Washington Dulles International Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport serves the Washington, DC metro-region. It is a hub to United Airlines. It is named after John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower.

The airport is located west of the town of Herndon, northwest of Chantilly (which has the airport's official address), and east of Dulles on the border of Fairfax County and Loudoun County, Virginia.

Table of contents

1 History and background
2 Main Terminal
3 "H" Gates
4 Midfield Concourse A
5 Midfield Concourse B
6 Midfield Concourse C
7 Midfield Concourse D
8 International Arrivals Building
9 External Links

History and background

In 1962, the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C (with much help from the federal government) opened a large airport (in addition to the then-Washington National Airport) to serve the city and surrounding communities. The airport was designed by famed Finnish architect Eero Saarinen.

While initially considered a white elephant, Dulles International has steadily grown. The airport serves both as a regional hub and, along with Baltimore-Washington International Airport as the international gateway to Washington D.C. Its IATA airport code is IAD.

A flight from Dulles, American Airlines Flight 77 was crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

Dulles International has 7 Concourses.