Dubai International Terminal 3
Terminal 3 is an airport terminal at Dubai International Airport, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. When completed and opened on 14 October 2008, it was the largest building in the world by floor area and is currently the world's largest airport terminal, with over 1,713,000 m2 (18,440,000 sq ft) of space.
| Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 | |
|---|---|
| Alternative names | Terminal 3 |
| General information | |
| Type | Airport terminal |
| Location | Al Garhoud district, Dubai |
| Address | Al Garhoud, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Coordinates | 25°14′55″N 55°21′41″E |
| Current tenants | Emirates |
| Construction started | November 2004 |
| Completed | 2008 |
| Opened | 14 October 2008 |
| Inaugurated | 14 October 2008 |
| Cost | $4.5 billion |
| Owner | Dubai Airports Company, Government of Dubai |
| Height | Terminal 3 - Concourse A, 40 m (130 ft) Terminal 3 - Concourse B, 49.5 m (162 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Steel frame roof with glass facades |
| Floor count | Concourse A, 11 floors Concourse B, 10 floors |
| Floor area | 1,713,000 m2 (18,440,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Aéroports de Paris (ADPi), France |
| Main contractor | Al Habtoor Engineering, Dubai, UAE Murray & Roberts, Bedfordview, South Africa Takenaka Corporation Dubai Office, UAE |
The partly underground Terminal 3 was built at a cost of US$4.5 billion, exclusively for Emirates and has a capacity of 43 million passengers. It was announced on 6 September 2012 that Terminal 3 would no longer be Emirates exclusive, as Emirates and Qantas had set up an extensive code sharing agreement. Qantas would be the second and only one of two airlines to fly in and out of Terminal 3. This deal also allowed Qantas to use the A380 Dedicated Concourse A. In 2018, Qantas discontinued flights to Dubai, as nonstop QF9/10 from Perth to London were launched and A380 services to London-Heathrow were re-routed via Singapore instead.
The terminal has 5 Airbus A380 gates at Concourse B, and 18 at Concourse A. In December 2018, flydubai commenced flights from Terminal 3 to selected destinations to facilitate transfers to/from Emirates.
As of 6 March 2023, coinciding with the launch of inaugural non-stop services from Newark as well as a partnership with Emirates, United Airlines began operating out of Terminal 3, becoming the third carrier to do so. On July 26, 2023, Air Canada shifted their service from Toronto-Pearson over from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3 as part of their extensive partnership with Emirates, becoming the fourth carrier to operate out of the terminal.