Episodes

• Episode 5

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  Staff desperately search for a missing boy before he and his father miss their flight. Meanwhile, two baby elephants begin their journey to their new home. (5 of 8)

• Episode 6

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  Traffic control deal with an emergency landing and Mel confronts three drunk passengers. The airport tries to break the record for having the tallest ever chocolate structure. (6 of 8)

• Episode 7

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  Staff stop smugglers carrying endangered trees and help two parents who have just been through a terrible tragedy. Plus, fog causes big problems at the world's busiest airport. (7 of 8)

• Episode 8

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  Staff have to tread carefully when two drunk newly-weds show up at the airport. Also, a time-critical departure means they have to find 70 missing passengers in just 15 minutes. (8 of 8)

• Ultimate Airport Dubai 2019 Compilations

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• Ultimate Airport Dubai 3, 1

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  Two drunk newlyweds push Mel to the limit and Hassan catches a smuggler who has swallowed capsules containing cocaine. An airport construction of a billion dollar new concourse enters a critical phase.

• Ultimate Airport Dubai 2019 Compilations

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• Ultimate Airport Dubai 3, 2

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  Mel deals with angry passengers delayed by bad weather. Carl gets to grips with some explosive cargo and Phil trials a revolutionary new system.

• Ultimate Airport Dubai 3, 3

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  Mel deals with the fallout from an onboard theft and Hassan catches a passenger smuggling a million dollars' worth of diamonds in her body.

• Ultimate Airport Dubai 3, 4

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  Mel responds to an passenger emergency call. Nizel has to decide whether to let a partially filled cargo plane stay or go. A trainee firefighter must help extinguish a blazing fuel fire.

• Ultimate Airport Dubai 3, 5

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  Weather threatens to wreck Georgs plan to deal with a medical emergency. The diverted plane has ice on the wings, which may strand a plane full of passengers 1500 miles from Dubai.

• Ultimate Airport Dubai 3, 6

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  Engineers Leigh and Andy try to find two bolts which have dropped inside the engine of a Boeing 777. Jo Di Biasi tries to help out a stranded Chinese family with no money to pay a huge excess baggage fee.

• Ultimate Airport Dubai 3, 7

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  Mel deals with an angry family who have missed their connecting flight. Gemma deals with a tight turnaround - she has 60 minutes to unload cargo and baggage, including 20 tons for flowers for Valentines Day.

• Ultimate Airport Dubai 3, 8

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  Mel is alerted to a possible Ebola patient in Terminal 3 which involves contacting authorities all over the airport. Leigh has to find the source of a strange oily smell in the cabin of a Boeing 777-300.

• Ultimate Airport Dubai 3, 9

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  Leigh battles to jack up a 300 ton 777 to find the cause of a hydraulic leak. Carl deals with 95 tons of high-priority cargo - emergency aid destined for people left homeless in Nepal's disaster.

• Ultimate Airport Dubai 3, 10

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  Hassan catches a smuggler hiding 2000 tiny bottles of illegal prescription medication. Myles is facing a final inspection of the airports new Concourse D by one of the most powerful mаn in Dubai.

• Episode 1

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  Go behind the scenes at one of the world's busiest airports and discover how its 90,000 staff ensure the safe arrival and timely departure of 57 million passengers a year. (S2, ep 1)

• Snakes

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  Customs officers find a multi-million dollar haul of heroin and live snakes in a passenger’s luggage - an emergency landing is made.

• Ultimate Airport Dubai Compilations 1

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  55 years ago, Dubai International Airport was a vast desert of sand. Today, with 344 000 flights, 57 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo per year, it is the world's 3rd busiest airport.

• Episode 2

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  Fire fighters rush to the aid of passengers on a Boeing 777. Plus, the search is on when a man loses his son in the biggest airport terminal in the world. (S2, ep 2). All Ages.

• Firefighters

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  Fire-fighters rush to the aid of a 777 full of passengers, plus a man loses his son in the world’s biggest airport terminal.

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  55 years ago, Dubai International Airport was a vast desert of sand. Today, with 344 000 flights, 57 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo per year, it is the world's 3rd busiest airport.

• Customs Officers

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  A new plane park has been created to house 20 Boeing 777s that will be out of service during the airport’s billion-dollar runway upgrade project.

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  55 years ago, Dubai International Airport was a vast desert of sand. Today, with 344 000 flights, 57 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo per year, it is the world's 3rd busiest airport.

• Crystal Meth

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  Customs find crystal meth in the luggage of a passenger from Ghana and a pigeon delays an Emirates flight at Manchester.

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  55 years ago, Dubai International Airport was a vast desert of sand. Today, with 344 000 flights, 57 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo per year, it is the world's 3rd busiest airport.

• Faulty Planes

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  The Airport Services Manager deals with passengers getting connections to Australia. They must depart on time or the flights cannot land.

• Airport Emergency

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  A fault on an incoming flight threatens to close the airport, and with hours to go before re-opening, a refurbished runway is far from complete.

• A380 Maintenance

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  Emirates Airlines bring in an Airbus A380 for a thorough maintenance check. Mel encounters a passenger travelling with a fake passport.

• Cocaine Customs

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  Customs discover a passenger’s shirts contain cocaine and missing luggage containers mean a flight leaves without half of its bags.

• Racehorses

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  Customs are suspicious of a man carrying uncut diamonds in his luggage and a cargo of racehorses from France poses a logistical challenge.

• Aircraft Makeover

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  A passenger jet comes into the Aircraft Appearance Centre to get a makeover. The airport’s double runway overhaul is unveiled.

• Billion Dollar Concourse

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  The new concourse is trialed to test if it's on schedule to receive 15 million passengers and 33 of the mighty 389-million-dollar Airbus A380s.

• Episode 1

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  Follow the daily drama at Dubai International as its 60,000-strong workforce intercepts smugglers, makes emergency aircraft repairs and builds a huge new concourse. (1 of 10)

• Episode 1

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• The Hard Shift

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  The construction team behind the new concourse feel the heat as more than 200 volunteers test whether it's ready to be used by the public.

• Episode 2

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  A behind-the-scenes look at hectic life at Dubai International. Crisis strikes the airport's 55-mile baggage system. Plus, 200 volunteers test the brand new concourse. (2 of 10)

• Episode 2

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• Lost Cargo

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  The pressure is on as engines, cargo and construction materials all go missing - pushing an airport already near-capacity to breaking point.

• Episode 3

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  Follow the behind-the-scenes drama at Dubai International. Cargo and construction materials go missing, causing chaos and hold-ups at one of the world's busiest airports. (3 of 10)

• Episode 4

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  A rare peek behind the scenes at one of the world's busiest airports. Staff are forced to deal with drunken passengers. Plus, crucial checks are made to the runways. (4 of 10)

• Crystal Customs

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  Over a million passengers pass through Dubai International Airport every week. Meet the people behind the scenes making this multi-billion dollar airport run smoothly.

• Domino Effect

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  Dubai International is put to the test when an emergency in air traffic control leads to a runway closure. Meanwhile, tension is mounting on the building site of a new $3.2 billion terminal.

• Stranded

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  Duty Manager Khalil has to help a family stranded in the terminal, while Controller Nargis must free a cargo of meat stuck in the desert heat.

• Holiday on Delay

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  David Robson must greet some temperamental VIP passengers and Dispatcher Nizel has a problem when a brand-new A380 goes missing.

• Missing Passenger

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  Passenger Operations has to cope with a group of stranded tourists, and a missing passenger puts a curfew-critical flight to Sydney in jeopardy.

• Ring the Alarm

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  Today at Dubai International, Supervisor Mustapha Bourouche is trying to convince shoppers laden with duty-free purchases to lighten their load when a security issue threatens to delay the flight.

• Episode 9

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  Fog, faulty alarms and missing passengers present big challenges for staff at Dubai International, an airport that welcomes over one million passengers every week. (9 of 10)

• Episode 10

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  While missing passengers threaten to seriously delay a flight to Perth, there are headaches for engineers when a $208million jet refuses to start. (10 of 10)

• Dangerous Debris

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  John has seconds to drive on runways looking for debris and engineer Mian must work out why a jet won't move after its parking brake is released.