Airports in United Arab Emirates
8 airports with scheduled flights, busiest first.
United Arab Emirates has 8 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 7 of them large. The busiest are Dubai International Airport (DXB, 95.2 million passengers, Wikidata, 2025), Zayed International Airport (AUH, 22.9 million passengers, Wikidata, 2023) and Sharjah International Airport (SHJ, 13.0 million passengers, Wikidata, 2022). Dubai has more than one airport.
Cities with more than one airport
Busiest routes
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| BOM – DXB | 1,927 km | 2,390,373 |
| DEL – DXB | 2,186 km | 2,174,793 |
| DXB – IST | 3,032 km | 1,429,665 |
| CDG – DXB | 5,245 km | 1,268,474 |
| AUH – BOM | 1,973 km | 1,243,936 |
| DXB – HYD | 2,548 km | 1,032,477 |
| AMS – DXB | 5,175 km | 991,087 |
| COK – DXB | 2,780 km | 987,678 |
| DXB – MAA | 2,933 km | 943,633 |
| AUH – COK | 2,794 km | 941,568 |
| DXB – FRA | 4,849 km | 940,081 |
| BLR – DXB | 2,694 km | 890,558 |
| AUH – DEL | 2,280 km | 780,864 |
| AUH – BLR | 2,724 km | 672,626 |
| AUH – MAA | 2,968 km | 622,654 |
| AUH – CCJ | 2,690 km | 564,620 |
| AUH – TRV | 2,954 km | 526,446 |
| AUH – HYD | 2,596 km | 522,791 |
| AUH – FCO | 4,344 km | 500,868 |
| AMD – AUH | 1,838 km | 463,535 |
Questions
United Arab Emirates has 8 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 7 of them large airports (OurAirports, 14 October 2026). Airfields without airline service are not counted.
Dubai International Airport (DXB), Zayed International Airport (AUH), Sharjah International Airport (SHJ), Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) and Al Ain International Airport (AAN), by passengers a year in open data. The full list with ICAO codes is on this page.
Dubai International Airport (DXB), with 95.2 million passengers (Wikidata, 2025).
Dubai (DXB, DWC).