Washington Dulles International Airport

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Washington Dulles Airport) Jump to: navigation, search Washington Dulles International Airport IATA: IAD – ICAO: KIAD – FAA LID: IAD Summary Airport type Public Owner/Operator Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Serves Washington Metropolitan Area Location Dulles, Virginia Hub for United Airlines Elevation AMSL 313 ft / 95 m Coordinates 38°56′40″N 077°27′21″W / 38.94444°N 77.45583°W / 38.94444; -77.45583Coordinates: 38°56′40″N 077°27′21″W / 38.94444°N 77.45583°W / 38.94444; -77.45583 Website mwaa.com/dulles Map IAD Location in Virginia Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 1L/19R 9,400 2,865 Concrete 1C/19C 11,500 3,505 Concrete 1R/19L 11,500 3,505 Concrete 12/30 10,500 3,200 Concrete 12R/30L 10,500 3,200 Planned Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is a public airport in Dulles, Virginia, 26 miles (41.6 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C. The airport serves the Baltimore-Washington-Northern Virginia metropolitan area centered on the District of Columbia. It is named after John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Dulles main terminal is a well-known landmark designed by Eero Saarinen. Operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Dulles Airport occupies 11,830 acres (47.9 km2) straddling the border of Fairfax County and Loudoun County, Virginia.

Dulles lies in two unincorporated communities, Chantilly and Dulles, west of Herndon and southwest of Sterling. Washington Dulles Airport is the largest airport in the Washington Metropolitan Area and is one of the country's busiest airports with over 23 million passengers a year. On a typical day, more than 60,000 passengers depart Washington Dulles to more than 125 destinations around the world.