Flight Report

This page covers three days of ADS-B traffic at Dubai International Airport (DXB/OMDB), from September 30 to October 2, 2025, captured on the 65th anniversary of the airport's official opening. Over that window, 3,580 flights were recorded across 779 unique aircraft: 1,794 arrivals, 1,772 departures, and 14 touch-and-goes. Traffic ran continuously from 00:00 to 23:59 local time (+04), averaging 49.7 flights per hour. The busiest hour was 11:00, with 198 movements. A secondary concentration appears in the late-night and early-morning window, with hours 22:00 through 04:00 each registering between 115 and 195 flights. The dominant approach and departure axis runs WNW, accounting for 615 approaches and 559 departures. ESE is the second most active direction in both categories. The top route by total movements was Lamerd Airport (OISR/LFM) with 84 arrivals and no departures in this dataset. Muscat (OOMS/MCT) was the most balanced route at 34 arrivals and 31 departures. Several Iranian airports appear prominently in the top ten, including Bastak (OIBH) with 51 departures and Havadarya (OIKP/HDR) with 44. The fleet observed was registered across 39 countries, with UAE-registered aircraft (329) and India-registered aircraft (146) making up the two largest groups. Altitude data spans from ground level to a peak of 49,600 feet, recorded by N399FF (A4A4BB), a US-registered aircraft on a 354.3 nm arrival. The average altitude across all ADS-B points was 15,693 feet, and cruise band concentrations appear at 37,000 to 39,000 feet. The shortest tracked leg was 6.0 nm over 2.4 minutes, flown by A6-EWA. The longest was 1,833.5 nm and 264.4 minutes, a departure to Biju Patnaik International Airport (VEBS/BBI) flown by VT-IPO. Total cumulative distance across all legs reached 970,741 nm, with an average leg of 271.2 nm and 42.4 minutes.