BWI Airport | POV Driving Tour

Let's take a POV driving trip to BWI Airport! The Baltimore-Washington International Airport is located south of Baltimore City. We'll start our driving trip where Interstate 195 meets Route 295. We'll drive a short distance on I-195 to the Departure Loop of BWI Airport. We'll drive past the Concourse Terminals and back out to I-295. We'll then travel west back past Route 295, Interstate 895 (the Harbor Tunnel Thruway), and end out trip at Interstate 95.
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, sometimes known as BWI or BWI Marshall, is an international airport in the Eastern United States that primarily serves Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland. It is one of three important airports serving the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area, along with Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport.
The airport, which is situated in Anne Arundel County, is 30 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. and 9 miles south of Downtown Baltimore. This is the 22nd busiest airport in the country (and the busiest in the National Capital region) and serves as a base for Southwest Airlines. It bears Thurgood Marshall's name, a native of Baltimore and the first African American to hold the position of Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court. 3,160 acres of land make up BWI.
The dedication and grand opening of Friendship Airport was led by President Harry Truman in June of 1950. The airport was built for a total of $15 million. Airlines relocated from the old Baltimore Municipal Airport to the new airport. On July 23, 1950, Eastern Airlines landed the first regularly scheduled flight into the airport. The same aircraft departed the airport as the first flight out, seven minutes later. 300 people showed up to see the maiden flight land and take off.
In 1972, Friendship International Airport was purchased by the Maryland Department of Transportation for $36 million from the City of Baltimore. The Maryland State Aviation Administration assumed control of airfield operations under MDOT. On November 16, 1973, the airport was renamed Baltimore/Washington International Airport in an effort to draw travelers from the Washington metropolitan region.
BWI served as a hub for Piedmont Airlines (and its successor, US Airways) beginning in the 1980s. However US Airways was forced to scale back operations due to financial difficulties. Since Southwest Airlines' entrance in September 1993, the airport has served as a haven for low-cost flights in the Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan Area. Southwest is also t he main airline serving the airport.
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