Dubai Real Estate Development - Dubai World Center

At the heart of Dubai World Central is Al Maktoum International Airport – which will be the world’s largest passenger and cargo hub with a design capacity of over 12 million tonnes of cargo a year and in excess of 120 million passengers annually and capable of handling all new generation aircraft, including the A380 superjumbo.

 The airport, which will be 10 times the size of the current Dubai International Airport and Dubai Cargo Village combined, will have six parallel runways and as many concourses with a 91 metre high control tower that will be an aviation landmark and tallest freestanding ATC tower in the Middle East.

 The ATC control tower will be fully equipped with the latest in avionics and navigational aids.

 Al Maktoum International Airport will also boast hotels and shopping malls, support facilities and state-of-the-art maintenance facilities which will create a regional maintenance hub capable of all checks on all aircraft, including the A380.

 The airport will be linked to the existing, award-winning Dubai International Airport (DXB) via an express rail system and ultimately will be serviced by the Dubai Light Railway Network (Dubai Metro). Some 100,000 car parking spaces will be available for airport parking and car rental services.

 The first runway at Al Maktoum International Airport has been completed on time in the projected 600 days - an aviation record for the fastest A380 enabled 4.5 kilometre CAT III runway construction.

 The AED1 billion runway is the first tender to be fully executed within Dubai World Central project.

 The AED100 million first Passenger Terminal will cater to low-cost, regional and charter airlines is over 50 per cent complete.

 The terminal will cater to seven million passengers annually and take considerable load off Dubai International Airport (DXB).

 Other airport structures being built are AED278 million Cargo Terminal; AED143 million Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower; AED908 million aprons and associated taxiways; AED108 million Fuel Farms; and AED120 million navigational aids package.