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The original 1L/19R was re-designated 1C/19C. It was the first new runway to be built at Dulles since the airport's construction. On June 6, 2011, the airport received its first Airbus A380 flights when Air France introduced the A380 on its nonstop from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport during peak season. [9]
[4] [5] It opened to Dulles employees on January 20, 2010, and to passengers on January 26, 2010. [6] The system mostly replaced the mobile lounges which transport passengers from the concourses to the Main Terminal. [4] The system cost about $1.4 billion, and the project also included the construction of a new security screening mezzanine.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is an independent airport authority, created with the consent of the United States Congress to oversee management, operations, and capital development of the two major airports serving the U.S. national capital: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport.
The Dulles project adds 100 megawatts of solar generating, plus 50 megawatts of battery storage, enough to power about 37,000 homes. It is expected to create 300 jobs and be completed by 2026.
The airport is owned by the federal government and is one of two operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) that serve the Washington metropolitan area; the other, also located in Northern Virginia is Dulles International Airport, located about 25 miles (40 km) to the west in Fairfax and Loudoun counties. [2] [15]
State Route 267 (SR 267) is an expressway in the US state of Virginia.It consists of two end-to-end toll roads – the Dulles Toll Road and Dulles Greenway – as well as the non-tolled Dulles Access Road, [3] which lies in the median of Dulles Toll Road and then extends east to Falls Church.
A Republican proposal to change the name of Washington Dulles International Airport to Donald J. Trump International Airport deserves the scrutiny it has received so far, writes Jay Parini.
The federal government acquired the property in 1958 to construct Dulles Airport. [43] A campaign to save the site began almost immediately afterwards. Those involved included previous owners of the property, Lee descendants, and a neighbor, Eddie Wagstaff, who later endowed the Sully Foundation that still provides support for the site. [ 44 ]