Hamad International Airport opened in 2014 as the hub of Qatar Airways and has since been named the world's best airport by Skytrax several times. Much of it is built on reclaimed land along the Doha coast. The current schedule feed lists 198 airports in 89 countries connected to Doha.
Its centerpiece is Urs Fischer's 'Lamp Bear' — a seven-meter bronze-cast teddy bear squashed under a desk lamp — which has become the standard meeting point and the most photographed object in the terminal.
Hamad International Airport is the 33rd busiest airport in the world — it handled 54,338,667 passengers in 2025, according to ACI World's annual ranking.
The most frequently served routes for Hamad International Airport connect to Jeddah (JED), London (LHR) and Riyadh (RUH).
The longest connected route for Hamad International Airport reaches Auckland (AKL). This non-stop flight covers a distance of 9,030 miles (14,533 km).