RADAR-SIMOMDB – Dubai International Airport
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 25.250°N 55.371°E · elevation 62 ft
Control the traffic at Dubai International Airport in radar-sim, a free air traffic control simulator that runs in the browser: as tower you issue take-off and landing clearances on 12L/30R and 12R/30L, as approach you vector and sequence the arrivals onto the ILS. No download, no account.
Start as tower at OMDB ▶ · Start as approach at OMDB ▶ · choose traffic level and wind first
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | True heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12L/30R | 4,351 m (14,275 ft) | 60 m | asphalt | 122° / 302° |
| 12R/30L | 4,447 m (14,590 ft) | 60 m | asphalt | 122° / 302° |
The airport has 2 runways. The parallels 12L/30R and 12R/30L are only 385 m apart and worked as one runway: arrivals to both ends are separated like on a single final. The runways in use depend on the traffic level and the wind: one (the best headwind among the longest, here 12R/30L with 4,447 m) on low, two on medium, and on high every runway with a headwind component and at most 20 kt crosswind.
Airspace
The simulated control zone is a circle of 5 NM around the field with extensions along the instrument runways, up to 2,500 ft. In approach sessions arrivals check in over an entry fix and are vectored or sent direct to the initial approach fix of the runway in use; in tower sessions a virtual approach controller does this and hands them over established on the ILS inside 10 NM.
| Approach | Initial approach fix (bearing / distance from OMDB) |
|---|---|
| RWY 12L | USOMU (302° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 12R | ASAZI (301° / 12 NM) |
| RWY 30L | PEAPI (122° / 14 NM) |
| RWY 30R | NUOTO (121° / 13 NM) |
Entry fixes: ANNIL (011° / 29 NM), LUNUP (309° / 27 NM), USPIZ (077° / 34 NM), UZEPU (272° / 27 NM), ZIMOT (149° / 34 NM), ZUKTI
(192° / 31 NM).
Nearby airports
Controlled airports within 80 NM are drawn on the scope; departures leave towards their destination's direction.
OMSJSharjah International Airport – 9 NM, bearing 059°OMDMAl Minhad Air Base – 13 NM, bearing 181°OMDWAl Maktoum International Airport – 24 NM, bearing 208°OMRKRas Al Khaimah International Airport – 38 NM, bearing 055°OIBAAbu Musa Island Airport – 42 NM, bearing 334°OMFJFujairah International Airport – 53 NM, bearing 099°OIBSSiri Airport – 60 NM, bearing 311°OMALAl Ain International Airport – 61 NM, bearing 168°
…and 4 more within 80 NM.
Other airports: all 20 airports in radar-sim · how to play and the command reference.