I love the AeroTrain when I can use it. Note this is NOT the Metro subway train. It takes you from the main Terminal building to Terminals A, B, & C. It's quick and efficient vs the rolling mobile lounges. Unfortunately you'll mostly only use it when you're departing vs arriving at the airport,. particularly if you're traveling on an international flight requiring you to clear customs first, which means taking the mobile lounge. They're clean, fast, usually running every 5 minutes or so. Not much seating so you'll likely be standing. Some complain about the walk to the gates from the train stop, but given that it's been built into the airport long after the original terminals were constructed, I think it's reasonable, especially to avoid the mobile lounges. Plus I like the last chance to stretch my legs before being cooped up in a plane for hours. The long term plan is to continue to build it out, particularly to the next set of terminals that are being planned (currently this review is late 2025) to begin building in the next few years pending funding (we know how that's going this year). If you can take it when you're traveling, do so. read more

This is the transportation to the A, B and C gates. (With A, C using the same Train) The train arrival intervals are usually 5 minutes or less. The ride itself is less than a minute. The cars are always clean and, given the really short ride, mostly standing with limited seats on one side of the car. After the short ride you take a couple of escalators or elevator to the B Gates. As many times as I've used this transport there hasn't been any delays or mechanical issues. Maybe the shortest ride from the Main Terminal to Gates ever. read more

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The train is fine, clean and fast. The issue is that it is almost a train to nowhere as you would expect from Washington. Once you arrive at the concourse you have to walk and walk and walk. Truly one of the most poorly designed airport shuttles in recent history. Government at its worst. read more

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Clean and efficient. They run on time and are frequent. What a blessing from the shuttle buses above ground. Great job!

The corridor that leads from gates C and D to the train has a moving walkway and a very bright panels on either side with an obnoxious advertisement that repeats over and over loudly for PenFed. It sets my teeth on edge every time, it's highly irritating and inescapable. I travel frequently and the advertisement never changes. It's like a form of torture. Awesome. read more

The airport is very convient to access from my home and also a friendly and helpful staff available to assist with any problems or issues. I really proffer to fly out at this airport compared to the other (2) two surrounding my home. read more

Dulles Airport AeroTrain - Trains Near Me - Dulles, Virginia

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What a major improvement for Dulles over the old "mobile lounges" which were a bus thing that drove you from one terminal to another. This subway is awesome. Speedy, efficient, and often. Underground is the way to go. They did a really super job on it, though it would be nice if there was a bit less walking and a few more slidewalks. Know-what-I-mean? read more

Dulles Airport AeroTrain - Trains Near Me - Dulles, Virginia

This train is supposed to make access to the terminals easier than the old Mobile Lounges that were "revolutionary" when Dulles opened decades ago. While the Mobile Lounges aren't perfect (wait times, limited capacity, etc.), at least they drop you off AT the terminal. If you're leaving from the C Terminal, AeroTrain drops you off a country mile from the current C Terminal. It was built so that it would be directly under the new C Terminal, whenever that gets built. Maybe I'll upgrade my Yelp rating in 10 years, when the new C Terminal actually gets built and the train actually takes you where you need to go. Until then, 1 star. PS - Oh, and when you factor in the walking time in addition to the LONG security screening, be prepared to get to Dulles EXTRA early for your flight, or risk missing it. read more

Dulles Airport AeroTrain - The tunnel to nowhere... - Trains Near Me - Dulles, Virginia

I am not sure what committee designed this thing, but they should all be smacked with a wet newspaper!. You would think that ALL trains leaving from the main terminal would go to the gates but that is not the case. So, pay careful attention to the signs. It can be a bit confusing if you make assumptions about the train directions. That is one of the reasons I like the Atlanta system. It is very easy to use. I was also a bit disappointed at the station placement. You still have to do a lot of walking to get from the gates to the stations. Coming in on a United flight recently, I think I had almost walked the distance to baggage claim just to get to the train station. I will give the designers some credit, though. The system is clean, spacious, brightly lit, and modern. And, I don't miss the old trams at all. Though during my last flight out of Dulles I still had to take a tram out to the United gates. read more

It's finally here, the Dulles AeroTrain! Many have been waiting years for the technological breakthrough of trains to reach IAD. Folks can now zoom around the airport at up to 42 miles per hour. I've been on it a few times now, so lets review. The trains and the stations are squeaky clean and futuristic (kind of how like IAD probably looked futuristic when it was first built - hopefully the AeroTrain look will do better, but I doubt it). Also, they have redone the entrance and security lines so that security is better laid out and you escalate right down into the train station. The trains run themselves without a conductor, but are stuck on tracks and the entire system is enclosed in futuristic plastic - probably to keep the trains from escaping IAD and taking over the Virginia suburbs (insert Flight of Conchords "The Humans are Dead" here). The trains do come quite often and do run pretty fast. Getting between stations is fast and easy. If you are headed to Terminal A (Southwest) you take the escalator right up into the terminal. It's a nice quick trip. On the other hand, if you are going to Terminal C the train whizzes right by Terminal C and drops you off past the terminal. Then you get to spend ten minutes walking (underground) and taking moving sidewalks back to Terminal C. Looking at the train system map (pic uploaded), the reasoning behind this seems to be they plan to build future gates there. And rather than make it easy for all the terminal C/D gates and travelers that exist now, the planners have made the decision to make it easier for future gates that may never be built. I'm guessing they are just trying ensure their job continuity in these tough times, because travelers are definitely going to want those new gates (so they don't have to walk so far from the station). Still, IAD has come into the 80s with the AeroTrain. In a couple years the Metro silver line will get there and it will get to the 90s! And let's have a moment of silence for the IAD Mobile Lounges. When they first trundled into Dulles I am sure they were the cat's meow. Many people don't know this, but they originally whisked you right from the gate to the plane. They even went up and down to match the plane height. Pretty damm cool, especially if they had pianos in them (which they didn't, but let's pretend they did and a martini bar also). Sadly, the days of mobile lounges, friendly stewardess (you could call them that back then), not paying for bags, and getting something edible on planes are over. read more

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Get here early. You have to catch a train to depart. Upon arrival, it may not look like a big airport, but it is!! Ensure you arrive at least 90 min prior to flight departure. The train comes every 4 minutes and it was fast, but there are multiple point s you have to pass through in order to get to your terminal. Just come early. read more

Fine if you're going to A, B, or C gates. Why do you still have to take the infuriatingly slow bus to get to the D gates? Did the engineers forget about the letter D? read more

I love the AeroTrain! It gets you from Point A to Point B at 40+ mph. It's nice and clean, and anything to keep me from walking and dragging my luggage through the terminals get bonus points from me. read more

A very convenient way to get from terminal to terminal. Stand up style. Frequent enough to be convenient.

TERRIBLE planning! My flight landed late in Terminal C and my connection in Terminal A was departing in 25 mins... not good. On a Friday evening after an exhausting work week, I did NOT want to miss my flight home. Getting from Terminal C to A with luggage in tow was an obstacle course! From C gate, down escalator, 1/2 mile hike, up escalator, around the corner, pass a senior woman muttering to her husband "what is the point?", then down escalator to board shiny new train at a shiny new platform [1]. wait for train, board train, quick train ride later, up escalator, down escalator, walk less than 100 feet, pass a lady mumbling to herself "WTF?", up escalator, then down escalator and finally into A terminal [2]! Short of breath but thankful they were still boarding and I was able to make my flight [3]. Otherwise there was gonna be a scene at the airport that night. I usually fly through Detroit or Philly and rarely Dulles. Looking at the map now, it looks like the lounge rovers still connect A and D gates. Wondering if that is a better option... Hike the long distance from C to D and board mobile lounge looks simple on paper. Anyone reading this review been there done that? (Please share! Thanks. ) [1] location of FUTURE C terminal. [2] per my recollection, there may actually be more escalators and also a people mover or two ... [3] yay!! woo hoo!! read more

From Terminal A to C is a hike. Glad they've got this AeroTrain to get people to where they need to go faster. It's true that you have to do a lot of walking to/from the AeroTrain to the Terminals but without it miss connections would drastically increase. It's four flights of escalator travel to the gates at Terminal C. I don't understand why people don't move over to the right to let others pass. That's why I take the stairs....don't complain about escalators if you use them! There are stairs to be used as an alternative...lazy butts!!! The AeroTrain...smooth! Like a little mini-bulletrain. read more

Anyone who doesn't give the new train 5 stars CLEARLY has never been to Dulles when they had the "moon walkers". Not having to use those things ever again makes this train 5 stars automatically. To add even more happiness, its fast, clean and never a long wait waiting for a train. Very quick ride and you are where you need to be. Thank you for installing this! read more

HORRIBLE for making the common connection between United Express on Concourse A and United Airlines on Concourse C. It's a rigorous 22-minute walk between gates that happens to include a 2-minute ride on this new Aerotrain. About 15 minutes into it, you'll be feeling really nostalgic for those crappy old above ground people movers. DON'T BE FOOLED by the 3-Star Rating for Dulles Airport AeroTrain. I just noticed a bunch of 1-Star reviews which were "filtered out" for apparently no good reason. I'm so glad my review wasn't filtered out! UPDATE: when arriving at Concourse A, DO NOT GET ON THE AERO TRAIN. Instead, hop on one of the old people-movers to Concourse D and walk to Concourse C (easy). You save tons of time & aggravation. read more

Escalator Hell. This could have been built soooo much better. Even if there are no lines anywhere, the new train slows down travel to the point that you have to be at Dulles a full 90 minutes early if you want to make it to your gate on time. And then when the train drops you off, you still have to walk and escalate another quarter of a mile. Might as well have just built a walking tunnel. Use Reagan if you can at all. read more

It's the train tat gets you to baggage claim or pick up. There is a lighted sign that tells you when the next train will arrive, and there is always plenty of space for everyone waiting for the train. read more

I love airport trains convenient, easy, and quick to your terminal/ concourse. So that way you won't have to walk one thousand miles and break a sweat. Dulles's Aerotrain is just that simple even when you get here or get off the train it's just an one escalator away to go to baggage claim. The airport is clean that means the Aerotrain is clean. Nice smooth quite ride that took us not even 18 seconds when the train dropped us off to head to baggage claim corridor. I noticed too that big airports now have aerotrains for travelers kudos to the brainiac who ever came up with these sonic aero-monorails. read more

Clean, clearly marked signage to train area. 1st time here and found it very easy to navigate. read more

Dulles Airport AeroTrain - Trains Near Me - Dulles, Virginia

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Pain train! Way is it when you get off the train at the gates it is still a hike. Not much of an improvement. I preferred walking to Gate B. read more

i like this recent addition to IAD! growing up in the metro-DC area, i frequently flew out of IAD and endured the long overground shuttle ride to my gate (some gates had a much longer ride than others). since i no longer live in this part of the country, my trips to IAD are few and far between, hence i still think of the aerotrain as a new addition (though i've heard it's been around for a couple of years now?) with the new train, i can get to my gate much faster and have a smoother ride. the train comes every 2 & 5 minutes, which is great. however, it currently only serves concourses a, b, and c (the 3 biggest concourses at IAD). the remaining concourses will have their own train stops in the future, and eventually, the train will run in a loop to constantly service all concourses. overall, a great addition to IAD that has improved my overall experience at this airport. read more

I didn't even realize this was a thing or I'd be checking in here more often :) So what's with this calling things trains when they have rubber wheels? I guess "rail" isn't required for train anymore. Fair enough. I guess as airport transport goes this is OK. Trains come with good regularity and get me to where I need to be quickly. I swear though, every time I hear the computer voice say "Watch your step as you AXE IT" I want to inflict pain on whomever made the decision to use a computer voice. read more

Great view from the train driver's seat. Oh wait, you can see what the driver sees because the driver has been automated or drove remotely. Why can't metro rail be this pleasant and smooth. I like the soft cushioned ride. read more

Nice train, but it still does nothing to reduce travel time between curbside and gate. In fact, for some terminals, the Star Wars mobiles (excuse me, mobile lounges) that the AeroTrain replaced, were faster. I returned to Dulles recently on a flight that arrived at 12:30 a.m. Because the AeroTrain was only running every 15 minutes or so, the trip to baggage claim took over half an hour. Plus I had to walk about 1/3 of a mile inside the terminal before I could even reach the train. And they spent how many millions to build this thing? And over how many years? How about just scrapping Dulles and building over from scratch? read more

One of the bumpiest aerotran I've been on, it's launches fast and hits the brakes hard, use the railings they got or learn how to fly in the tran read more

This train was too short. Way TOO short, we needed to get from ground level (from a smaller united Plane that used stairs for passengers to exit) to D10. Why don't they make a train that runs to C?! At least.... read more

I prefer the new train over the old mobile transports. They arrive quicker and more often. The downside stated by most who don't like it is that it involves more walking but I don't mind one bit. Since I mostly fly Virgin America and JetBlue, I can only speak about the B terminal. read more

Much much better than the old system of "moon walkers," long waiting times, and having people pushing you in and out. I like this system much more and am glad that Dulles was able to install this into the airport! read more

Nice train of course but it really needs to be longer in order to accommodate the masses. Its much better than the people movers but until it adds more cars and comes every 2 minutes then its not going to be as efficient as some would like. It's OK though as i've seen worse. read more

had a fabulous time at this airport. one thing that had me fascinated were the options to go places within the near vicinity. the smithsonian was for me an immediate option. yay !!! i have to admit tho, after having flown for nine hours and waking up to a cold winter morning, having to take the bus, only to go to the main terminal had me puzzled for a moment. yet information was available and personnel was more than willing to help. that was nice! :) gosh, the airport was extremely clean. other airports should learn from dulles. read more

Questionable convenience when compared to old "people mover" buses. The whole airport is so spread out that you spend more time walking now than on the train itself when trying to get to your terminal. read more

Trains are VERY noisy. If you are going to terminal C leave lots of extra time because you have a long walk from the train station to the terminal. read more

This train is good but could be better. I am writing this review so that someone who is in my position might find the answer on the web. (Airport / United Airlines people: Please expand Dulles with a new Terminal C and D and the world will be a better place.) We landed after a badly postponed United flight from LAX at Dulles at 410am in the C gates. Normally for the middle of the night you walk to the moon lander - "mobile lounges" (I love that -- the description makes it sound like you are going to have drinks with Virgin founder Richard Branson - you're not and there is no shag carpeting) -- that were installed at Dulles in the 1960s. And look it. But we all went from the United Gate to the underground Aerotrain, arriving at 4:30am. There was no sign of life on the platform. The sign said something like "out of service" on both sides of the platform. Not promising. After five minutes, I was ready to march back upstairs to catch mobile lounge. But . . . in a nick of time a train showed up at 4:30am. It would be nice if the train runs 24 hours a day for the Dulles Airport people to post a sign on train hours. Because when you arrive in the middle of the night it does not look promising on the platform. So at least the Washington Dulles Aerotrain is working at 4:30am in the morning. (I still don't know if it is working at 2am or 3am -- airport folks at Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, please post signs at the platform and in the terminals on the hours of operation. It is common courtesy and would relieve some Dulles travelers' anxiety) For those of you new to Dulles Airport -- Terminal B is very good, brand new, lots of shops. If you arrive with lots of spare time -- go there and avoid C/D which are an atrocity devoted to United Airlines. Terminals C and D are "united" -- meaning they are connected and continuous and devoted to United Airlines. But the current and C and D are temporary which is why when you go to the train -- it is several football fields away in walking from the C and D terminal. The Aerotrain is clean and new. More of Dulles needs to be this way. read more

It's probably a little faster than the old Star Wars-like peoplemovers with the dorsal fins they used to use, but I can't imagine what it costed. The stations are needlessly huge but the trains are reasonably frequent and there's always plenty of space. read more

If you are leaving or arriving at Concourse C, don't take the train. The walk from the train is very long and not for more elderly or physically-challenged passengers. It is better to take the old bus shuttle to Concourse D and then walk to your C gate. The engineers and planners made a mistake not providing a train station at the C concourse. read more

The trains are nice, new and fast. The Dulles site claims 2 minutes between terminals. Which is true. But what they don't tell you is that from the A commuter concourse, you walk 10 minutes, then train 2 minutes, then walk 10 minutes back to the C concourse. I could just walk direct faster. They DID NOT build a direct stop at the C concourse. And nothing for D yet at all. All that money and it takes more time now. Big waste. read more

My hubby and I thought these trains were nice, sleek, fast, easy for us.. That is until we saw an elderly couple get bowled over by the acceleration of the train. In order to make what is likely a poorly designed system, they decrease the time to load/unload passengers and there is virtually no seating for those passengers in need- another way to increase passenger capacity. And even if there is seating, there is not ample time for the 60, 70, 80 year old passengers to make it to those seats. I felt horrible for the couple that had to go from one stop to the next in a pile on the floor, but I hope that Aerotrain makes some necessary changes for the safety of their passengers. read more