Dubai International Airport is the busiest Airpot by International passenger traffic in the world. It serves Dubai and UAE. According stats in 2014 the Airport handled 70.4 million passengers and 2.37 million tonnes of cargo. Operated by Dubai Airports Company it is situated in Al Gargaud district 4.6 km of Dubai. The airport has 4 terminals. There are three passenger terminals, Terminals 1 and 3 are connected with the transit area. There are shuttle services for the transit passengers and takes 20 minutes from Terminal 2 to terminal 1 and 30 minutes to Terminal 3. Around 80 million passengers are handled annually by these three terminals.
Terminal 1:
Concourse C has 50 gates, including 28 air bridges and 22 remote gates located at a lower level of the Terminal, they are labeled from C1-C50.It will be part of terminal 3 as well in 2015.
Concourse D is going to open in second quarter of 2015.
Terminal 2:
It was built in 1998 and is hub for Air India Express and Flydubai. Corporate head office of these airlines is also located at this terminal.
Terminal 3:
Concourse A has a capacity of 19 million passengers and is connected to two levels of the terminal. There are many duty free areas, one 5 star hotel and one 4 star hotel.
Concourse B is exclusively for Emirates. There is a 120,000 msq of duty free area and 18 restaurants.
What Dubai Metro Station is near Airport Terminal 1?
Airport Terminal 1 Metro Station 2 is located at the Airport Terminal 1. This Dubai Metro station lies on the red line. If you are coming from the city side then the following stations from Airport Terminal 1 Metro Station 2 are Airport Terminal 3 Metro Station 2 and Emirates Metro Station 2.