![]() The early Boeing 707s and Douglas DC-8s could not use Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport did not open until 1962, so Baltimore became Washington's jet airport in May–June 1959 when American and TWA began transcontinental 707 flights. Miami had a couple of nonstop flights, but westward nonstop flights did not reach beyond Ohio Baltimore's reach expanded when jet service started. The Official Airline Guide for April 1957 shows 52 weekday departures: 19 Eastern, 12 Capital, 8 American, 4 National, 3 TWA, 3 United, 2 Delta, and 1 Allegheny. 300 people came to watch the first flight arrive and depart. ![]() Seven minutes later, the same plane was also the first flight to depart from the airport. Eastern Airlines flew the first scheduled flight, a DC-3, into the airport at 12:01 am on July 23, 1950. ![]() The following month the airlines moved to the new airport from the old Baltimore Municipal Airport (Harbor Field in southeast Baltimore at 39☁5′N 76☃2′W / 39.25°N 76.53°W / 39.25 -76.53). The total cost to construct the airport totaled $15 million. Truman arrived in the then official presidential plane Independence from nearby Washington National Airport carrying the Governor of Maryland, William Preston Lane Jr., as well as Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. įriendship International Airport was dedicated on June 24, 1950, by President Harry S. Baltimore–Fort Meade Road was moved to the west to make way for the airport's construction. In addition, several pieces of land were bought, and 170 bodies buried in a cemetery were moved. Friendship Methodist Church was razed to make room for the new airport. Friendship Methodist Church held its last service on Easter Sunday in 1948. Much of the land was purchased from Friendship Methodist Church in 1946, and ground was broken on May 2, 1947. The State Aviation Commission approved of the Linthicum Heights site in 1946. Ritchie Highway at Furnace Branch was rejected by the United States War Department, and another possible site at Lipin's Corner was deemed too far from Baltimore. ![]() The site was chosen because it was a 15-minute drive from downtown Baltimore close to the Pennsylvania Railroad line, the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad line and the proposed Baltimore–Washington Parkway and visibility was generally good. The cost of building the airport was estimated at $9 million. In 1944, the Baltimore Aviation Commission announced its decision that the best location to build a new airport would be on a 2,100-acre (850 ha) tract of land near Linthicum Heights. Planning for a new airport on 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) to serve the Baltimore–Washington area began just before the end of World War II. History 20th century An aerial view of BWI Marshall Airport with downtown Baltimore in the background in September 2009 The airport is named after Thurgood Marshall, a Baltimore native who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. BWI covers 3,160 acres (1,280 hectares) of land. ![]() The airport, which serves as one of several operating bases for Southwest Airlines, is the 22nd-busiest airport in the United States and the busiest in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area as of 2021. īWI is the largest of the three airports, including Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, that serve the Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area. Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport ( IATA: BWI, ICAO: KBWI, FAA LID: BWI), commonly referred to as Baltimore/Washington International Airport, BWI, and BWI Marshall, is an international airport in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, located 9 miles (14 km) south of downtown Baltimore and 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Washington, D.C. ![]()
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