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Q: How do I get from Dubai city centre to Dubai airport?

Red Line metro to Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall: AED 5 for one traveler, 25 min, boarding at Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall metro station, trains towards Centrepoint. The first one leaves at 05:11 and is at the airport by about 05:36; the last at 23:35.

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

1 way to the airport

Dubai Airports recommends arriving at least three hours before your flight. First departures

Recommended

The cheapest way to the airport. Nothing listed is quicker.

Red Line metro to Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall

Red Line · Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)

25 min rideEvery 4 min05:11–23:35

Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall metro stationAirport Terminal 1 or Airport Terminal 3 metro station

Non-stop

AED 5total for 1 adultAED 5 eachBuy ticketOn Roads and Transport Authority

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall metro station, trains towards Centrepoint

AED 5 on a nol Silver card or AED 6 on a Red Ticket to Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall or BurJuman, two fare zones; AED 3 or AED 4 to Union and the rest of Deira, one zone. The Silver card costs AED 25 with AED 19 of credit; the Red Ticket AED 2.

Luggage. Two suitcases a person: one up to 81 x 58 x 30 cm and one up to 55 x 38 x 20 cm, stowed in the luggage area of the carriage.

Hours. Monday to Thursday and Saturday 05:11 to 23:35; Friday 05:11 to 00:35; Sunday 08:06 to 23:34. Terminal 1 in 25 minutes, Terminal 3 in 27.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Welcome Pickups transfer to Dubai. Every way from Dubai airport into Dubai

How do I get from Dubai city centre to Dubai airport?

For one traveler the Red Line metro to Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall is the way we recommend: AED 5 in total, 25 min, boarding at Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall metro station. The first one leaves at 05:11 and is at the airport by about 05:36; the last leaves at 23:35. Dubai Airports recommends arriving at least three hours before your flight; check-in counters open about three hours before departure. Check your airline's own times.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first

Red Line metro to Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall

First 05:11 from Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall metro station, at the airport by about 05:36.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

Before the metro opens, bus C01 runs to the airport round the clock from the Union metro bus stop in Deira, calling at Terminal 1's external car park and ending at Terminal 3, about 18 minutes at night.

Before you leave for Dubai Airport

From the centre to each way out

How early to be there

Dubai Airports recommends arriving at least three hours before your flight; check-in counters open about three hours before departure. Check your airline's own times.

Early flights

At the station

Take the Red Line towards Centrepoint and get off at Airport Terminal 1 or Airport Terminal 3 for your terminal. Terminal 2 has no metro station.

Questions

When is the first Red Line metro to Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall from Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall metro station?

05:11. It reaches the airport at about 05:36.

How early should I be at Dubai airport?