Dulles International Airport

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Washington Dulles International Airport ( DUL-iss; IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is the primary international airport serving Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It is located 26 miles (42 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C., in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Northern Virginia. Opened in 1962, the airport is named after John Foster Dulles, an influential secretary of state during the Cold War who briefly represented New York in the United States Senate. Operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Dulles occupies 13,000 acres (20.3 sq mi; 52.6 km2); IAD ranks fourth in the United States in terms of land area, after Denver International Airport, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, and Southwest Florida International Airport. Its Eero Saarinen-designed Main Terminal has received acclaim and awards for its architecture. As of 2024, it is the 24th-busiest airport in the United States, with 27.3 million enplanements. It had more than 20 million...

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