Washington Dulles International Airport

ICAO KIAD38.9445°N 77.4558°W312 ft / 95 mLarge airport

Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD) is a large airport in Dulles, Virginia, United States. It opened in 1962. It has 4 runways; the longest is 11,500 ft (3,505 m). It is operated by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. In 2025 it handled 27.9 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1962–1987

1962

OpenedWashington Dulles International Airport opens.

07 JUN 1987

MilestoneMetropolitan Washington Airports Authority becomes the owner.

07 JUN 1987

MilestoneMetropolitan Washington Airports Authority becomes the operator.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF

01C/19C001° / 181° · LIT

LENGTH11,500 ft3,505 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

01R/19L001° / 181° · LIT

LENGTH11,500 ft3,505 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

12/30111° / 291° · LIT

LENGTH10,501 ft3,201 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

01L/19R001° / 181° · LIT

LENGTH9,400 ft2,865 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025

21.4M

21.0M

21.4M

22.2M

23.5M

24.0M

7.9M

14.5M

20.7M

24.5M

26.5M

27.9M

141516171819202122232425

Routes

166 destinations · 51 countries

Year-round141

Seasonal40

Cargo1

EWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express341 km212 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from IAD. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Dulles International Airport” (revision of 25 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

56 airlines · destinations from IAD

Hub airlines5

UAUnited Airlines89 ZWAir Wisconsin C5CommuteAir EVExpressJet YVMesa Airlines

Passenger50

UAUnited Express59 F9Frontier Airlines9 G4Allegiant Air7 MXBreeze Airways5 DLDelta Air Lines4 —Air Canada Express3 AAAmerican Airlines3 —Delta Connection3 ASAlaska Airlines2 LRAvianca Costa Rica2 ETEthiopian Airlines2 LHLufthansa2 SVSaudia2 EIAer Lingus1 AMAeroméxico1 ACAir Canadaseasonal · 1 CAAir China1 AFAir France1 YPAir Premia1 NHAll Nippon Airways1 —American Eagle1 OSAustrian Airlines1 AVAvianca1 TAAvianca El Salvador1 OBBoliviana de Aviaciónseasonal · 1 BABritish Airways1 SNBrussels Airlinesseasonal · 1 LFContour Airlines1 CMCopa Airlines1 MSEgyptAir1 EKEmirates1 EYEtihad Airways1 BREVA Air1 IBIberia1 FIIcelandair1 AZITA Airways1 KLKLM1 KEKorean Air1 PDPorter Airlines1 QRQatar Airways1 ATRoyal Air Maroc1 RJRoyal Jordanian1 SKScandinavian Airlines1 SYSun Country Airlinesseasonal · 1 TPTAP Air Portugal1 TKTurkish Airlines1 VSVirgin Atlantic1 Y4Volaris1 N3Volaris El Salvador1 WSWestJetseasonal · 1

Cargo1

FXFedEx Express1

Former hub of Atlantic Coast Airlines, Colgan Air, Compass Airlines, Independence Air and Presidential Airways.

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from IAD. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers27.9M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#80of 3,974 · #25 North America · #22 US Longest runway11,500 ft3,505 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=471of 29,858 · =115 North America · =100 US Elevation312 ft95 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#31,026of 43,403 · #14,354 North America · #12,083 US AgeOpened 19622026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,898of 15,079 · =3,377 North America · =3,299 US Runways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,978 · =20 North America · =19 US

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels

APPPOTOMAC APP120.450

ATISATIS134.850

CLDCLNC DEL135.700

DEPPOTOMAC DEP125.050

GNDGND121.900

RCOARMEL RCO113.500

RMPRAMP CON129.550

TWRTWR120.100

UNICUNICOM122.950