Baltimore/Washington International Airport
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Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (IATA: BWI, ICAO: KBWI, FAA LID: BWI) is an international airport in Anne Arundel County, Maryland,[2] located 9 miles (14 km) south of downtown Baltimore and 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Washington, D.C.[6][7]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Maryland Aviation Administration (MDOT MAA)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Anne Arundel County, Maryland, U.S.[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Opened | June 24, 1950; 73 years ago (1950-06-24) | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating base for | Southwest Airlines[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 143 ft / 44 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°10′31″N 76°40′06″W | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | bwiairport | ||||||||||||||||||
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BWI is one of three major airports along with Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) that serve the Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area.[8]
The airport serves as one of several operating bases for Southwest Airlines. In 2022, it served 11,151,169 passengers, making it the second-busiest airport in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area after Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and the 25th-busiest airport in the United States as of 2022.[9] BWI covers 3,160 acres (12.8 km2) of land and contains three runways.[10][11]
The airport is named after Thurgood Marshall, a Baltimore native who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.