Dulles International Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport , typically referred to as Dulles International Airport, Dulles Airport, Washington Dulles or simply Dulles , is an international airport in the Eastern United States, located in Loudoun County and Fairfax County in Virginia, 26 miles west of Downtown Washington, D.C.

Opened in 1962, it is named after John Foster Dulles , the 52nd U.S. Secretary of State who served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Dulles main terminal is a well-known landmark designed by Eero Saarinen. Operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Washington Dulles Airport occupies 13,000 acres straddling the Loudoun–Fairfax line. Most of the airport is in the unincorporated community of Dulles in Loudoun County, with a small portion in the unincorporated community of Chantilly in Fairfax County. The airport is one of the two that is located in the Washington metropolitan area.

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