Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is a public airport in Dulles, Virginia, 26 miles (41.6 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C. The airport serves the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia metropolitan area centered on the District of Columbia. It is named after John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Dulles main terminal is a well-known landmark designed by Eero Saarinen. Operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Dulles Airport occupies 11,830 acres (47.9 km2) straddling the border of Fairfax County and Loudoun County, Virginia.
WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HISTORY
Origins
At the end of World War II, growth in aviation and in the Washington metropolitan area led Congress to pass the Washington Airport Act of 1950, providing federal backing for a second airport. After preliminary proposals failed, including one to establish an international airport at what is now Burke Lake Park, the current site was selected by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1958. As a result of the selection, the unincorporated community of Willard, which once stood in the airport’s current footprint, was demolished.
WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LOCATION
Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is a public airport in Dulles, Virginia, 26 miles (41.6 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C. The airport serves the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia metropolitan area centered on the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FACTS
ICAO/IATA: IAD/KIAD
Lat: 38.94449996948242
Long: -77.45580291748047
Elevation: 312 ft.
Runway length available: 01R/19L 11500×150 ft. :: 01L/19R 11501×150 ft. :: 12/30 10501×150 ft. :: 01C/19C 11501×150 ft.
