When will Dubai airport reopen?

No confirmed reopening date. Etihad is suspended until at least 14:00 UAE time March 1, but this is expected to be extended. Reopening depends on the security situation and airspace clearance by military authorities.

Neither airport is operating. Both DXB (Terminals 1, 2, 3) and DWC (Al Maktoum International) have suspended all civilian and cargo operations indefinitely.

What about diverted Emirates flights?

47 Emirates aircraft were diverted to airports in India, Pakistan, Turkey, and East Africa. Passengers are being accommodated in hotels at airline expense. Contact Emirates for rebooking.

Can I still get to Dubai by road?

Roads from Oman and Abu Dhabi remain open but travel to Dubai is strongly discouraged. The city is under shelter-in-place advisory with ongoing missile threat.

How do I contact the airport?

Dubai Airports crisis hotline: +971-4-224-5555 (24/7). Emirates customer service: emirates.com or the Emirates app. Check airline websites for specific flight status.

IRAN confirms receiving US POINTS via MEDIATORS — ‘being REVIEWED’ — CBS exclusive — first confirmed contact • TRUMP: ‘MAJOR POINTS of agreement’ reached — Witkoff + KUSHNER talks continued late Sunday — Day 2 of pause • CENTCOM: 9,000 TARGETS struck — 9,000 COMBAT FLIGHTS — Iran’s military in ‘steady DECLINE’ • CENTCOM chief: Iran targeting CIVILIANS out of ‘DESPERATION’ — military chiefs in ‘deep BUNKERS’ • 12+ IRANIAN MINES found in Strait of Hormuz — Maham 3 + Maham 7 LIMPET mines — US intelligence • UNIFIL HQ NAQOURA hit by projectile — 3 GHANAIAN peacekeepers WOUNDED — ‘non-state actor’ suspected • WEST BANK: 10 SETTLER ATTACKS per day since March — IDF diverts BATTALION from Lebanon to respond • 5-DAY power plant PAUSE Day 2 — strikes on military targets CONTINUE — Iran still demands compensation • HORMUZ transit ‘COMPLETELY OFF THE CHARTS for rest of 2026’ — vessels also avoiding Bab al-Mandab + SUEZ • RIGHTS GROUP: 3,200+ DEAD in Iran — 214 CHILDREN — far higher than official 1,500 — 25 days of war • IRAN: ‘FULL AND POWERFUL CONTROL’ over Persian Gulf — doesn’t need MINES to assert dominance • IDF hit IRGC MAIN HQ + ‘unprecedented’ TEHRAN strikes — CENTCOM struck QOM turbine factory • LEBANON: 1,039 DEAD — 118 CHILDREN — Litani bridges destroyed — IDF diverts troops to WEST BANK • GAS $3.96 — 24th STRAIGHT DAY rising — highest since August 2022 — IEA: WORSE than 1970s shocks • IRGC hit PRINCE SULTAN base + 5th FLEET Bahrain — REZAEI: war until ‘full COMPENSATION’ paidIRAN confirms receiving US POINTS via MEDIATORS — ‘being REVIEWED’ — CBS exclusive — first confirmed contact • TRUMP: ‘MAJOR POINTS of agreement’ reached — Witkoff + KUSHNER talks continued late Sunday — Day 2 of pause • CENTCOM: 9,000 TARGETS struck — 9,000 COMBAT FLIGHTS — Iran’s military in ‘steady DECLINE’ • CENTCOM chief: Iran targeting CIVILIANS out of ‘DESPERATION’ — military chiefs in ‘deep BUNKERS’ • 12+ IRANIAN MINES found in Strait of Hormuz — Maham 3 + Maham 7 LIMPET mines — US intelligence • UNIFIL HQ NAQOURA hit by projectile — 3 GHANAIAN peacekeepers WOUNDED — ‘non-state actor’ suspected • WEST BANK: 10 SETTLER ATTACKS per day since March — IDF diverts BATTALION from Lebanon to respond • 5-DAY power plant PAUSE Day 2 — strikes on military targets CONTINUE — Iran still demands compensation • HORMUZ transit ‘COMPLETELY OFF THE CHARTS for rest of 2026’ — vessels also avoiding Bab al-Mandab + SUEZ • RIGHTS GROUP: 3,200+ DEAD in Iran — 214 CHILDREN — far higher than official 1,500 — 25 days of war • IRAN: ‘FULL AND POWERFUL CONTROL’ over Persian Gulf — doesn’t need MINES to assert dominance • IDF hit IRGC MAIN HQ + ‘unprecedented’ TEHRAN strikes — CENTCOM struck QOM turbine factory • LEBANON: 1,039 DEAD — 118 CHILDREN — Litani bridges destroyed — IDF diverts troops to WEST BANK • GAS $3.96 — 24th STRAIGHT DAY rising — highest since August 2022 — IEA: WORSE than 1970s shocks • IRGC hit PRINCE SULTAN base + 5th FLEET Bahrain — REZAEI: war until ‘full COMPENSATION’ paid

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Dubai Airport Status — Operations Suspended

Developing Story|Last Updated: April 29, 2026 at 03:42 AM UTC

Both of Dubai's airports — Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Dubai World Central Al Maktoum International (DWC) — have suspended all flight operations indefinitely following Iranian missile strikes on UAE territory. DXB, the world's busiest international airport handling over 89 million passengers annually, went dark at approximately 02:30 UAE time on February 28, 2026. Etihad Airways has announced suspension of all flights until at least 14:00 UAE time on March 1, though analysts expect this deadline to be extended.

The suspension affects an estimated 260,000 daily passengers who normally transit through DXB. Emirates, the flagship carrier, has grounded its entire fleet of over 250 aircraft and diverted 47 planes that were airborne when the strikes began. These diverted aircraft have landed at airports across India, Pakistan, Turkey, and East Africa. Passengers aboard diverted flights are being accommodated at hotels near their diversion airports at airline expense.

Airport authorities have converted terminal buildings into temporary shelters for stranded passengers, providing cots, blankets, food, and water. The crisis hotline at +971-4-224-5555 is operational around the clock. Dubai Duty Free shops remain open for basic necessities. Cargo operations are also fully suspended, disrupting global supply chains that depend on DXB as a logistics hub between East and West.