Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) is an international airport serving Dubai. It is a major airline
hub in the Middle East, and is the main airport of Dubai.
It is situated in the Al Garhoud district, 4 km (2.5 mi) northeast of Dubai. The airport is
operated by the Department of Civil Aviation and is the home base of Dubai's international airlines, Emirates, FlyDubai and
Emirates SkyCargo; the Emirates hub is the largest airline hub in the Middle East; Emirates handles 65% of all passenger
traffic, and accounts for 50% of all aircraft movements at the airport. Dubai Airport
is also the base for low-cost carrier, Flydubai. The airport will become a
secondary hub for Qantas in April 2013, after a major partnership was formed
with Emirates. Qantas will use Dubai as the main
stopover point for flights on travelling to Europe.
As of September 2012, there are over 6,000 weekly flights operated by 130
airlines to over 220 destinations across every continent except Antarctica.