Airport Service

Land

Built on 10,000 acres situated in Loudoun and Fairfax Counties in Virginia, approximately 26 miles from downtown Washington, D.C. In 1999, an additional 1,000 acres were acquired. In 2005, an additional 830 acres were acquired.
Current land area: 11,184 acres (approximately 3,831 acres are used for aircraft operations)

Airport Facilities

Dulles Airport has 113 airline gates.

• Concourse A: 31 United Express Commuter gates + 12 mainline gates
• Concourse B: 32 mainline gates
• Concourse C: 22 United mainline gates
• Concourse D: 24 United mainline gates
• Concourse Z: 4 mainline gates
• Hard Stand Aircraft Locations: 16 "Remote Gate" positions on the South side of Dulles

Terminal

The Terminal was originally built as a compact two-level structure 600 feet long and 200 feet wide, from the design of world renowned architect Eero Saarinen.

The October 1, 1996, expansion of the Terminal was a prominent milestone in the Capital Development Program. The Terminal was expanded from 600 feet in length and 500,000 square feet to 1,240 feet in length with a total of 1.1 million square feet all in accordance with Eero Saarinen’s original design.

International Arrivals Building

The International Arrivals Building opened in 1991, and provides Federal Customs and Border Protection, Agriculture and Immigration Service. In 1998, the federal government opened a secured facility in Concourse C for international passengers connecting to domestic flights on United Airlines.

Concourses

Concourse C/D was completed in 1985 to serve as an interim facility and will eventually be replaced by a permanent facility. The concourse is 550,000 square feet and has 47 airline gates.

Regional Concourse A opened on May 2, 1999 with more than 110,000 square feet to serve 36 regional aircraft positions.

Concourse B opened on February 1, 1998 and was expanded in 2003 to 27 gates and 540,000 square feet. A 15-gate extension at the West End of the concourse opened January 15, 2008.  This increased the length of the 42-gate concourse to 2,810 feet and the area to 800,000 square feet.

The Z Gates opened on August 1, 2005 as a new part of the Terminal. This is a permanent 20,800-square-foot facility built with 5 airline gates, currently deployed in a 4-gate configuration.