Washington Dulles International Airport

Dulles International Airport
IATA: IAD ICAO: KIAD FAA LID: IAD WMO: 72403
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Serves	Washington metropolitan area
Location	Dulles, Virginia, U.S.
Opened	November 17, 1962 (1962-11-17)
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; -77.45583
Website	flydulles.com
Maps
FAA airport Diagram
IAD Location of airport in Virginia / United States Show map of Northern Virginia IAD IAD (Virginia) Show map of Virginia IAD IAD (the United States) Show map of the United States
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 10,501 3,201 Concrete 12R/30L 10,500 3,200 Planned
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations 354,281 Total passengers 36,060,709 5.1%
Source: Federal Aviation Administration,[1] Passenger traffic[2]

Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is a public airport in Dulles, Virginia. It is 26 miles (42 km) west of Washington, D.C.^[3] The airport serves the Baltimore-Washington DC-Northern Virginia metropolitan area and the District of Columbia. It is named after John Foster Dulles. He was the Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Dulles main terminal is a well-known landmark it was designed by Eero Saarinen. The airport is run by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Dulles Airport covers an area of 11,830 acres (47.9 km²).^[4] It is on the border of Fairfax County and Loudoun County, Virginia.^[1]

Dulles lies in two unincorporated communities, Chantilly and Dulles. It is west of Herndon and southwest of Sterling. Washington Dulles Airport is the largest airport in the Washington metropolitan area. It is one of the nation's busiest airports. The airport has over 23 million passengers a year. Daily, more than 60,000 passengers leave Washington Dulles to more than 125 destinations around the world.^[5][6] Dulles is the busiest airport in Virginia. It is also the busiest in the Baltimore Washington Metropolitan Area. It is accessible via the Washington Metro's Silver line.

At the end of World War II, growth in aviation and in the Washington metropolitan area caused Congress to pass the Washington Airport Act of 1950. This provided the money for a second airport. The location was selected by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1958.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} FAA Airport Master Record for IAD (Form 5010 PDF)
2. ↑ "Dulles Air Traffic Statistics". Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. January 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
3. ↑ "Dulles International Airport". Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
4. ↑ "Facts About Washington Dulles International Airport". Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
5. ↑ "Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) Air Traffic Statistics". Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
6. ↑ "Air Service Maps - IAD". Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-04.