IAD
Washington Dulles International 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 · 1962–19871962
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 PDF01C/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
2014–202521.4M
21.0M
21.4M
22.2M
23.5M
24.0M
7.9M
14.5M
20.7M
24.5M
26.5M
27.9M
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Routes
166 destinations · 51 countriesYear-round141
CHOCharlottesville Albemarle AirportUnited States · United Express125 km78 miMDTHarrisburg International AirportUnited States · United Express151 km94 miRICRichmond International AirportUnited States · United Express160 km99 miJSTJohn Murtha Johnstown Cambria County AirportUnited States · United Express193 km120 miSCEState College Regional AirportUnited States · United Express214 km133 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · United Express216 km134 miMGWMorgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart FieldUnited States · United Express226 km140 miLYHLynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn FieldUnited States · United Express236 km147 miCKBNorth Central West Virginia AirportUnited States · United Express242 km150 miORFNorfolk International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines253 km157 miROARoanoke–Blacksburg Regional AirportUnited States · United Express285 km177 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · United Express293 km182 miAVPWilkes-Barre/Scranton International AirportUnited States · United Express304 km189 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines341 km212 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · United Airlines361 km224 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection366 km227 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · United Express367 km228 miGSOPiedmont Triad International AirportUnited States · United Express385 km239 miITHIthaca Tompkins Regional AirportUnited States · United Express403 km250 miBUFBuffalo Niagara International AirportUnited States · United Express457 km284 miCLECleveland Hopkins International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines463 km288 miROCFrederick Douglass Greater Rochester International AirportUnited States · United Express465 km289 miSYRSyracuse Hancock International AirportUnited States · United Express477 km296 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · United Express481 km299 miTRITri-Cities Regional TN/VA AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways515 km320 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle, American Airlines517 km321 miALBAlbany International AirportUnited States · United Express523 km325 miBDLBradley International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines523 km325 miYTZBilly Bishop Toronto City AirportCanada · Porter Airlines, Air Canada Express545 km339 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · United Express, Air Canada Express556 km345 miDAYJames M. Cox Dayton International AirportUnited States · United Express590 km367 miAVLAsheville Regional AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air596 km370 miPVDRhode Island T. F. Green International AirportUnited States · United Express597 km371 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection616 km383 miGSPGreenville-Spartanburg International AirportUnited States · United Express618 km384 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · United Express623 km387 miCAEColumbia Metropolitan AirportUnited States · United Express646 km401 miOGSOgdensburg International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways659 km409 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · United Airlines663 km412 miMHTManchester-Boston Regional AirportUnited States · United Express672 km418 miTYSMcGhee Tyson AirportUnited States · United Express, Allegiant Air674 km419 miBTVPatrick Leahy Burlington International AirportUnited States · United Express711 km442 miCHSCharleston International AirportUnited States · United Express, United Airlines712 km442 miPBGPlattsburgh International AirportUnited States · Contour Airlines715 km444 miYOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · United Express724 km450 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · United Express725 km450 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · United Express765 km475 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · United Express, Air Canada Express787 km489 miPWMPortland International JetportUnited States · United Express793 km493 miSBNSouth Bend International AirportUnited States · United Express, Breeze Airways811 km504 miSAVSavannah Hilton Head International AirportUnited States · United Express, Allegiant Air830 km516 miOWBOwensboro Daviess County AirportUnited States · United Express857 km533 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines859 km534 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · United Airlines871 km541 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines945 km587 miHSVHuntsville International AirportUnited States · United Express957 km595 miJAXJacksonville International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air, United Airlines1,016 km631 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · United Express1,118 km695 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,222 km759 miVPSDestin-Fort Walton Beach AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,252 km778 miVRBVero Beach Regional AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,285 km798 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,307 km812 miMOBMobile Regional AirportUnited States · United Express1,344 km835 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,369 km851 miPGDPunta Gorda AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,402 km871 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,437 km893 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,453 km903 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · United Express, Delta Connection1,459 km907 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,486 km923 miMCIKansas City International AirportUnited States · United Express1,487 km924 miMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,537 km955 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, American Airlines1,882 km1,169 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,913 km1,189 miPLSProvidenciales International AirportTurks & Caicos Islands · United Airlines1,972 km1,225 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,084 km1,295 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · United Airlines2,184 km1,357 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,189 km1,360 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,332 km1,449 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · United Airlines2,430 km1,510 miSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines2,534 km1,575 miSTTCyril E. King AirportU.S. Virgin Islands · United Airlines2,589 km1,609 miPVUProvo Municipal AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways2,922 km1,816 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Delta Air Lines2,935 km1,824 miGUALa Aurora International AirportGuatemala · Avianca Costa Rica2,996 km1,862 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · United Airlines, Aeroméxico3,002 km1,865 miAUAQueen Beatrix International AirportAruba · United Airlines3,031 km1,883 miSALEl Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y GaldámezEl Salvador · Volaris El Salvador, Avianca El Salvador3,056 km1,899 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,141 km1,952 miCTGRafael Nuñez International AirportColombia · United Airlines3,175 km1,973 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Volaris3,208 km1,993 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines3,316 km2,060 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines3,327 km2,067 miBGIGrantley Adams International AirportBarbados · United Airlines3,376 km2,098 miSJDLos Cabos International AirportMexico · United Airlines3,513 km2,183 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Alaska Airlines3,618 km2,248 miSNAJohn Wayne Orange County International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,638 km2,261 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, American Airlines3,674 km2,283 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines3,702 km2,300 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,736 km2,321 miSMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,785 km2,352 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Avianca3,822 km2,375 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,883 km2,413 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Icelandair4,495 km2,793 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · United Airlines, Aer Lingus5,464 km3,395 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · United Airlines5,581 km3,468 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · United Airlines, TAP Air Portugal5,766 km3,583 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways5,902 km3,667 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · United Airlines, Iberia6,125 km3,806 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc6,149 km3,821 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, United Airlines6,198 km3,851 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · United Airlines, KLM6,207 km3,857 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · United Airlines6,247 km3,882 miTLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · United Airlines6,352 km3,947 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · United Airlines6,516 km4,049 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Scandinavian Airlines6,539 km4,063 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · United Airlines, Lufthansa6,550 km4,070 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · United Airlines6,566 km4,080 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · United Airlines6,673 km4,146 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · United Airlines, Lufthansa6,843 km4,252 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · Austrian Airlines7,165 km4,452 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways, United Airlines7,232 km4,494 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · United Airlines7,649 km4,753 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · United Airlines7,740 km4,809 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines8,387 km5,211 miACCKotoka International AirportGhana · United Airlines8,518 km5,293 miLFWLomé–Tokoin International AirportTogo · Ethiopian Airlines8,602 km5,345 miLOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · United Airlines8,752 km5,438 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir9,383 km5,830 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · United Airlines9,481 km5,891 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian9,579 km5,952 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia10,592 km6,582 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia10,842 km6,737 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · United Airlines, All Nippon Airways10,891 km6,767 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China11,113 km6,905 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways11,127 km6,914 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Air Premia, Korean Air11,173 km6,943 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates11,356 km7,056 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways11,386 km7,075 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines11,563 km7,185 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · EVA Air12,635 km7,851 miCPTCape Town International AirportSouth Africa · United Airlines12,764 km7,931 miSeasonal40
PITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · United Airlines293 km182 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · United Express361 km224 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · United Airlines481 km299 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · United Airlines517 km321 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada556 km345 miMYRMyrtle Beach International AirportUnited States · United Express600 km373 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines616 km383 miPWMPortland International JetportUnited States · United Airlines793 km493 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · United Express859 km534 miTVCCherry Capital AirportUnited States · United Express931 km578 miYQBQuebec Jean Lesage International AirportCanada · United Express1,002 km623 miJAXJacksonville International AirportUnited States · United Express1,016 km631 miYHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · United Express1,327 km825 miDJTPresident Donald J. Trump International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,385 km861 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Sun Country Airlines1,459 km907 miMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportUnited States · United Express1,537 km955 miNASLynden Pindling International AirportBahamas · United Express1,546 km961 miEYWKey West International AirportUnited States · United Express1,650 km1,025 miGCMOwen Roberts International AirportCayman Islands · United Airlines2,217 km1,378 miMBJSangster International AirportJamaica · United Airlines2,273 km1,412 miEGEEagle County Regional AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,525 km1,569 miHDNYampa Valley AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,539 km1,578 miABQAlbuquerque International SunportUnited States · United Airlines2,614 km1,624 miSXMPrincess Juliana International AirportSint Maarten · United Airlines2,706 km1,681 miJACJackson Hole AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,810 km1,746 miBZNBozeman Yellowstone International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,848 km1,770 miGUALa Aurora International AirportGuatemala · United Airlines2,996 km1,862 miSALEl Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y GaldámezEl Salvador · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines3,056 km1,899 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet, United Airlines3,133 km1,947 miSJOJuan Santamaría International AirportCosta Rica · United Airlines, Avianca Costa Rica3,288 km2,043 miPSPPalm Springs International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,514 km2,183 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · United Airlines3,763 km2,338 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · United Airlines4,495 km2,793 miANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · United Airlines5,388 km3,348 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines6,247 km3,882 miVVIViru Viru International AirportBolivia · Boliviana de Aviación6,467 km4,018 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · United Airlines6,773 km4,209 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · United Airlines6,778 km4,212 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · United Airlines7,032 km4,369 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · United Airlines8,298 km5,156 miMost destinationsUnited Airlines 89United Express 59Frontier Airlines 9Allegiant Air 7Breeze Airways 5Delta Air Lines 4
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.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: 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 channelsAPPPOTOMAC APP120.450
ATISATIS134.850
CLDCLNC DEL135.700
DEPPOTOMAC DEP125.050
GNDGND121.900
RCOARMEL RCO113.500
RMPRAMP CON129.550
TWRTWR120.100
UNICUNICOM122.950