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Baltimore/Washington International Airport
airport near Baltimore, Maryland, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Maryland Aviation Administration (MDOT MAA) | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | MDOT MAA[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Anne Arundel County, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 146 ft / 45 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°10′31″N 076°40′06″W | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | BWIairport.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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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]