Washington Dulles International Airport

Dulles International Airport
IATA:IAD ICAO:KIAD FAALID: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)
Hubfor	United Airlines
ElevationAMSL	313 ft / 95 m
Coordinates	38°56′40″N077°27′21″W
Website	flydulles
Maps
FAA airport Diagram
IAD Location of airport in Virginia / United States IAD IAD(Virginia) IAD IAD(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 36,060,7095.1%
Source:Federal Aviation Administration,Passenger traffic

Washington Dulles International Airport(IATA:IAD,ICAO:KIAD,FAALID:IAD) is a publicairportinDulles, Virginia.It is 26 miles (42 km) west ofWashington, D.C.The airport serves theBaltimore-Washington DC-NorthernVirginiametropolitan areaand theDistrict of Columbia.It is named afterJohn Foster Dulles.He was theSecretary of StateunderDwight D. Eisenhower.The Dulles mainterminalis a well-knownlandmarkit wasdesignedbyEero Saarinen.The airport is run by theMetropolitan Washington Airports Authority.Dulles Airport covers anareaof 11,830 acres (47.9 km²).It is on theborderofFairfax CountyandLoudoun County,Virginia.

Dulles lies in twounincorporatedcommunities,ChantillyandDulles.It is west ofHerndonand southwest ofSterling.Washington Dulles Airport is the largest airport in theWashington metropolitan area.It is one of thenation's busiest airports. The airport has over 23 millionpassengersa year. Daily, more than 60,000 passengers leave Washington Dulles to more than 125destinationsaround theworld.Dulles is the busiest airport in Virginia. It is also the busiest in the Baltimore Washington Metropolitan Area. It is accessible via theWashington Metro'sSilver line.

At the end ofWorld War II,growth inaviationand in the Washingtonmetropolitan areacausedCongressto pass the Washington Airport Act of 1950. This provided themoneyfor a second airport. The location was selected byPresidentDwight Eisenhowerin 1958.

Airlines

Largest carriers

Largest Carriers at Dulles (October 2010 - September 2011)

Rank	Airline	Passengers
1	United Airlines	9,698,380
2	Mesa Airlines(United Express,US Airways Express)	1,067,635
3	JetBlue Airways	1,050,845
4	ExpressJet Airlines(United Express)	951,085
5	Trans States Airlines(United Express)	901,528
6	American Airlines	891,974
7	Atlantic Southeast Airlines(Delta Connection,United Express	839,316
8	Colgan Air(Continental Connection,United Express)	759,520
9	Delta Air Lines	677,008
10	Southwest Airlines	640,643

All airlines

• Aer Lingus
• Aeroflot
• AeroSur
• Air France
• All Nippon Airways
• American Airlines
• Austrian Airlines
• Avianca
• British Airways
• Cayman Airways
• Copa Airlines
• Delta Air Lines
• Delta Connection:

Chautauqua Airlines

Comair

Compass Airlines

ExpressJet

Pinnacle Airlines

• Emirates
• Etihad Airways
• Ethiopian Airlines
• Icelandair
• JetBlue Airways
• KLM
• Korean Air
• Lufthansa

• Porter Airlines
• Qatar Airways
• Saudi Arabian Airlines
• Scandinavian Airlines
• South African Airways
• Southwest Airlines
• Turkish Airlines
• United Airlines
• United Express:

Colgan Air

ExpressJet

GoJet Airlines

Mesa Airlines

Shuttle America

SkyWest Airlines

Trans States Airlines

• Virgin America
• Virgin Atlantic Airways

Incidents

• On June 13, 1979, twotireson anAir FranceConcordeblew out during atake-offfrom Washington Dulles Airport.Shrapnelfrom the tires damaged anengine,three fuel tanks, severalhydraulic lines,electricalwiresand the top of thewing.
• On July 21, 1979, another blown tire on anAir FranceConcordehappened during take-off from Washington Dulles Airport. After this, the “Frenchdirectorgeneral ofcivil aviationand Air France made it arequirementtoinspecteach wheel/tire before to each take-off.
• In 2001,American Airlines Flight 77,aBoeing 757,left gate D26 at Dulles toLos Angeles International Airport.It washijackedand crashed intothe Pentagonas part of theSeptember 11 attacks.
• On August 30, 2011, the left engine of United Airlines Flight 861, aBoeing 777,made a loudnoise.Thecockpitof the airplane became filled with smoke. The crew turned off the left engine and returned to Dulles Airport.

In fiction

Dulles has been used for many Washington basedmovies.This started soon after it opened with the 1964 movieSeven Days in May.The 1983comedyD.C. Cab,starringMr. T,Adam BaldwinandGary Buseyshowed scenes outside of the main terminal at Dulles Airport. Theaction movieDie Hard 2: Die Hardertakes place mainly at Dulles airport. Theplotof the movie deals with the takeover of the airport'stowerandcommunicationsystems byterrorists.The movie was not filmed at Dulles.Los Angeles International Airport(LAX) and the now-closedStapleton International AirportinDenverwere used. Part of thethrillerThe Package(starringGene HackmanandTommy Lee Jones) took place at Dulles. Again it was not filmed in Dulles.Chicago'sO'Hare International Airportwas used in its place.

Dulles airport's terminal exterior

Portions of all threesequelsto thedisaster filmAirportwere filmed at Dulles:Airport 1975,withCharlton Heston,Karen BlackandGeorge Kennedy;Airport '77,withJack Lemmon,Christopher LeeandGeorge Kennedy;andThe Concorde... Airport '79.Dulles was the site filmed as aNew York Cityairport, in the 1999 comedy,Forces of Nature.The airport is also shown in the movieBody of Lies.In the scene,Leonardo DiCapriosays he is in"Dubai International"on thephone.The curvedroofandwindowson the upper deck of the Dullesdepartures areacan be seen behind him. The terminal can also be seen in the movieIn The Line of FirestarringClint Eastwood.

Dulles is used in manyepisodesof thetelevision seriesThe X-Files.

Other websites

• Official website
• openNav: IAD / KIAD charts
• FAA Airport Diagram(PDF),effective 15 December 2011
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNavairport information for KIAD
  • ASNaccident history for IAD
  • FlightAwareairport informationandlive flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWSlatest weather observations
  • SkyVectoraeronautical chart for KIAD
  • FAAcurrent IAD delay information