport lies 6.6 km east-southeast of Dubai city centre in a straight line. Road distance is longer; transport options are not yet verified (see terminals and transport below).
Calculated from the airport coordinates (OurAirports) and the Wikidata (opens in a new tab) city-centre point.
Terminals, transport and parking at DXB
Terminal assignments, ground transport into Dubai, parking, lounges and accessibility services have not been verified against Dubai Airport’s own pages yet, so none are listed here.
Check directly:dubaiairports.ae/en (opens in a new tab)Map of the airport location (opens in a new tab)
Before you travel
- Confirm your terminal with the operating airline.
- Check the check-in and bag-drop cut-off times on your booking.
- Allow extra time if you need to change terminals or check bags in again.
- Check your flight status before you leave for the airport.
Climate at DXB, month by month
Source: NASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily values for 2016–2025 at 25.25°, 55.35° (MERRA-2 reanalysis grid, about 50 km cells), averaged by Originfacts. Modelled, not airport weather-station readings.
Warmest: July (average high 41°C). Coolest: January (24°C high, 18°C low). Wettest: January (32 mm); driest: June (1 mm).
| Month | High | Low | Temperature range | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°C | 18°C | 32 mm | |
| Feb | 26°C | 18°C | 19 mm | |
| Mar | 29°C | 20°C | 22 mm | |
| Apr | 33°C | 24°C | 14 mm | |
| May | 37°C | 27°C | 5 mm | |
| Jun | 40°C | 30°C | 1 mm | |
| Jul | 41°C | 32°C | 7 mm | |
| Aug | 41°C | 32°C | 4 mm | |
| Sep | 39°C | 30°C | 2 mm | |
| Oct | 36°C | 28°C | 2 mm | |
| Nov | 31°C | 24°C | 10 mm | |
| Dec | 27°C | 21°C | 26 mm |
Airports near Dubai
Straight-line distances calculated from each airport’s coordinates in the Originfacts airport records. Road distances are longer.
- SharjahSharjah International AirportSHJ19 km
- DubaiDubai World Central - Al Maktoum International AirportDWC40 km
- Ras al-KhaimahRas Al Khaimah International AirportRKT72 km
- Al-fujairahAl-Fujairah InternationalFJR100 km
- Al AinAl Ain AirportAAN113 km
- Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi International AirportAUH115 km
- KhasabKhasab AirportKHS135 km
- SoharSohar AirportOHS160 km
- Qeshm IslandDayrestan AirportGSM177 km
Dubai Airport: common questions
Where is Dubai Airport?
Dubai Airport serves Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its coordinates in OurAirports are 25.250°, 55.371°.
What are the airport codes for Dubai Airport?
The IATA code is DXB and the ICAO code is OMDB.
What time zone is DXB in?
Dubai Airport is in the Asia/Dubai time zone.
What is the official website of Dubai Airport?
The airport’s official website is dubaiairports.ae/en. For questions about a booking, contact the operating airline.
Which airlines are listed on routes from DXB?
Originfacts’ route records (last updated 21 May 2026) list Emirates, Garuda Indonesia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and TUIfly Netherlands on routes from DXB. This is not a complete list of airlines at Dubai Airport; check current schedules with the airline.
Where can you fly from DXB?
Originfacts’ route records (last updated 21 May 2026) include only one route from DXB so far, to Amsterdam. That is a small sample, not Dubai Airport’s full network. For the full list of destinations, check the airport’s official website (dubaiairports.ae/en) or the airlines.
How many runways does Dubai Airport have?
OurAirports lists 2 open runways at DXB: 12R/30L (4,447 m (14,590 ft), asphalt); 12L/30R (4,351 m (14,275 ft), asphalt).
Where can you fly nonstop from DXB?
Travelpayouts fare data retrieved 5 Oct 2026 showed nonstop fares from DXB to 197 destinations in 95 countries, the most in India (17), Russia (16) and United States (11). That reflects fares travellers found, not a complete or live schedule.
When did Dubai Airport open?
Wikidata gives 1960 as its official opening date.
How many passengers use Dubai Airport?
Wikidata records 95.2 million passengers for 2025, the latest year it holds.
Who operates Dubai Airport?
Per Wikidata, DXB is operated by Dubai Airports Company, owned by Emirate of Dubai.
Which airlines have a hub at DXB?
Wikidata lists DXB as a hub of Dubai Royal Air Wing, Eastern SkyJets, Emirates, Emirates SkyCargo, flydubai and SkyLink Arabia.
Sources
Nothing on this page is verified by hand yet. Each section comes from the dataset below, with its date where the dataset has one. Terminal, transport and parking details are left out until they can be read from Dubai Airport’s own pages.
- Codes, location, time zoneOriginfacts airport record2 May 2026
- Official websiteWikidata record (official website property) (opens in a new tab)5 Oct 2026
- Coordinates, runways, type, elevationOurAirports (opens in a new tab) — public domain5 Oct 2026
- Opening, operator, passengers, hubsWikidata item Q193439 (opens in a new tab) — CC05 Oct 2026
- Nonstop destinations, airlines on faresTravelpayouts Data API (Aviasales fare cache) — fares found, not a complete or live schedule5 Oct 2026
- ClimateNASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily data (MERRA-2 reanalysis), averaged by Originfacts2016–2025
- Distance to city centreCalculated from airport coordinates and the Wikidata (opens in a new tab) city-centre point—
- Airlines and routesOriginfacts route records — the routes we track, not a full schedule21 May 2026
- Nearby airportsCalculated from airport coordinates—
- Terminals and transportNot yet verified—
Background reading:Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)