Facts and Figures

Official airport designator: IAD

Opened: Nov. 19, 1962, at a cost of $108.3 million.

Named: For John Foster Dulles, secretary of state under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959.

Size: Built on 10,000 acres in Loudoun and Fairfax counties, approximately 26 miles and 30 minutes from downtown Washington. In 1999, an additional 1,000 acres were acquired.

Airlines: 15 major domestic airlines, eight regional airlines and 20 major international airlines.

Passengers: 22.9 million in 2004.

Takeoffs and landings: 470,000 in 2004.

Main terminal: 1,240 feet long; 1.1 million square feet.

International Arrivals Building: Opened in 1991; serves up to 2,400 passengers an hour.

Mobile lounges (19) and Plane Mates(30) : Transport passengers between the main terminal and the concourses and to planes parked on the jet apron a half-mile away.

Runways: Three; two north-south parallel runways, each 11,500 feet long, 150 feet wide, and separated by 6,700 feet, and an east-west runway that is 10,500 feet long and 150 feet wide.

Parking: More than 25,000 spots.

Roads: 198 lane miles of roads on airport property.

Dulles Access Road: 16 miles; two dedicated lanes in each direction and a direct connection to Interstate 66 and the Capital Beltway.

Cargo: Seven buildings with more than 540,000 square feet.

Employs: About 18,800 people.

Generates: $6.2 billion for the region's economy.

SOURCE: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority