Baltimore-Washington International Airport

Baltimore/Washington International Airport serves the Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC metro-region. It is commonly referred to by its IATA Airport Code, BWI.

Located near Friendship Church in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 10 miles south of Baltimore, Maryland, and 30 miles north of Washington, D.C., Friendship Airport was opened in 1950 and renamed Baltimore/Washington International Airport in 1973. Major remodeling began in 1974 and was completed in 1979. The airport is now a hub for Southwest Airlines and served about 20 million passengers in 2002. It is also the pilot airport for new security technologies in the wake of the War on Terrorism, and thus passengers may find exceptionally long waits there. The airport has been a backdrop in numerous films, including Broadcast News.

On April 12, 2005, the Maryland General Assembly approved a bill, signed into law by Governor Robert L. Ehrlich on May 10 2005, to change the name of BWI. The airport name will be changed to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in honor of Thurgood Marshall, a former US Supreme Court judge who grew up in Baltimore. The name change will become effective on October 1, 2005. Though the name of the airport will change, the IATA and IACO locator codes will remain the same.

This airport was the major haven for low-cost flights in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area until Independence Air began operations out of Dulles International Airport in 2004.

Baltimore/Washington International Airport has 5 Concourses (Concourse A is under construction).

Concourses

Concourse A

• Under construction

Concourse B

• Southwest Airlines (Albany, Albuquerque, Austin, Birmingham, Buffalo, Chicago/Midway, Cleveland, Columbus, Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, Hartford, Houston/Hobby, Indianapolis, Jackson, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Long Island/Islip, Los Angeles, Louisville, Manchester, Nashville, New Orleans, Norfolk/Southern Virginia, Orlando, Phoenix, Providence, Raleigh/Durham, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, Tampa, and West Palm Beach)

Concourse C

• American Airlines (Chicago/O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, San Juan, and St. Louis)
• American Eagle (Boston)
• Comair dba Delta Connection (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky (Covington, KY) and New York/Kennedy)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky (Covington, KY), and Salt Lake City)
• Hooters Air (Myrtle Beach)
• Southwest Airlines (See Concourse A)

Concourse D

• AirTran (Atlanta, Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dayton, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Orlando, Rochester, Sarasota/Bradenton, and Tampa)
• America West Airlines (Las Vegas and Phoenix)
• Continental Airlines (Cleveland and Houston/Intercontinental)
• Continental Express (Cleveland and Newark)
• Commutair dba Continental Connection (White Plains)
• Frontier Airlines (Denver)
• Mesa Airlines dba US Airways Express
• Midwest Airlines (Milwaukee)
• Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Memphis, and Minneapolis/St. Paul)
• Pinnacle Airlines dba Northwest Airlink (Memphis)
• Piedmont Airlines dba US Airways Express (New York/LaGuardia, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh)
• PSA Airlines dba US Airways Express (Charlotte, New York/LaGuardia, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh)
• Trans States Airlines dba US Airways Express(Greensboro, Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Syracuse)
• Chautauqua Airlines dba US Airways Express (New York/LaGuardia and Pittsburgh)
• MidAtlantic Airlines dba US Airways Express (Philadelphia and Pittsburgh)
• United Airlines (Chicago/O'Hare, Denver, Los Angeles, and San Francisco)
• US Airways (Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh)

Concourse E

• Air Canada Jazz (Toronto)
• Air Jamaica (Montego Bay)
• Air Mobility Command
• British Airways (London/Heathrow)
• Charter Airlines
• Icelandair (Keflavik)
• USA 3000 (Bermuda, Cancun, Ft Myers, and Punta Cana)

Access

Rail

BWI is a stop on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor and the Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) Penn Line, though the BWI Rail stop is not within the airport terminal; a free shuttle bus brings passengers to and from the train station and airport terminal. The Maryland Transit Administration's light rail line has a station at the airport's International Terminal; passengers can board here for trains to Baltimore City.

Buses

There are also shuttle buses between BWI and the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and between the airport and the Washington Metrorail subway station at Greenbelt, Maryland.

Highway

BWI is located just off the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. It is also accessible from Interstate 95 by using a spur, Interstate 195.

External links

• http://www.bwiairport.com/