Baltimore–Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
IATA: BWI ICAO: KBWI FAA LID: BWI WMO: 72406
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Maryland Aviation Administration
Serves	Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area
Location	Anne Arundel County, near Glen Burnie, Maryland, U.S.
Focus city for	Southwest Airlines
Elevation AMSL	146 ft / 45 m
Coordinates	39°10′31″N 076°40′06″W / 39.17528°N 76.66833°W / 39.17528; -76.66833Coordinates: 39°10′31″N 076°40′06″W / 39.17528°N 76.66833°W / 39.17528; -76.66833
Website	www.bwiairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
BWI Show map of Maryland BWI Show map of the US Location of airport in Maryland / United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 10,502 3,201 Asphalt 15L/33R 5,000 1,524 Asphalt 15R/33L 9,500 2,896 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 100 30 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 25,122,651 Aircraft operations 248,585 Based aircraft 73 (2,010) Cargo 260,309,358 lb (118,074 t)
Source: Federal Aviation Administration and BWI Airport.

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (IATA: BWI, ICAO: KBWI, FAA LID: BWI) is an international airport located in Linthicum in northern unincorporated Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The airport is 9 miles (14 km) south of downtown Baltimore and 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Washington, D.C. It is the busiest, by passenger count, of three major airports serving the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area in the United States, the other two being Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. It is commonly referred to as BWI or BWI Marshall. The airport is named after Thurgood Marshall, a Baltimore native who became the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.

BWI is a focus city for Southwest Airlines, and is the second-largest airport by number of departures for that airline after Chicago–Midway. With a 71% market share in 2014, BWI is also a fortress hub for Southwest. A record 25.1 million passengers traveled through BWI in 2016, an increase of 5.45% over the previous year. BWI was ranked as the 23rd-busiest airport in North America and the 75th busiest airport in the world in 2014 by the number of passengers.