Dulles Technology Corridor Dulles Technology Corridor The Dulles Technology Corridor is a business cluster containing many defense and technology companies, located in Northern Virginia near Washington Dulles International Airport. The area was called "The Silicon Valley of the East" by "Atlantic" magazine. It was dubbed the "Netplex" in a 1993 article by "Fortune" magazine. Another article in 2000 claimed that the area contained "vital electronic pathways that carry more than half of all traffic on the Internet. The region is home to more telecom and satellite companies than any other place on earth." The Dulles Technology Corridor is a descriptive term for a
Norfolk International Airport which it is categorized as a small-hub primary commercial service facility. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,606,695 enplanements in calendar year 2011, a decrease of 3.4 percent from 1,663,294 in 2010. , Norfolk International was ranked as the 70th-busiest airport in the United States and the fourth-busiest in Virginia in terms of passengers served annually following Richmond International, Dulles International Airport and Reagan National Airport. Southwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines are the predominant users of the airport. Norfolk International Airport covers an area of 1,300 acres (526 ha) at an elevation of 27