Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Baltimore/Washington International Airport serves the Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC metro-region. Its IATA Airport Code is 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. The airport was renamed in 1973, and 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 War on Terrorism, and thus passengers may find exceptionally long waits here. The airport has been a backdrop in numerous films, including Broadcast News.
Baltimore/Washington International Airport has 5 Concourses (Concourse A is under construction).
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Concourses
Concourse A
Concourse B
Concourse C
Concourse D
Concourse E
Transportation
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. There is also a shuttle between BWI and the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.