Every ADS-B-tracked flight visualized in this print, captured over 14 days.

Across 14 days ending October 13, 2025, ADS-B receivers captured 6,614 flights at Dubai International Airport, drawn from 1,292 unique aircraft and totaling over 2.3 million individual position points. Arrivals outnumbered departures 5,733 to 881, with traffic running around the clock from 00:00 to 23:58 local time. The busiest single hour was 20:00, when 429 movements were recorded, 399 of them arrivals. A second peak clustered around 00:00 and 18:00, logging 370 and 371 total movements respectively. The quietest stretch fell between 09:00 and 10:00, with combined totals in the low 160s. October 7 was the busiest day at 575 flights and also produced the most departures of any single day at 169. Approach tracks were heavily skewed toward WNW, which accounted for 1,936 of the 5,733 recorded arrivals. ESE was second at 1,049, with NW a distant third at 568. Departure headings followed a similar pattern, with WNW leading at 345 and ESE at 123. The busiest route pairing by combined traffic was Dubai to Muscat, with 135 total movements, 114 of them arrivals. Hamad International in Doha ranked second at 81 total. UAE-registered aircraft made up the largest share of the fleet at 349, followed by India at 277 and an unresolved category at 78. Turkish, Chinese, and British registrations each contributed between 38 and 55 aircraft. Altitude data across all captured points averaged 14,899 feet, with a recorded maximum of 47,475 feet reached by a US-registered aircraft, tail number N627SS, on an arrival. The heaviest concentration of ADS-B samples fell below 7,000 feet, reflecting the volume of approach and departure phase tracking around the airport. Cruise-band readings clustered around 38,000-40,000 feet and again at 36,000. Total distance covered across all tracked legs was approximately 1.79 million nautical miles, with an average leg distance of 270 nautical miles and an average duration of 45.5 minutes.