Baltimore/Washington International Airport

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
IATA: BWI ICAO: KBWI FAA LID: BWI WMO: 72406
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Maryland Aviation Administration (MDOT MAA)
Operator	MDOT MAA[1]
Serves	Baltimore metropolitan area Washington metropolitan area
Location	Anne Arundel County, Maryland, U.S.
Hub for	Southern Airways Express[2]
Focus city for	Southwest Airlines Spirit Airlines
Elevation AMSL	146 ft / 45 m
Coordinates	39°10′31″N 076°40′06″W / 39.17528°N 76.66833°W / 39.17528; -76.66833
Website	BWIairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
BWI Location of airport in Maryland Show map of Maryland BWI BWI (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 10,503 3,201 Asphalt 15L/33R 5,000 1,524 Asphalt 15R/33L 9,501 2,896 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 100 30 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 27,145,831 Aircraft operations 266,569 Based aircraft (2017) 47 Cargo 439,923,554 lb (199,546 t)
Sources: Federal Aviation Administration[3] and BWI Airport.[4]

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport ^[5] is an airport serving the Washington Metropolitan Area in the United States. It is commonly called BWI. The airport is in northern Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is about 10 miles (16 km) south of Baltimore^[6] and 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Washington, DC.^[7] BWI is named after Thurgood Marshall. He is a Baltimore native and the first African American to be on the Supreme Court of the United States.

BWI is a focus city for Southwest Airlines and Cape Air. It is a hub for AirTran Airways. 21.9 million passengers traveled through BWI in 2010.^[8] July was the busiest month ever in the airport's history.^[9] BWI was the 24th busiest airport in North America in 2010.^[10] The airport was also 47th in the world in total aircraft movements in 2008.^[11]

In 2010, BWI was listed as the best airport of its size (15–25 mil. passengers) in the world by the Airports Council International. This was based on its 2009 Airport Service Quality survey.^[12] The airport also won second place for North American airports in the "Best Food and Beverage Program" of the 2010 Richard A. Griesbach Excellence in Airport Concessions Contest.^[13]

1. ↑ "About MDOT MAA". BWIairport.com. Retrieved February 16, 2019. The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Aviation Administration (MDOT MAA) is the owner and operator of BWI Marshall Airport (BWI) and Martin State Airport (KMTN).
2. ↑ "Southern Airways Moves D.C. Area Hub to BWI". Transportation.WVU.edu. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
3. ↑ FAA Airport Master Record for BWI (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved November 25, 2009
4. ↑ "BWI Airport December 2015 Statistics" (PDF). BWIairport.com. December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
5. ↑ (IATA: BWI, ICAO: KBWI, FAA LID: BWI)
6. ↑ "Driving Directions: Baltimore, MD". BWI Airport. Archived from the original on December 19, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
7. ↑ "Driving Directions: Washington DC". BWI Airport. Archived from the original on July 15, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
8. ↑ Mirabella, Lorraine (February 14, 2011). "BWI sets passenger record in 2010". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on February 26, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
9. ↑ "BWI Airport sets passenger traffic record in 2010". Yahoo! News. Associated Press. February 14, 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
10. ↑ "2010 North American Airports Traffic". Airport Traffic Reports. Airports Council International. 2010. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
11. ↑ "Top World Airports 2008 Final Rankings". Airports Council International. 2009. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
12. ↑ "Survey: BWI ranked top airport of its size in world". The Baltimore Sun. February 18, 2010. Archived from the original on August 23, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
13. ↑ "BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Wins Concessions Award". BWI Airport press release. Archived from the original on December 23, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.