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Washington Dulles International Airport
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Washington Dulles International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport
is an
international airport
in
Loudoun
and
Fairfax
counties in
Virginia
, United States, 26 miles (42 km) west of
downtown
Washington, D.C.
The airport serves the
Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area
, centered on the
District of Columbia
. The airport is named after
John Foster Dulles
, the 52nd
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
, Dulles Airport occupies 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.
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