# Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC / OMDW)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DWC / OMDW
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Dubai Airports Company
- Serves: Dubai(Jebel Ali), Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
- Opened: 27 Jun 2010
- Elevation: 35 m / 114 ft
- Coordinates: 24.8962, 55.1624
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,500 m / 14,764 ft
- Passengers: 1,100,000 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+4 · Asia/Dubai
- Website: https://www.dubaiairports.ae/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Maktoum_International_Airport (39 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1065223
- Weather station: OMDW
- Ident: OMDW

## Timeline

- 27 Jun 2010: Al Maktoum International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 4,500 m / 14,764 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 120° / 300° | yes |
| 13/31 | 1,838 m / 6,030 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 121° / 301° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 844,576 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 432,876 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 850,633 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 904,940 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 900,202 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,634,058 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 651,826 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 540,000 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 1,100,000 | Wikidata |

## Routes

84 destinations in 51 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (23)

- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 853 km / 530 mi · flyadeal
- [RIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oyrn.md) Riyan International Airport · Yemen · 1,289 km / 801 mi · Yemenia
- [SRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oinz.md) Sari Dasht-e Naz International Airport · Iran · 1,320 km / 820 mi · Varesh Airlines
- [AHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oeab.md) Abha International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 1,489 km / 925 mi · Flynas
- [ADE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oyaa.md) Aden International Airport · Yemen · 1,712 km / 1,064 mi · Yemenia
- [MCX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urml.md) Makhachkala Uytash International Airport · Russia · 2,108 km / 1,310 mi · Pobeda
- [ALP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/osap.md) Aleppo International Airport · Syria · 2,121 km / 1,318 mi · Fly Cham
- [GRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmg.md) Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny International Airport · Russia · 2,229 km / 1,385 mi · UTair Aviation
- [OGZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmo.md) Vladikavkaz Beslan International Airport · Russia · 2,252 km / 1,399 mi · Pobeda
- [MRV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urmm.md) Mineralnye Vody Airport · Russia · 2,411 km / 1,498 mi · Azimuth
- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 2,484 km / 1,543 mi · Red Wings Airlines, Azimuth, Rossiya
- [KRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urkk.md) Krasnodar Pashkovsky International Airport · Russia · 2,660 km / 1,653 mi · Azimuth
- [MLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vrmm.md) Velana International Airport · Maldives · 3,026 km / 1,880 mi · BeOnd
- [UFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uwuu.md) Ufa International Airport · Russia · 3,299 km / 2,050 mi · UTair Aviation
- [BEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hllb.md) Benina International Airport · Libya · 3,486 km / 2,166 mi · Berniq Airways
- [TJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ustr.md) Roshchino International Airport · Russia · 3,681 km / 2,287 mi · UTair Aviation
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 3,711 km / 2,306 mi · UTair Aviation, Pobeda
- [TSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrtr.md) Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport · Romania · 3,803 km / 2,363 mi · Animawings
- [SGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usrr.md) Surgut International Airport · Russia · 4,281 km / 2,660 mi · UTair Aviation
- [LED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulli.md) Pulkovo Airport · Russia · 4,331 km / 2,691 mi · Rossiya
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 4,481 km / 2,784 mi · Smartwings
- [MUC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddm.md) Munich Airport · Germany · 4,578 km / 2,845 mi · BeOnd
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 4,781 km / 2,971 mi · BeOnd

### Seasonal (9)

- [AER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/urss.md) Sochi International Airport · Russia · 2,484 km / 1,543 mi · Ural Airlines
- [RMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lukk.md) Chişinău International Airport · Moldova · 3,372 km / 2,095 mi · FlyOne
- [OTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrop.md) Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · Romania · 3,408 km / 2,118 mi · Animawings
- [SVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/usss.md) Koltsovo Airport · Russia · 3,570 km / 2,218 mi · Ural Airlines
- [DME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uudd.md) Domodedovo International Airport · Russia · 3,673 km / 2,282 mi · Ural Airlines
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 4,177 km / 2,595 mi · Enter Air
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 4,192 km / 2,605 mi · Enter Air
- [POZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eppo.md) Poznań-Ławica Airport · Poland · 4,433 km / 2,755 mi · Enter Air
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 5,009 km / 3,112 mi · Luxair

### Cargo (56)

- [DMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oedf.md) King Fahd International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 565 km / 351 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 853 km / 530 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [AMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vaah.md) Sardar Vallabh Patel International Airport · India · 1,785 km / 1,109 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 1,934 km / 1,202 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [JIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hdam.md) Djibouti-Ambouli Airport · Djibouti · 1,949 km / 1,211 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [DEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vidp.md) Indira Gandhi International Airport · India · 2,213 km / 1,375 mi · China Airlines
- [TAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uttt.md) Tashkent International Airport · Uzbekistan · 2,239 km / 1,391 mi · My Freighter Airlines
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 2,410 km / 1,498 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 2,477 km / 1,539 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [HYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vohs.md) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport · India · 2,556 km / 1,588 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [BLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vobl.md) Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru · India · 2,697 km / 1,676 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 3,042 km / 1,890 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [SOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lbsf.md) Sofia Airport · Bulgaria · 3,506 km / 2,179 mi · SolitAir
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 3,515 km / 2,184 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [DAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vghs.md) Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport · Bangladesh · 3,561 km / 2,213 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 3,689 km / 2,292 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 4,481 km / 2,784 mi · China Airlines
- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 4,718 km / 2,932 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 4,840 km / 3,007 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 4,859 km / 3,019 mi · Emirates SkyCargo, China Airlines
- [LLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwki.md) Kamuzu International Airport · Malawi · 4,887 km / 3,037 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 4,920 km / 3,057 mi · Emirates SkyCargo, China Airlines
- [LUX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ellx.md) Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · Luxembourg · 5,009 km / 3,112 mi · China Airlines
- [ALG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daag.md) Houari Boumediene Airport · Algeria · 5,069 km / 3,150 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [MST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehbk.md) Maastricht Aachen Airport · Netherlands · 5,076 km / 3,154 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [LGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eblg.md) Liège Airport · Belgium · 5,090 km / 3,163 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 5,163 km / 3,208 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [HAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvnb.md) Noi Bai International Airport · Vietnam · 5,169 km / 3,212 mi · Emirates SkyCargo, China Airlines
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 5,181 km / 3,219 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 5,186 km / 3,222 mi · Emirates SkyCargo, KLM
- [KTI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kh-0002.md) Techo International Airport · Cambodia · 5,437 km / 3,378 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [ZAZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lezg.md) Zaragoza Airport · Spain · 5,443 km / 3,382 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 5,475 km / 3,402 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · United Kingdom · 5,513 km / 3,426 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [SGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvts.md) Tan Son Nhat International Airport · Vietnam · 5,634 km / 3,501 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [MAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemd.md) Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · Spain · 5,654 km / 3,513 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 5,853 km / 3,637 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 5,855 km / 3,638 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 5,868 km / 3,646 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 5,947 km / 3,695 mi · Emirates SkyCargo, KLM
- [OUA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dffd.md) Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport · Burkina Faso · 6,090 km / 3,784 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 6,369 km / 3,958 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 6,482 km / 4,028 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [CGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wiii.md) Soekarno-Hatta International Airport · Indonesia · 6,549 km / 4,069 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [TPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rctp.md) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · Taiwan · 6,586 km / 4,092 mi · Emirates SkyCargo, China Airlines
- [DKR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gooy.md) Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport · Senegal · 7,601 km / 4,723 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [NRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjaa.md) Narita International Airport · Japan · 8,017 km / 4,982 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 11,021 km / 6,848 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 11,666 km / 7,249 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · Australia · 12,042 km / 7,483 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [MEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmem.md) Frederick W. Smith International Airport · United States · 12,406 km / 7,709 mi · FedEx Express
- [IAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiah.md) George Bush Intercontinental Airport · United States · 13,150 km / 8,171 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [BOG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/skbo.md) El Dorado International Airport · Colombia · 13,628 km / 8,468 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [AKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nzaa.md) Auckland International Airport · New Zealand · 14,199 km / 8,823 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [UIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/seqm.md) Mariscal Sucre International Airport · Ecuador · 14,313 km / 8,894 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [MEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmmx.md) Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · Mexico · 14,352 km / 8,918 mi · Emirates SkyCargo

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from DWC, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (18)

- UT [UTair Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/utair-aviation) · 5
- A4 [Azimuth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/azimuth) · 3
- [BeOnd](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/beond) · 3
- E4 [Enter Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/enter-air) · 3 · seasonal
- DP [Pobeda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pobeda) · 3
- U6 [Ural Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ural-airlines) · 3 · seasonal
- AWG [Animawings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/animawings) · 2
- FV [Rossiya](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rossiya) · 2
- IY [Yemenia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/yemenia) · 2
- [Berniq Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/berniq-airways) · 1
- [Fly Cham](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-cham) · 1
- F3 [flyadeal](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyadeal) · 1
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 1
- 5F [FlyOne](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flyone) · 1 · seasonal
- LG [Luxair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/luxair) · 1 · seasonal
- [Pars Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pars-air) · 1
- WZ [Red Wings Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/red-wings-airlines) · 1
- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 1

### Cargo (7)

- EK [Emirates SkyCargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates-skycargo) · 48
- CI [China Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-airlines) · 7
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 2
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 2
- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1
- C6 [My Freighter Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/my-freighter-airlines) · 1
- SolitAir · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.1M (2024) | #790 of 3,974 | #34 in Middle East | #4 in AE |
| Longest runway | 4,500 m / 14,764 ft | =27 of 29,858 | #5 in Middle East | #1 in AE |
| Elevation | 35 m / 114 ft | =36,402 of 43,403 | =343 in Middle East | #11 in AE |
| Age | Opened 2010 | =12,735 of 15,079 | #101 in Middle East | #8 in AE |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =13 in Middle East | =2 in AE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS |  | 126.470 |
| Ground | Al Maktoum Ground | 118.375 |
| Tower | Al Maktoum Tower | 118.625 |
| ATC backup |  | 118.725 |

## Nearby airports

- [NHD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdm.md) Al Minhad Air Base · 25 km / 16 mi
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [OMNK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ae-0221.md) Sas Al Nakheel Air Base · 83 km / 51 mi
- [AAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omal.md) Al Ain International Airport · 84 km / 52 mi

## In collections

- [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #30

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Al Maktoum International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Maktoum_International_Airport&oldid=1376506120), revision of 24 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw/data