Washington Dulles International Airport IAD is the larger of two major Washingon, D.C. airports and handles both domestic & international air traffic. (While Dulles Airport is actually situated in Virginia, Reagan National Airport is within short reach of the Nation's capital Washington D.C.)

The Airport is located within both communities of Chantilly and Dulles, Virginia, and is 26 miles west of the central business district of Washington, D.C., the Nation's Capital. From the Washington Capital Beltway and Interstate 66, Dulles Airport is accessible via the Dulles Access Road / Dulles Greenway (SR 267) and SR 28 (running north-south along the eastern edge of the airport).
Completion of construction to link  Dulles Airport with Washington via the Silver Line of the Washington Metro is scheduled  for 2016, with partial service available by 2013. The Airport, covering 11,830 aces of land, straddles along the border of both Fairfax & Loudoun County, and is owned and operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

With four long runways (a fifth one is planned), and an estimated 23.7 million passengers a year, Washington Dulles Airport serves as East Coast hub for United Airlines, which accounts for over half of the total air traffic, and is served by a multitude of domestic and international airlines offering direct and connecting flights to all points of the globe.

NOTICES: 1. Arriving domestic flights and flights from airports with U.S. border preclearance are serviced directly at the concourses, while flights arriving from any other airport are processed through the International Arrivals Building (IAB).
2. During the busiest airport hours of 5:30am - 8am, 11am - 1pm, and 3:30pm - 5:30pm, it is advisable to arrive at the Main Terminal no later than two hours prior to scheduled domestic flights and three hours for international flights.

The passenger terminal complex at Washington Dulles International Airport consists of a large main passenger terminal , recognized by its curved roof, with connected Z gates, and the Midfield Concourses, which comprise at present separate buildings parallel to each other -the first of which houses the  A gates west & B gates east; the second houses C gates west and D gates east.  Temporary Concourses C & D (a new Concourse will eventually replace them)  cannot be reached by foot (except C-to-D gates) they need to be accessed partly by Aerotrain & partly by shuttle bus (later Aerotrain will serve all current & future concourses).   (For detailed terminal information, click on 'Terminal Map'.)

Parking options at Dulles Airport include 2 garages, an hourly lot, a cell phone lot, economy lots and valet parking (for detailed parking information, click on 'Airport Parking'.)

To get from Washington Dulles Airport to your destination you can rent a car, take a taxi, a bus or a shuttle. You will find your mode of transportation at the following locations:
(a) At Ground Transportation Level: rental cars; hotel information; taxi/shared van; parking.
(b) at Curb Level: Metrobus Route 5A service to/from L’Enfant Plaza and Rosslyn - Door 4, Curb 2E; Air & Space Museum Shuttle Bus - Curb 2E; Hotel Pick Up - Door 2, Curb 2A or Door 6, Curb 2H; Rental Car Shuttle - Door 4, Curb 2E.
1. To get to the Metrorail station, take the Washington Flyer bus to West Falls Church Metro Station. The  bus runs every 30 minutes.
2. The 5A Express Metrobus to downtown Washington makes two to three stops at Herndon-Monroe transfer station in Herndon, and the Rosslyn Metro station in Arlington (Rosslyn can be accessed by the Orange/Blue lines)
3. The 950 Fairfax Connector bus takes you from Reston to the Herndon-Monroe transfer station where you can change to the 5A bus to the Airport.
If requesting a Washington Flyer Taxi TO Dulles Airport, call 703-572-8294.
4. By 2013 the first train May be ready to connect the airport to Washington via the Silver Line.

Present and Future Airport Developments:
1. The AeroTrain System replaces most of the Mobile Lounge system; it operates underground on dual track and runs between Main Terminal and Concourses A, B, C. The C-Gate station is beneath the site for a future Concourse, ultimately replacing the present C/D Concourse.  
2. The new Concourse with 3 levels and 44 airline gates will then replace Concourse C/D and  will be located near the Traffic Control Tower base (no date has yet been set).
3. Construction of the Washington D.C. to Dulles Metro Rail, started in Spring 2009, involves a 23-mile extension of Metro's existing Orange line from East Falls Church West to Dulles Airport and Loudon County. The line is being built in two phases. Phase 1 will run from the East Falls Church Metro Station westward with four stations in Tysons Corner to the Wiehle Avenue Station at the eastern edge of Reston. The first service is presently scheduled for late 2013. Phase 2--scheduled for 2016--has six stations: Reston Parkway, Herndon-Monroe, Route 28, Dulles Airport, Route 606 and Route 772.
4. A fifth runway, the east-west runway with 10,500 feet in length, parallel to runway 12-30 is in the planning stages.
 

• Address:
  45020 Aviation Dr
  Chantilly, VA 20166
  United States
• Website for Washington Dulles: http://www.metwashairports.com/dulles/dulles.htm
• Phone: (703) 572 2700
• View Terminal Map