Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي) is a internaitional airport servin Dubai. It is a major airline hub in the Middle East, an is the main airport o Dubai. It is situatit in the Al Garhoud destrict, 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) east o Dubai. The airport is operatit bi the Dubai Airports Company an is the hame base o Dubai's internaitional airlines, Emirates, FlyDubai an Emirates SkyCargo; the Emirates hub is the lairgest airline hub in the Middle East; Emirates handles 64 per cent o aw passenger traffec, an accoonts for aboot 50 per cent o aw aircraft muivements at the airport.
Dubai Airport is spread ower a aurie o 8,500 acres (3,400 ha) o laund. In 2013 DXB handled a record 66.4 million in passenger traffec, a 15.2 per cent increase ower 2012. This made it the 7t busiest airport in the warld bi passenger traffec an the . In addeetion tae bein a important passenger traffec hub, the airport wis the 5t busiest cargo airport in warld, handlin 2.44 million tonnes o cargo in 2013.
