The UAE's civil airports are:
Abu Dhabi International Airport (IATA code: AUH)
Abu Dhabi International Airport is located in Khalifa City A, Abu Dhabi. The airport handled 24 million passengers in 2016. Some of the airport’s facilities include:
Airport services include:
Useful links from the website of Abu Dhabi International Airport:
Useful links from the website of Abu Dhabi Airports:
Al Bateen Executive Airport
Al Bateen Executive Airport is situated on the Abu Dhabi island. It is a world-class executive facility, providing services to chartered flights. The airport offers the following facilities:
Delma Airport
Delma Airport is located on the Delma island in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. It essentially serves the 6,000 residents of this 45-square-kilometre island by connecting them to the city of Abu Dhabi with a 45-minute flight.
Sir Bani Yas Airport
Operating since 2008, Sir Bani Yas Airport caters mainly to the tourists visiting the island. It is located 250km southwest of Abu Dhabi coast in the western region of Al Dhafrah.
Al Ain International Airport (IATA code: AAN)
Al Ain International Airport is located in the Al Ain city of Abu Dhabi emirate. It is located 18km northwest of Al Ain city. It is operating since 1994 and serves nine destinations. The airport was originally built to serve 1,000 passengers per peak hour. It has a 4,000-metre runway and a parallel 4,000-metre taxiway that can double as a runway as needed.
Dubai International Airport (IATA code: DXB)
Dubai International Airport opened in 1960. Since then, passengers have grown by an average of 15 per cent per year. The airport serves more than 66 million people a year, flying them to over 260 destinations across 6 continents on more than 140 scheduled airlines. The airport has 3 terminals.
Terminal 3 is dedicated for use by Emirates Airline. It includes Concourse A, the world’s first and largest purpose-built facility for A380.
UAEWallet
At this terminal, citizens and residents of the UAE can use the UAEWallet app to pass through the immigration counters. The UAEWallet app incorporates personal data from Emirates ID, passport and eGate card and facilitates quick passage. Travellers must register with the UAEWallet app before travelling. At the immigration counter, travellers must scan the machine-readable barcodes generated by the UAEWallet app to pass through the 'smart' gates. The UAEWallet app is available on iTunes.
Terminal 2 is home to Dubai’s budget airline FlyDubai. It is located to the north of Terminal 1 and caters to scheduled, charter and special interest flights during special occasions. About 50 airlines operate out of this terminal. The capacity of arriving and departing passengers is 1200 peak hours respectively and 5 million annually.
Terminal 1 serves more than 60 international carriers. Connected to Concourse D through an airport train, Terminal 1 offers capacity to accommodate more than 20 million passengers annually.
Al Maktoum Airport (IATA code: DWC)
Al Maktoum Airport, also know as Dubai World Central (DWC)is located at the south of Dubai city. It is being designed to become the world's biggest airport with a capacity to handle more than 160 million passengers per year. It will also serve as a multi-modal logistics hub for 12 million tonnes of freight.
Check services at Dubai's airports.
Sharjah International Airport (IATA code: SHJ)
Sharjah International Airport is home to Air Arabia. It is located 13km southeast of Sharjah. Find out the facilities and services at the airport.
Ras Al Khaimah International Airport (IATA code: RKT)
Air Arabia operates a few flights from Ras Al Khaimah International Airport; mainly to Bangladesh, Egypt, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Sultanate of Oman. Find out the facilities and services at the airport.
Fujairah International Airport (IATA code: FJR)
Fujairah International Airport is the UAE's only airport on the east coast. It became operational on 29 October 1987. See the terminal map and passenger services.
For information about specific facilities, refer to the websites of the airports in the UAE or contact the airports concerned.
eGates and 'smart' gates
Passengers exiting or coming to the UAE can use the eGates or the ‘smart’ gates. eGates and ‘smart’ gates are self-service immigration counters. Passengers need to scan their biometric passports, Emirates IDs, eGate cards, UAE Wallet or Skywards card to pass through the immigration gates.
UAE citizens and residents can use eGates and 'smart' gates.
GCC national and passport holders from countries eligible for UAE visa on arrival can use eGates.
Those travelling with people below 15 years are required to use the manned counters. Read about the smart gates or watch the video on how to use the smart gates.
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