Record #00468Transport archive
Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 opened on 14 October 2008. Guinness recorded 1.185 million m² of floor area for the airport building under its 2008 scope; extensions and differing concourse definitions require reassessment of its current worldwide ranking.
Current Record
1,185,000m²
Current record value
Terminal 3 expanded Dubai International Airport's passenger handling capacity when it opened. The 1.185 million m² measurement in the 2008 record should not automatically be interpreted to include concourses built later.
Recent Dubai Airports documentation gives 1.185 million m² for Terminal 3 with Concourse B and lists Concourse A separately at 528,000 m². Combining areas yields a different measurement, but only a consistent scope across airports can support a current global ranking.
Credible sources support core facts; the comparison scope or corroboration remains incomplete.
Basis: direct confirmation by an authority
Guinness directly supports the 2008 airport-building claim at 1.185 million m². Dubai Airports later separates Terminal 3 with Concourse B from Concourse A in floor-area reporting. Without a current like-for-like comparison, developing remains appropriate.
This is a certified airport-building floor-area record from 2008, not independent proof of current global leadership in 2026. Later concourses and other airports may be counted differently.
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