Dubai International Airport is the spectacular entry gate to the country, specially if you arrive through Emirates.
Terminal 3 is the largest building in the world by floor space, with over 1,500,000 m² (370 acres) of space, currently capable to handle 27 million passengers in a year. Once fully operational, Terminal 3 will have an annual capacity of 43 million passengers. A large part is located under the taxiway area and is directly connected to Concourse 2: the departure and arrival halls in the new structure are 10 m (33 ft) beneath the airport's apron. It is operational since 14 October, 2008, opened in four phases to avoid collapse of baggage handling and other IT systems.

Inside Terminal 3, there are 82 moving walkways, 97 escalators, eight skytrains and 157 lifts.