Emirates flies to 122 destinations in 72 countries, across all six continents from its hub in Dubai. It has a particularly strong presence in the South and Southeast Asian region, which together connect Dubai with more international destinations in the region than any other Middle Eastern airline. The countries with the largest number of airports served by Emirates are India with 10, United States with 7, the United Kingdom with 6 and Australia with 5.
This is a list of cities Emirates flies to as January 2012, the list includes the city and country name; the airport codes of the International Air Transport Association (IATA airport code) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO airport code); the airport name. Additionally, there are labels for airports that are the airline's hub, future cities and stations that have been terminated.
| Hub | |
| * | Future route |
| Terminated destinations |
| City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abidjan | Côte d'Ivoire | ABJ | DIAP | Port Bouet Airport | |
| Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | AUH | OMAA | Abu Dhabi International Airport | |
| Accra | Ghana | ACC | DGAA | Kotoka International Airport | |
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | ADD | HAAB | Bole International Airport | |
| Adelaide | Australia | ADL | YPAD | Adelaide Airport | |
| Ahmedabad | India | AMD | VAAH | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport | |
| Alexandria | Egypt | HBE | HEBA | Borg El Arab Airport | |
| Algiers * |
Algeria | ALG | DAAG | Houari Boumediene Airport | |
| Amman | Jordan | AMM | OJAI | Queen Alia International Airport | |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | AMS | EHAM | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | |
| Athens | Greece | ATH | LGAV | Athens International Airport | |
| Auckland | New Zealand | AKL | NZAA | Auckland Airport | |
| Baghdad | Iraq | BGW | ORBI | Baghdad International Airport | |
| Bahrain | Bahrain | BAH | OBBI | Bahrain International Airport | |
| Baku | Azerbaijan | GYD | UBBB | Heydar Aliyev International Airport | |
| Bandar Abbas | Iran | BND | OIKB | Bandar Abbas International Airport | |
| Bangalore | India | BLR | VOBL | Bengaluru International Airport | |
| Bangkok | Thailand | BKK | VTBS | Suvarnabhumi Airport | |
| Barcelona | Spain | BCN | LEBL | Barcelona El Prat Airport | |
| Basra | Iraq | BSR | ORMM | Basra International Airport | |
| Beijing | China | PEK | ZBAA | Beijing Capital International Airport | |
| Beirut | Lebanon | BEY | OLBA | Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport | |
| Birmingham | United Kingdom | BHX | EGBB | Birmingham Airport | |
| Brisbane | Australia | BNE | YBBN | Brisbane Airport | |
| Buenos Aires | Argentina | EZE | SAEZ | Ministro Pistarini International Airport | |
| Cairo | Egypt | CAI | HECA | Cairo International Airport | |
| Cape Town | South Africa | CPT | FACT | Cape Town International Airport | |
| Casablanca | Morocco | CMN | GMMI | Mohammed V International Airport | |
| Chennai | India | MAA | VOMM | Chennai International Airport | |
| Christchurch | New Zealand | CHC | NZCH | Christchurch International Airport | |
| Colombo | Sri Lanka | CMB | VCBI | Bandaranaike International Airport | |
| Copenhagen | Denmark | CPH | EKCH | Copenhagen Airport | |
| Dakar | Senegal | DKR | GOOY | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport | |
| Dallas | United States | DFW | KDFW | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | |
| Dammam | Saudi Arabia | DMM | OEDF | King Fahd International Airport | |
| Damascus | Syria | DAM | OSDI | Damascus International Airport | |
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | DAR | HDTA | Julius Nyerere International Airport | |
| Delhi | India | DEL | VIDP | Indira Gandhi International Airport | |
| Dhaka | Bangladesh | DAC | VGZR | Shahjalal International Airport | |
| Doha | Qatar | DOH | OTBD | Doha International Airport | |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | DXB | OMDB | Dubai International Airport | |
| Dublin | Ireland | DUB | EIDW | Dublin Airport | |
| Durban | South Africa | DUR | FALE | King Shaka International Airport | |
| Düsseldorf | Germany | DUS | EDDL | Düsseldorf International Airport | |
| Entebbe | Uganda | EBB | HUEN | Entebbe International Airport | |
| Erbil | Iraq | EBL | ORER | Erbil International Airport | |
| Frankfurt | Germany | FRA | EDDF | Frankfurt Airport | |
| Geneva | Switzerland | GVA | LSGG | Geneva Airport | |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | GLA | EGPF | Glasgow Airport | |
| Guangzhou | China | CAN | ZGGG | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | |
| Hamburg | Germany | HAM | EDDH | Hamburg Airport | |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | HRE | FVHA | Harare International Airport | |
| Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | SGN | VVTS | Tan Son Nhat International Airport | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | HKG | VHHH | Hong Kong International Airport | |
| Houston | United States | IAH | KIAH | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | |
| Hyderabad | India | HYD | VOHS | Hyderabad International Airport | |
| Islamabad | Pakistan | ISB | OPRN | Benazir Bhutto International Airport | |
| Istanbul | Turkey | IST | LTBA | Atatürk International Airport | |
| Jakarta | Indonesia | CGK | WIII | Soekarno–Hatta International Airport | |
| Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | JED | OEJN | King Abdulaziz International Airport | |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | JNB | FAJS | OR Tambo International Airport | |
| Karachi | Pakistan | KHI | OPKC | Jinnah International Airport | |
| Khartoum | Sudan | KRT | HSSS | Khartoum International Airport | |
| Kochi | India | COK | VOCI | Cochin International Airport | |
| Kolkata | India | CCU | VECC | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport | |
| Kozhikode | India | CCJ | VOCL | Calicut International Airport | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | KUL | WMKK | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | |
| Kuwait | Kuwait | KWI | OKBK | Kuwait International Airport | |
| Lagos | Nigeria | LOS | DNMM | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | |
| Lahore | Pakistan | LHE | OPLA | Allama Iqbal International Airport | |
| Larnaca | Cyprus | LCA | LCLK | Larnaca International Airport | |
| Lisbon | Portugal | LIS | LPPT | Lisbon Portela Airport | |
| London | United Kingdom | LGW | EGKK | Gatwick Airport | |
| London | United Kingdom | LHR | EGLL | London Heathrow Airport | |
| Los Angeles | United States | LAX | KLAX | Los Angeles International Airport | |
| Luanda | Angola | LAD | FNLU | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport | |
| Lusaka | Zambia | LUN | FLLS | Lusaka International Airport | |
| Lyon * |
France | LYS | LFLL | Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport | |
| Madrid | Spain | MAD | LEMD | Madrid-Barajas Airport | |
| Mahé | Seychelles | SEZ | FSIA | Seychelles International Airport | |
| Malé | Maldives | MLE | VRMM | Ibrahim Nasir International Airport | |
| Malta | Malta | MLA | LMML | Malta International Airport | |
| Manchester | United Kingdom | MAN | EGCC | Manchester Airport | |
| Manila | Philippines | MNL | RPLL | Ninoy Aquino International Airport | |
| Mauritius | Mauritius | MRU | FIMP | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport | |
| Medina | Saudi Arabia | MED | OEMA | Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport | |
| Melbourne | Australia | MEL | YMML | Melbourne Airport | |
| Milan | Italy | MXP | LIMC | Malpensa Airport | |
| Moroni | Comoros | HAH | FMCH | Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport | |
| Moscow | Russia | DME | UUDD | Domodedovo International Airport | |
| Mumbai | India | BOM | VABB | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | |
| Munich | Germany | MUC | EDDM | Munich Airport | |
| Muscat | Oman | MCT | OOMS | Muscat International Airport | |
| Nagoya | Japan | NGO | RJGG | Chūbu Centrair International Airport | |
| Nairobi | Kenya | NBO | HKJK | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | NCL | EGNT | Newcastle Airport | |
| New York City | United States | JFK | KJFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport | |
| Nice | France | NCE | LFMN | Nice Côte d'Azur Airport | |
| Osaka | Japan | KIX | RJBB | Kansai International Airport | |
| Paris | France | CDG | LFPG | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | |
| Perth | Australia | PER | YPPH | Perth Airport | |
| Peshawar | Pakistan | PEW | OPPS | Bacha Khan International Airport | |
| Phuket * |
Thailand | HKT | VTSP | Phuket International Airport | |
| Prague | Czech Republic | PRG | LKPR | Prague Ruzyně Airport | |
| Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | GIG | SBGL | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport | |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | RUH | OERK | King Khalid International Airport | |
| Rome | Italy | FCO | LIRF | Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport | |
| Sana'a | Yemen | SAH | OYSN | Sana'a International Airport | |
| San Francisco | United States | SFO | KSFO | San Francisco International Airport | |
| São Paulo | Brazil | GRU | SBGR | São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport | |
| Seattle | United States | SEA | KSEA | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | |
| Seoul | South Korea | ICN | RKSI | Incheon International Airport | |
| Shanghai | China | PVG | ZSPD | Pudong International Airport | |
| Singapore | Singapore | SIN | WSSS | Singapore Changi Airport | |
| Saint Petersburg | Russia | LED | ULLI | Pulkovo International Airport | |
| Sydney | Australia | SYD | YSSY | Sydney Airport | |
| Tehran | Iran | IKA | OIIE | Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | India | TRV | VOTV | Trivandrum International Airport | |
| Tokyo | Japan | NRT | RJAA | Narita International Airport | |
| Toronto | Canada | YYZ | CYYZ | Toronto Pearson International Airport | |
| Tripoli | Libya | TIP | HLLT | Tripoli International Airport | |
| Tunis | Tunisia | TUN | DTTA | Tunis–Carthage International Airport | |
| Venice | Italy | VCE | LIPZ | Venice Marco Polo Airport | |
| Vienna | Austria | VIE | LOWW | Vienna International Airport | |
| Warsaw * |
Poland | WAW | EPWA | Warsaw Chopin Airport | |
| Washington | United States | IAD | KIAD | Washington Dulles International Airport | |
| Zurich | Switzerland | ZRH | LSZH | Zurich Airport |