Washington-Dulles International Airport

Washington-Dulles International Airport is the nation’s 16th busiest airport, with more than 419,127 takeoffs and landings per year and more than 12 million passengers. The new runway, which opened in 2008, is equipped with a high-speed exit taxiway and can handle larger planes, such as the Airbus A380, will see more than 100,000 takeoffs and landings per year. This marks Dulles’s first new runway since 1962, when the airport opened for business.