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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

Washington Dulles International ⇄ Dubai IAD–DXB

Airlines flew 463 flights between Washington Dulles International IAD in Washington, DC and Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB in Dubai, AE in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 148,607 passengers in 233,528 seats, 64% of them filled, and 6,551,321 pounds of freight. 7,069 miles, about 4 minutes in the air, on 2 airlines: Emirates (462), United Air Lines Inc. (1).

463
flights, twelve months
IAD-DXB: 230 · DXB-IAD: 233
148,607
passengers
64% of seats filled
7,069
miles
about 4 minutes airborne
2
airlines
2 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0163146621/254/257/2510/251/26264/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/2562
2/2559
3/2562
4/2560
5/2562
6/2560
7/2562
8/2562
9/2560
10/2562
11/2560
12/2562
1/2662
2/2655
3/2614
4/2626

Passengers by month

06,65613,31219,96726,6231/254/257/2510/251/264,8294/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2525,153
2/2520,406
3/2518,988
4/2520,642
5/2522,304
6/2523,730
7/2526,623
8/2523,005
9/2516,273
10/2517,886
11/2521,362
12/2523,732
1/2623,317
2/2615,857
3/262,346
4/264,829

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Emirates EK462148,42564%scheduled passenger service
United Air Lines Inc. UA118252%scheduled passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Airbus Industrie A380-800422519141,250
Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER413547,357

IAD → DXB this direction alone · flown January 2025 to April 2026

230 flights, 68,852 passengers in 116,070 seats, 2,897,326 pounds of freight. Emirates 230.

DXB → IAD this direction alone · flown January 2025 to April 2026

233 flights, 79,755 passengers in 117,458 seats, 3,653,995 pounds of freight, 44 pounds of mail. Emirates 232; United Air Lines Inc. 1.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: Washington Dulles International IAD and Dubai, United Arab Emirates DXB; all routes.