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Dubai Airport
Dubai International Airport is an international airport
serving Dubai. It is a major aviation hub in the Middle
East, and is the main airport of Dubai. It is situated
in the Al Garhoud district, 4 km southeast of Dubai.
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.
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. 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. As of April
2010, DXB is the 6th busiest airport in the world by
cargo traffic, the 12th busiest airport in the world
by passenger traffic, and the 4th busiest airport in
the world by international passenger traffic.
The Dubai International Airport is
built by the ruler Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
in 1959 and the first airport built in the United Arab
Emirates. In 1959 the Dubai airport had only one runway,
now, the Dubai Airport is the fastest growing airport
in the Middle East and was nominated the best airport
in 2002 and 2003 by IATA.
Dubai Airport
Map
To See Dubai Airport Map Please Click on the Link Below.
http://www.geodubai.com/dubai-airport/dubai-airport-map.php
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_International_Airport
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