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The system is 0.7 miles (1.1 km) long, [2] and runs along the north side of the airport, beyond airport security. [3] The system serves all of the airport's five terminals, with four stations at Terminal A, Terminal B, Terminal C, and International Terminal D /E, respectively.
Washington Dulles International Airport (/ ˈ d ʌ l ɪ s / DUL-iss) (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) – commonly known by its former name of Dulles International Airport, by its airport code of IAD, or simply as Dulles Airport – is an international airport in the Eastern United States, located 26 miles (42 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C., in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in ...
[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 Subway (formerly known as the inter-terminal train) is the older of the two separate inter-terminal people movers operating at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston, Texas. Description
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Dulles's designers thought that by shuttling from the main terminal directly to a midfield jet ramp, they could save passengers from long walking distances amidst weather, noise, and fumes on the ramp. The advent of the jet bridge and construction of the two midfield concourse buildings at this airport negated the benefits of the system.
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The funding and planning of Phase 2 through Dulles Airport continued while Phase 1 was being constructed. On April 6, 2011, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) board voted 9–4 to build an underground station 550 feet (170 m) away from the terminal, rather than an above-ground station 1,150 feet (350 m) away from the terminal ...