Düsseldorf Airport (German: Flughafen Düsseldorf, pronounced [ˌfluːkhaːfn̩ ˈdʏsl̩dɔʁf]) (IATA: DUS, ICAO: EDDL), known as Düsseldorf International Airport until March 2013, is an international airport serving Düsseldorf, the capital of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Rhine-Ruhr area, the largest metropolitan region in Germany. It is about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi; 3.8 nmi) north of downtown Düsseldorf and some 30 kilometres (19 mi; 16 nmi) southwest of Essen and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi; 8.1 nmi) south of Duisburg in the Rhine-Ruhr area, Germany's largest metropolitan area. Düsseldorf is the fourth-busiest airport in Germany and handled over 20 million passengers in 2024. It is a hub for Eurowings and a focus city for several more airlines. The airport has three passenger terminals and two runways and can handle wide-body aircraft up to the Airbus A380. Düsseldorf Airport serves almost every country in Europe and some destinations in Africa, the Middle East and North America.