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Al Maktoum International Airport (IATA: DWC, ICAO: OMDW), also known as Dubai World Central,[4] is an international airport in Jebel Ali, 37 kilometres (23 mi) southwest[3] of Dubai, United Arab Emirates that opened on 27 June 2010.[1] It is the main part of Dubai South, a planned residential, commercial and logistics complex.

Al Maktoum International Airport مطار آل مكتوم الدولي Maṭār Āl Maktūm al-Duwalī
Satellite view of the airport
IATA: DWC ICAO: OMDW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Dubai Airports Company
Serves	Emirate of Dubai
Location	Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates
Opened	27 June 2010; 12 years ago (2010-06-27)[1]
Hub for	Emirates SkyCargo flydubai[2]
Time zone	UAE Standard Time (UTC+04:00)
Elevation AMSL	170 ft / 52 m
Coordinates	24°53′17.80″N 55°9′37.36″E
Website	www.dubaiairports.ae
Map
OMDW Location in the UAE
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 4,500 14,764 Asphalt 13/31 1,838 6,030 Asphalt
Sourceː UAE AIP[3]

When fully completed (originally expected 2027), the airport will contain transport modes, logistics, and value-added services, including manufacturing and assembly, in a single free economic zone.[5]^{[clarification needed]} It will cover an area of 14,000 hectares (35,000 acres). The airport has a projected annual capacity of 12 million tonnes (12,000,000 long tons; 13,000,000 short tons) of freight and between 160 million[6] and 260 million passengers.[7] As of 2021^[update], only a handful of airlines operated passenger services out of Al Maktoum International Airport with a focus on freight activity. A completion of the project is yet to be confirmed.

History

Construction

The 4,500 m × 60 m (14,800 ft × 200 ft) runway was completed in 600 days and subsequently underwent tests over the following six to eight months in order to fulfil its CAT III-C requirements.[8] Construction of the airport's cargo terminal, the Al Maktoum Airport Cargo Gateway, which cost around US$75 million, was 50% complete by the end of 2008.[9]

During the first phase of the project, the airport is planned to handle around 200,000 t (200,000 long tons; 220,000 short tons) of cargo per year, with the possibility of increasing to 800,000 t (790,000 long tons; 880,000 short tons).[9] The passenger terminal at this phase is designed to have a capacity of 5 million passengers per year.[10] It was planned to be the largest airport in the world in terms of freight handled, moving up to 12 million tonnes (12,000,000 long tons; 13,000,000 short tons) per year in 2013.^{[needs update]}[9]

The project was originally expected to be fully operational by 2017, although the 2007–2012 global financial crisis subsequently postponed the completion of the complex to 2027. Previous working names for the airport complex have included "Jebel Ali International Airport", "Jebel Ali Airport City", and "Dubai World Central International Airport". It has been named after the late Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the former ruler of Dubai. ^{[citation needed]} The total cost of the airport has been estimated by the Dubai government to be $82 billion.[11] The Dubai Central airport in Dubai has also been called a white elephant. [12]

Operations

Al Maktoum International Airport opened on 27 June 2010 with one runway and only cargo flights.[1] The first flight into the airport occurred on 20 June 2010, when an Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 777F landed after a flight from Hong Kong. The flight served as a test for various functions such as air traffic control, movement of aircraft on the ground, and security. According to Emirates, the flight was an "unmitigated success".[13]

On 24 February 2011, the airport was certified to handle passenger aircraft with up to 60 passengers.[14] The first passenger aircraft touched down on 28 February 2011, an Airbus A319CJ.[15] The airport officially opened for passenger flights on 26 October 2013 with Nas Air and Wizz Air as the two carriers to operate from the airport.[16]

In the first quarter of 2014, 102,000 passengers went through the airport.[17] At the time of its opening, three cargo service airlines served Al Maktoum International Airport, including RUS Aviation, Skyline Air and Aerospace Consortium. Fifteen additional airlines have signed a contract to operate flights to the airport.[18]

Passenger numbers in the first half of 2016 totalled 410,278, up from 209,989 in the first half of 2015.[19]

Expansion plans

This section needs to be updated. (November 2021)

The airport is supposed to complement Dubai International Airport, some 40 km (25 mi) away. The airport is planned to be the largest component of Dubai World Central, with a surface area of more than 280 square kilometres (110 sq mi). If completed as planned, the airport will have an annual cargo capacity of 12 million tonnes (12,000,000 long tons; 13,000,000 short tons), and a passenger capacity of 160 to 260 million people per year. It is supposed to become the largest airport in the world in both physical size and passenger volume.[20][21] It will be surrounded by a logistics hub, a luxurious golf resort, a trade and exhibition facility with 3 million square metres of exhibition space, a commercial district, and a residential and hotel area.[22]

Al Maktoum International Airport intends to handle all types of aircraft.[23] Up to four aircraft will be able to land simultaneously. The airport was initially planned to have six runways, but this number was reduced to five 4,500 m (14,800 ft) parallel runways in April 2009, with a large passenger complex in the middle. Furthermore, each runway would have extended asphalted pathways on either side which would allow aircraft to by-pass other runways and taxiways without disturbing aircraft movements of these runways and taxiways. Dubai expects an exponential rise in passenger traffic over its skies, with the presumption that it will become the primary air hub for travellers in transit from the Asia–Pacific Region, South Asia, Greater Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Australia (for the Kangaroo route: Australia to Britain and back).^{[citation needed]}

The planned facilities for the airport in its final stage, are expected to compose:^{[citation needed]}

• 6 runways, 1 already constructed
• Three passenger terminals, including two luxury facilities; one dedicated to Emirates, the second to other carriers, and the third dedicated to low-cost carriers
• Multiple concourses
• Executive and royal jet centres
• Hotels and shopping malls
• Support and maintenance facilities: the region's only hub for A-, B-, and C-checks on all aircraft up to A380 specifications

Several large warehouses and hangars line the westernmost part of the airport. These interlinked hangars will stretch from end-to-end of the westernmost runway. Each of these is capable of housing A380 aircraft. Al Maktoum International Airport is also planned to have a total of 100,000 parking slots for automobile vehicles for its employees, Dubai residents, tourists, and other users.[24] Al Maktoum International Airport is supposed be linked to the existing Dubai International Airport by a proposed hyperloop system and a high-speed rail system, as well as being served by the Dubai Metro and a dedicated Dubai World Central light railway. It will also be linked to the District 2020 neighbourhood by road.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroflot	Seasonal: Sochi[25]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
China Airlines Cargo[26]	Amsterdam, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Frankfurt, Hanoi, Luxembourg, Prague, Taipei–Taoyuan
Emirates SkyCargo[27]	Addis Ababa, Ahmedabad, Algiers, Amsterdam, [28] Barcelona, Bogota, Brussels, Cairo, Chicago–O’Hare, Dakar–Senghor, Dammam, Dhaka, Djibouti, Entebbe, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Houston–Intercontinental, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Kabul (suspended), Khartoum, Lagos, Liège, Lilongwe, London–Heathrow, Maastricht/Aachen, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan–Malpensa, Mumbai, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, New York–JFK, Ouagadougou, Phnom Penh, Quito, Riyadh, Shanghai–Pudong, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tokyo–Narita, Zaragoza
Turkish Cargo[29]	Istanbul

References

External links

Media related to Al Maktoum International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Dubai-World Central

Der Flughafen Dubai-World Central (arabisch مطار دبي ورلد سنترال, englisch Dubai World Central Airport), auch Flughafen Dubai-Al Maktum (arabisch مطار آل مكتوم الدولي, englisch Al Maktoum International Airport) (IATA: DWC, ICAO: OMDW),[1] ist ein Flughafen im Stadtteil Jebel Ali Village[2] von Dschabal Ali in der Wüstenstadt Dubai in den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten, der seit Juni 2010 für Frachtflüge[3] und seit Oktober 2013 für Passagierflüge geöffnet ist.[4]

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- [en] Al Maktoum International Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Internacional de Dubái-Al Maktoum

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Dubái-Al Maktoum (en árabe, مطار آل مكتوم الدولي‎) (IATA: DWC, OACI: OMDW) es un aeropuerto situado cerca de la ciudad de Jebel Ali, a unos 35 km al sur de Dubái, en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos. Se ha denominado así debido al nombre del antiguo gobernante de Dubái, Maktum bin Rashid Al Maktum. Este aeropuerto será la parte principal del Dubai World Central, un complejo con parte residencial, comercial y logística. World Central será una plataforma logística realmente integrada, que incluirá todos los tipos de transporte, servicios añadidos, incluyendo plantas manufactureras y ensamblaje, en una única área libre de impuestos[1]

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[fr] Aéroport international Al Maktoum

L’aéroport international Al Maktoum (en arabe : مطار آل مكتوم الدول, aussi connu sous son nom anglais de Dubai World Central), est un aéroport international des Émirats arabes unis situé à l'extrême ouest de l'émirat de Dubaï, il se trouve à proximité de Jebel Ali et de son port, ainsi que de l'archipel de Palm Jebel Ali. Inauguré le 27 juin 2010, son nom commémore la mémoire du cheikh Maktoum ben Rachid Al Maktoum, décédé en 2006 et qui fut émir de Dubaï, premier ministre des Émirats arabes unis de 1971 à 1979, avant d'en être président en 2004. L'aéroport porta auparavant les noms de Jebel Ali International Airport, Jebel Ali Airport City et Dubai World Central International Airport. En 2018, l'aéroport a transporté 900 202 passagers.

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[it] Aeroporto Internazionale di Dubai-Al Maktum

L'Aeroporto Internazionale di Dubai-Al Maktum[2] o Dubai World Central (IATA: DWC, ICAO: OMDW) è un aeroporto situato a Jebel Alii, 37 km a sud-ovest di Dubai ed è stato inaugurato il 27 giugno 2010.

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[ru] Международный аэропорт Аль-Мактум

Международный аэропорт Аль-Мактум (англ. Al Maktoum International Airport) (ИАТА: DWC, ИКАО: OMDW) — аэропорт в Дубае (ОАЭ). Расположен в районе Dubai World Central. Открыт 27 июля 2010 года. Своё название получил в честь правящей семьи Дубай, из которой происходил покойный шейх Дубай Мактум ибн Рашид аль-Мактум.

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