DXB: How many passengers did it handle in 2024?

Dubai International Airport (DXB), the world’s busiest travel hub, saw a record 92 million travellers pass through its terminals last year, the Dubai ruler said in a post on X on Thursday, January 30.

DXB records 92.3 million guests in 2024, the highest annual traffic ever in its history. pic.twitter.com/wfm3lksvE7

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) January 30, 2025

This is an increase of around 6 per cent from 2023 levels.

Earlier forecast: Dubai airport passenger numbers to exceed 90 million in 20

Dubai is the biggest tourism and trade hub in the Middle East. Last year, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, approved a new Dhs128bn ($34.85bn) passenger terminal at Dubai’s second airport, Al Maktoum International.

The airport will be the largest in the world, five times the size of DXB, with a capacity of up to 260 million passengers, the company said previously. All operations at Dubai Airport will be transferred to Al Maktoum in the coming years.