Dubai Airport Free Zone station (G13) holds a title no signage admits: it is the closest metro station to DXB’s Terminal 2 – the flydubai terminal that famously has no metro stop of its own. Elevated on the Green Line’s Qusais stretch, fare zone 5, serving the DAFZA free-zone offices that name it.
The Terminal 2 problem, solved properly
Terminal 2 sits on the airport’s north side, away from the Red Line’s T1/T3 stations. Your options from here: a 15-minute walk (fine at night or in winter – flat, signposted, but exposed) or a 5-minute taxi from the station rank (a minimum-fare hop). Decide by season and luggage. Anyone routing you to “Airport Terminal 1 then taxi around” is costing you twenty minutes; this station is the move flydubai regulars actually make.
DAFZA by day
The free zone’s office blocks – a few hundred aviation-adjacent companies – generate the weekday flow, with badge-carrying staff walking the same route as the T2 passengers. The station is quiet outside office hours and flight banks; the airport’s cargo-village side spreads beyond the free zone.
Position on the line
Two stops from the e& terminus (Sharjah buses), six from Union’s Red Line interchange. For flydubai arrivals heading to Deira hotels, this beats every alternative: walk or hop to the station, then Al Rigga or Union inside fifteen minutes for AED 3. Heading to new Dubai, change at Union or BurJuman and settle in – it is a 45-70 minute cross-city run.
Local tips
- Summer arrivals with bags: take the taxi hop without guilt – the walk’s fine print is July.
- Early flydubai departures: Sunday’s 8 AM metro start is too late for the dawn banks – prebook a cab that day; every other day the first trains work.
- Do not confuse the free zone with the terminals: DAFZA is offices; no check-in happens here.
- Zone 5 hops: e&, the Deira stretch and (via Union) the T1/T3 stations are all single-zone fares.
The Terminal 2 problem, solved properly
This station holds a title no signage admits: it is the closest metro stop to DXB’s Terminal 2, the flydubai terminal that famously has no station of its own. Terminal 2 sits on the airport’s north side, away from the Red Line’s T1 and T3 stations, so your options from here are a 15-minute walk – flat and signposted, fine at night or in winter but exposed in summer – or a five-minute minimum-fare taxi from the station rank. Decide by season and luggage. Anyone routing you to “Airport Terminal 1 then taxi around” is costing you twenty minutes; this station is the move flydubai regulars actually make, and for arrivals heading to Deira hotels it beats every alternative.
DAFZA by day
The free zone’s office blocks – a few hundred aviation-adjacent companies – generate the weekday flow, with badge-carrying staff walking the same route as the T2 passengers. The station is quiet outside office hours and flight banks, and the airport’s cargo-village side spreads beyond the free zone. It is important not to confuse the free zone with the terminals: DAFZA is offices, and no airline check-in happens here. For flydubai arrivals the sequence is simple – reach the station, then the Green Line carries you to Al Rigga-area hotels via Union, or directly toward the Baniyas and Gold Souq stops.
Getting here and onward
The station sits two stops from the e& terminus with its Sharjah buses and six from Union’s Red Line interchange, all within zone 5 at AED 3. For new Dubai – Downtown, the Marina – change at Union or BurJuman and settle in for a 45-70 minute cross-city run. One timing trap for departures: Sunday’s 8 AM metro start is too late for the dawn flydubai bank, so prebook a cab that day; every other day the first trains from 5 AM make the morning flights with the walk or hop factored in. There is no tram or marine link here beyond the airport connection itself.