Dubai Airport Will Be the Largest in the World

Dubai Airport will be the largest in the world

In April 2024, the Dubai Government approved plans to build a passenger mega terminal at DWC at a cost of ~$35 billion.

DWC Now:

• Opened for freight transport since 2010, for passenger flights since 2013.
• Named after Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the former ruler of Dubai.
• Located in the south of the city in Dubai South, 45km from Dubai International Airport (DXB).
• Accepts cargo and passenger flights of 10+ airlines: Air Poland, China Southern Airlines, S7, Utair, etc.
• Has one runway and 12 boarding gates. Registration is quick due to low passenger traffic and lack of queues.

New DWC:

Capacity: 260 million passengers per year - the highest in the world.

Area: 70 km² (5 times larger than DXB)

Runways: 5

Boarding gates: 400

DWC would feature an automated people mover system for passengers, and an integrated landside transport hub for roads, Metro, and city air transport.

DXB will continue to operate as a hub within 10 years that DWC is being built. It will serve 100 million+ passengers and then will be closed.

Plans are underway to build an entire city for 1 million people around the new airport. It will host the world's leading logistics and air transport companies.

Demand is expected to reach 100,000+ properties over the next decade. Property prices in Dubai South will increase and grow faster when the airport is redeveloped.