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Abu Dhabi International Airport

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abu Dhabi International Airport

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The airport’s new Midfield Terminal has been described as the “crown jewel” of the public infrastructure projects undertaken to diversify the emirate’s economy away from oil into areas like tourism. It’s a fitting description for this architectural gem set on a desert plateau, its illuminated interior visible from 10 miles away.

The Midfield Terminal is expected to increase the airport’s capacity to 30 million passengers a year, up from the current 20 million. The number could eventually reach 60 million or more.

In 2013, Otis won the contract to supply the state-of-the-art systems needed to move millions of people a year through the new terminal: 161 elevators, 122 escalators and 58 moving walkways. 

Stretching across more than 13 square miles, the X-shaped terminal will include 65 aircraft gates. The curved roof of the departure hall, soaring 164 ft high and largely column free, appears to float across 18 steel arches, giving the building an open, outdoor feel.

units

341


OTIS® UNITS

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16


CARRIER® CHILLERS

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30


MILLION CAPACITY

Quick facts about Abu Dhabi Airport

Abu Dhabi International Airport was located at the heart of Abu Dhabi Island when it opened in 1969. In 1982, a decade after the UAE’s creation as a federation of seven emirates, Abu Dhabi International Airport opened at its current location outside the capital city.

Abu Dhabi International Airport is the UAE’s second largest after Dubai International Airport. Its terminal spaces are dominated by Etihad Airways, the UAE’s second-largest carrier after Emirates. More than 30 airlines offer service to 120 destinations in more than 30 countries.

  • 1 Contract award


    2013

  • 2 Architects


    Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

  • 3 Project completion


    2019

  • 4 112


    Gen2® lifts

  • 5 122


    Escalators

  • 6 58


    Moving walks

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