DWC
Al Maktoum International Airport
Al Maktoum International Airport (IATA: DWC, ICAO: OMDW) is a large airport in Dubai(Jebel Ali), Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates. It opened on 27 Jun 2010. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,500 m (14,764 ft). It is operated by Dubai Airports Company. In 2024 it handled 1.1 million passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 2010–201027 JUN 2010
OpenedAl Maktoum International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap12/30120° / 300° · LIT
LENGTH4,500 m14,764 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
13/31121° / 301°
LENGTH1,838 m6,030 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2014–2024845K
433K
851K
905K
900K
1.6M
652K
540K
1.1M
141516171819222324
Routes
84 destinations · 51 countriesYear-round23
RUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · flyadeal853 km530 miRIYRiyan International AirportYemen · Yemenia1,289 km801 miSRYSari Dasht-e Naz International AirportIran · Varesh Airlines1,320 km820 miAHBAbha International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas1,489 km925 miADEAden International AirportYemen · Yemenia1,712 km1,064 miMCXMakhachkala Uytash International AirportRussia · Pobeda2,108 km1,310 miALPAleppo International AirportSyria · Fly Cham2,121 km1,318 miGRVAkhmat Kadyrov Grozny International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation2,229 km1,385 miOGZVladikavkaz Beslan International AirportRussia · Pobeda2,252 km1,399 miMRVMineralnye Vody AirportRussia · Azimuth2,411 km1,498 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines, Azimuth, Rossiya2,484 km1,543 miKRRKrasnodar Pashkovsky International AirportRussia · Azimuth2,660 km1,653 miMLEVelana International AirportMaldives · BeOnd3,026 km1,880 miUFAUfa International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation3,299 km2,050 miBENBenina International AirportLibya · Berniq Airways3,486 km2,166 miTJMRoshchino International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation3,681 km2,287 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation, Pobeda3,711 km2,306 miTSRTimișoara Traian Vuia International AirportRomania · Animawings3,803 km2,363 miSGCSurgut International AirportRussia · UTair Aviation4,281 km2,660 miLEDPulkovo AirportRussia · Rossiya4,331 km2,691 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings4,481 km2,784 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · BeOnd4,578 km2,845 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · BeOnd4,781 km2,971 miSeasonal9
AERSochi International AirportRussia · Ural Airlines2,484 km1,543 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · FlyOne3,372 km2,095 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Animawings3,408 km2,118 miSVXKoltsovo AirportRussia · Ural Airlines3,570 km2,218 miDMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · Ural Airlines3,673 km2,282 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · Enter Air4,177 km2,595 miKTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Enter Air4,192 km2,605 miPOZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Enter Air4,433 km2,755 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair5,009 km3,112 miCargo56
DMMKing Fahd International AirportSaudi Arabia · Emirates SkyCargo565 km351 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Emirates SkyCargo853 km530 miAMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · Emirates SkyCargo1,785 km1,109 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Emirates SkyCargo1,934 km1,202 miJIBDjibouti-Ambouli AirportDjibouti · Emirates SkyCargo1,949 km1,211 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · China Airlines2,213 km1,375 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · My Freighter Airlines2,239 km1,391 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Emirates SkyCargo2,410 km1,498 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Emirates SkyCargo2,477 km1,539 miHYDRajiv Gandhi International AirportIndia · Turkish Airlines2,556 km1,588 miBLRKempegowda International Airport BengaluruIndia · Emirates SkyCargo2,697 km1,676 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines3,042 km1,890 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · SolitAir3,506 km2,179 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Emirates SkyCargo3,515 km2,184 miDACHazrat Shahjalal International AirportBangladesh · Emirates SkyCargo3,561 km2,213 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Emirates SkyCargo3,689 km2,292 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · China Airlines4,481 km2,784 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Emirates SkyCargo4,718 km2,932 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Emirates SkyCargo4,840 km3,007 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Emirates SkyCargo, China Airlines4,859 km3,019 miLLWKamuzu International AirportMalawi · Emirates SkyCargo4,887 km3,037 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Emirates SkyCargo, China Airlines4,920 km3,057 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · China Airlines5,009 km3,112 miALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Emirates SkyCargo5,069 km3,150 miMSTMaastricht Aachen AirportNetherlands · Emirates SkyCargo5,076 km3,154 miLGGLiège AirportBelgium · Emirates SkyCargo5,090 km3,163 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Emirates SkyCargo5,163 km3,208 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Emirates SkyCargo, China Airlines5,169 km3,212 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Emirates SkyCargo5,181 km3,219 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Emirates SkyCargo, KLM5,186 km3,222 miKTITecho International AirportCambodia · Emirates SkyCargo5,437 km3,378 miZAZZaragoza AirportSpain · Emirates SkyCargo5,443 km3,382 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Emirates SkyCargo5,475 km3,402 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Emirates SkyCargo5,513 km3,426 miSGNTan Son Nhat International AirportVietnam · Emirates SkyCargo5,634 km3,501 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Emirates SkyCargo5,654 km3,513 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Emirates SkyCargo5,853 km3,637 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Emirates SkyCargo5,855 km3,638 miLOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · Emirates SkyCargo5,868 km3,646 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Emirates SkyCargo, KLM5,947 km3,695 miOUAOuagadougou Thomas Sankara International AirportBurkina Faso · Emirates SkyCargo6,090 km3,784 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · Emirates SkyCargo6,369 km3,958 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Emirates SkyCargo6,482 km4,028 miCGKSoekarno-Hatta International AirportIndonesia · Emirates SkyCargo6,549 km4,069 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Emirates SkyCargo, China Airlines6,586 km4,092 miDKRLéopold Sédar Senghor International AirportSenegal · Emirates SkyCargo7,601 km4,723 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Emirates SkyCargo8,017 km4,982 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Emirates SkyCargo11,021 km6,848 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Emirates SkyCargo11,666 km7,249 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Emirates SkyCargo12,042 km7,483 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express12,406 km7,709 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · Emirates SkyCargo13,150 km8,171 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Emirates SkyCargo13,628 km8,468 miAKLAuckland International AirportNew Zealand · Emirates SkyCargo14,199 km8,823 miUIOMariscal Sucre International AirportEcuador · Emirates SkyCargo14,313 km8,894 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Emirates SkyCargo14,352 km8,918 miMost destinationsEmirates SkyCargo 48China Airlines 7UTair Aviation 5Pobeda 3Azimuth 3BeOnd 3
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from DWC. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Al Maktoum International Airport” (revision of 24 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
4 channelsATIS126.470
GroundAl Maktoum Ground118.375
TowerAl Maktoum Tower118.625
ATC backup118.725