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BWI is one of three major airports that serve the [[Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area|Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://baltimore-airport.com/bwi|title=About Baltimore-Washington Int'l Airport|website=baltimore-airport.com|access-date= December 22, 2023}}</ref> [[Dulles International Airport]] (IAD), in [[Dulles, Virginia]], and [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]] (DCA), in [[Crystal City, Virginia]], are the other two.

The airport serves as one of 12 U.S.-based operating bases for [[Southwest Airlines]]. In 2023, BWI recorded 12,849,636 passenger enplanements, making it the [[List of the busiest airports in the United States|busiest airport in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area]], ranked at #23 in passenger enplanements in the U.S., followed by Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (#24) and Washington/Dulles Int'l Airport (#26).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2024-06/cy23-commercial-service-enplanements-preliminary.pdf|title=Final 2023 Calender Year Commercial Service Enplanements By Rank Order |website=faa.gov|accessdate= July 16, 2024}}</ref>

In 2005, the airport was named in honor of [[Thurgood Marshall]], a [[Baltimore]] native and the first [[African Americans|African American]] to serve as a [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court justice]].

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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 at the site was generally good.<ref name= anne/> An alternate site along [[Maryland Route 2|Gov. Ritchie Highway]] at [[Glen Burnie, Maryland|Furnace Branch]] was rejected by the [[United States Department of War]], and another possible site at [[Pasadena, Maryland|Lipin's Corner]] was deemed too far from [[Baltimore]].<ref name= anne/> The State Aviation Commission approved of the Linthicum Heights site in 1946.<ref>{{cite news |title=Linthicum Heights Airport Approved |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/151827918 |access-date=March 17, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 17, 1946 |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |page=M3 |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317010348/https://www.proquest.com/docview/151827918 |id={{ProQuest|151827918}} |url-status=live }}</ref>

Much of the land was purchased from Friendship Methodist Church in 1946,<ref>{{cite news |title= 500 Acres Acquired For Baltimore Airport |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= June 27, 1946 |page= 3 |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/151792190/ |access-date= December 22, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170305002321/http://search.proquest.com/docview/151792190/ |archive-date= March 5, 2017 |url-status= live |via=[[ProQuest]] }}</ref> and ground was broken on May 2, 1947.<ref>"Airport Work Begins Today: City And State Officials To Witness Ground-Breaking". ''The Baltimore Sun''. May 2, 1947. p. 7.</ref><ref>[http://www.bwiairport.com/en/about-bwi/bwi-timeline/#1949 "BWI History at a Glance"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208051146/http://www.bwiairport.com/en/about-bwi/bwi-timeline |date=December 8, 2009 }} BWI Airport Timeline: 1784–1947, retrieved December 27, 2011.</ref> Friendship Methodist Church held its last service on Easter Sunday in 1948.<ref name= church>{{cite news|url=~~http~~https://~~articles~~www.baltimoresun.com/1996-/02-/16/~~news/1996047047_1_friendship~~work-~~cemetery~~crews-~~cemetery~~unearth-~~board~~potters-~~cemetery~~field-isat-~~closed~~bwi-remains-recovered-for-up-to-5-people-near-old-cemetery/|title=Work crews unearth potter's field at BWI|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=February 16, 1996|first=Consella A.|last=Lee|access-date=April 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222020951/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-02-16/news/1996047047_1_friendship-cemetery-cemetery-board-cemetery-is-closed|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Friendship Methodist Church was razed to make room for the new airport.<ref name= church/> In addition, several pieces of land were bought,<ref>"Airport Farm Value Listed At $14,000 By City Appraiser". ''The Baltimore Sun''. January 7, 1947. p. 6.</ref> and 170 bodies buried in a cemetery were moved.<ref>"City to Move 170 Bodies: Will Pay To Transfer Those Buried On Airport Site". ''The Baltimore Sun''. September 27, 1946. p. 19.</ref> [[Maryland Route 170|Baltimore–Fort Meade Road]] was moved to the west to make way for the airport's construction.<ref>"City Will Pay for Road Shift: Meade Highway Runs Through Projected New Airport". ''The Baltimore Sun''. October 6, 1946. p. 18.</ref>

'''Friendship International Airport''' was dedicated on June 24, 1950, by President [[Harry S. Truman]]. Truman arrived in a [[Douglas DC-6]], then the official presidential airplane, from nearby [[Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport|Washington National Airport]]. Accompanying Truman were the [[Governor of Maryland]], [[William Preston Lane Jr.]], and [[Mayor of Baltimore|Baltimore Mayor]] [[Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.]], who was taking his first aircraft flight.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Cooperation Built Airport, Truman Says: President Dedicates Baltimore Project; Praises Aid Programs Truman Lauds Cooperation|date=June 25, 1950}}</ref> The cost to construct the airport totaled $15 million.<ref name= airportopen/> The following month, the airlines moved to the new airport from the old [[Baltimore Municipal Airport]] at Harbor Field in southeast Baltimore at {{coord|39.25|-76.53|display=inline}}. [[Eastern Airlines]] flew the first scheduled flight, a [[DC-3]], into the airport at 12:01 am on July 23, 1950.<ref name="airportopen">{{cite news |title=Friendship Airport Opens |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/152273391 |access-date=March 17, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=July 24, 1950 |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |page=12 |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317010411/https://www.proquest.com/docview/152273391 |id={{ProQuest|152273391}} |url-status=live }}</ref> Seven minutes later, the same plane was also the first flight to depart from the airport.<ref name= airportopen/> Three hundred spectators came to watch the first flights arrive and depart.<ref name= airportopen/>

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In 1972, the [[Maryland Department of Transportation]] (MDOT) purchased Friendship International Airport from the City of Baltimore for $36 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Friendship International Airport from the City of Baltimore for $36 million in 1972|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 8, 1984|author=John Mintz}}</ref> Under MDOT, the [[Maryland State Aviation Administration]] took over airfield operations, and the airport grew from three employees to more than 200. Plans to upgrade, improve, and modernize all Maryland airport facilities were announced almost immediately by [[Harry Hughes]], then Maryland Secretary of Transportation and later [[Governor of Maryland]].

On November 16, 1973, in an effort to attract passengers from the [[Washington metropolitan area]], particularly [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery]] and [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's]] counties in suburban Maryland,<ref name="newname">{{cite news |title=New Name for Airport |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/148324405/ |access-date=March 17, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 2, 1973 |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |page=A7 |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305002318/http://search.proquest.com/docview/148324405/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the airport was renamed '''Baltimore/Washington International Airport'''.<ref name="Timeline1979"/> Its [[IATA airport code|IATA code]], originally BAL, was changed to BWI by the [[International Air Transport Association]] on April 20, 1980, and the change became official six months later, on October 26. The BWI code had previously been used by an airport in Bewani, [[Papua New Guinea]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Shift to 'BWI' Ends Identity Problem for Md. Airport |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/04/21/shift-to-bwi-ends-identity-problem-for-md-airport/34c38cb9-c675-4c83-a359-1d8dd79b08c5/ |access-date=March 17, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=April 21, 1980 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828151132/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/04/21/shift-to-bwi-ends-identity-problem-for-md-airport/34c38cb9-c675-4c83-a359-1d8dd79b08c5/ |archive-date=August 28, 2017 |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1974, the first phase of the airport's modernization was completed at a cost of $30 million. Upgrades included improved instrument landing capabilities and runway systems, and construction of three new air cargo terminals, expanding the airport's freight capacity to {{convert|2.53|acre}}.<ref name="Timeline1979"/>

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In 1980, the [[BWI Rail Station]] opened, providing a connection for passengers on the [[Northeast Corridor]] through [[Amtrak]]. BWI was the first airport in the U.S. with a dedicated intercity rail station.<ref>[http://www.bwiairport.com/en/about-bwi/bwi-timeline/#1989 "BWI History at a Glance"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208051146/http://www.bwiairport.com/en/about-bwi/bwi-timeline |date=December 8, 2009 }} BWI Airport Timeline: 1980–89, retrieved November 17, 2009</ref> The station provided rail transit access to Washington, D.C., something that Dulles International Airport did not achieve until late 2022.

In 1997, a new international terminal (Concourse E), designed by STV Group and William Nicholas Bodouva & Associates,<ref>{{cite news|title=Designer Chosen for $100 Million BWI Expansion STV Group, Partner Would Design Larger International Wing|first=Edward|last=Gunts|url=~~http~~https://~~articles~~www.baltimoresun.com/1992-/06-/16/~~business/1992168181_1_stv~~designer-chosen-for-100-million-bwi-expansion-stv-group-partner-would-design-~~state~~larger-~~officials~~international-wing/|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=June 16, 1992|access-date=June 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075802/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-06-16/business/1992168181_1_stv-group-design-state-officials|archive-date=April 7, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> was added,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bwiairport.com/en/about-bwi/bwi-timeline|title=BWI Timeline: 1990 to 1999|work=BWI History at a Glance|publisher=Maryland Aviation Administration|access-date=December 15, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328005535/http://www.bwiairport.com/en/about-bwi/bwi-timeline|archive-date=March 28, 2010}}</ref> though Dulles continues to hold the lion's share of the region's international flights, and BWI has not attracted many long-haul international carriers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tkacik |first1=Christina |title=BWI is a gem among East Coast airports. (Sorry, Dulles.) |url=https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/travel/bwi-airport-best-baltimore-washington-thurgood-marshall-international-B63QX2NE2VBVVPSAIMQVUH5PX4/ |access-date=March 17, 2023 |work=The Baltimore Banner |date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302194655/https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/travel/bwi-airport-best-baltimore-washington-thurgood-marshall-international-B63QX2NE2VBVVPSAIMQVUH5PX4/ |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |language=en |quote="Only a fraction of Dulles’ sheer geographic size, BWI serves fewer international destinations. As former Oriole Adam Jones responded to me via Twitter, “Dulles is waaaaaaay out the way. But Dulles has a lot more international flights. So there’s a trade off.” Another commenter called BWI “utterly useless” for those “trying to leave North America.”" |url-status=live}}</ref>

The first transatlantic nonstops were on World Airways about 1981; [[British Airways]] arrived at BWI a few years later. [[Aer Lingus]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Aer Lingus Launches 'Quick Trips' |work=Irish Voice |date=November 25, 2003 |location=New York |page=8}}</ref> [[Air Jamaica]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shifrin |first1=Carole |title=Jamaica Banks on New Air Service From Baltimore |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1982/01/25/jamaica-banks-on-new-air-service-from-baltimore/84c31b4a-af8b-4043-ac8e-a65910a16908/ |access-date=March 16, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=January 25, 1982 |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317000145/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1982/01/25/jamaica-banks-on-new-air-service-from-baltimore/84c31b4a-af8b-4043-ac8e-a65910a16908/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Air Aruba]],<ref>Curcio, Barbara. "Worldwise". ''The Washington Post''. October 31, 1993. p. E03.</ref> [[Air Greenland]], [[El Al]], [[Icelandair]], [[KLM]], Air Canada, [[Ladeco]], and [[Mexicana de Aviación|Mexicana]] previously flew to BWI. Military flights, operated by the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force's]] [[Air Mobility Command]], continue to have a significant presence at BWI.<ref>{{cite web |title=How to Fly Military Space-A via BWI |url=https://www.poppinsmoke.com/flying-space-a-bwi/ |access-date=March 17, 2023 |work=Poppin' Smoke |date=October 24, 2019 |quote="Although it’s a civilian airport, it has more missions to and from Ramstein AB than any other location in the U.S." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009043329/https://www.poppinsmoke.com/flying-space-a-bwi/ |archive-date=October 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vogel |first1=Steve |title=World's Largest USO Opens at BWI |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/01/21/worlds-largest-uso-opens-at-bwi/f45159a3-802d-4231-8e25-d769acbd97f8/ |access-date=March 17, 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=January 21, 2000 |archive-date=August 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802050120/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/01/21/worlds-largest-uso-opens-at-bwi/f45159a3-802d-4231-8e25-d769acbd97f8/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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Four years later, in July 2004, the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]] prohibited Ghana Airways from flying to the U.S. According to officials, the company was operating on an expired license and had disobeyed orders to stop flying an unsafe plane.<ref name="wp804" /><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109021582/the-baltimore-sun/ | title=Frustrated travelers leave BWI for Ghana | work=The Baltimore Sun | date=August 4, 2004 | access-date=September 5, 2022 | author=Knight, Molly | archive-date=September 6, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906005051/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109021582/the-baltimore-sun/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2005, to accommodate Southwest's extensive presence at the airport, Concourses A and B were expanded, renovated, and integrated with one another to house all of that airline's operations there for their major operating base. The new facility, designed by [[URS Corporation]], opened on May 22, 2005. On October 1 of that year, the airport was renamed '''Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport''', to honor former [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] justice [[Thurgood Marshall]], a native of [[Baltimore]].<ref name="Timeline 2005">[http://www.bwiairport.com/en/about-bwi/bwi-timeline/#2000 "BWI History at a Glance"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208051146/http://www.bwiairport.com/en/about-bwi/bwi-timeline |date=December 8, 2009 }} BWI Airport Timeline: 2005, retrieved November 17, 2009</ref><ref>{{cite act |date=May 10, 2005 |title=Baltimore-Washington International Airport and Other State Facilities, Roads, and Bridges - Naming |legislature=[[Maryland General Assembly]] |url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2005rs/billfile/hb0189.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708100001/https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2005rs/billfile/hb0189.htm |archive-date=July 8, 2013 }} {{Cite web |url=http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2005rs/billfile/hb0189.htm |title=~~Archived~~BILL ~~copy~~INFO-2005 Regular Session-HB 189 |access-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115004058/http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2005rs/billfile/hb0189.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

In June 2006, [[North American Airlines]] introduced a link to Accra via [[Banjul]], ~~India~~[[The Gambia]], marking the restoration of direct flights between Baltimore and [[Africa]].<ref name="bs208">{{cite news | url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2008-02-21-0802210025-story.html | title=BWI losing flights to Africa in May | work=The Baltimore Sun | date=February 21, 2008 | access-date=March 16, 2023 | last=McCandlish | first=Laura | archive-date=September 22, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922021209/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2008-02-21-0802210025-story.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200606070741.html | title=Gambia: NAA Maiden Flight Returns to Banjul | work=The Daily Observer | date=June 7, 2006 | access-date=September 5, 2022 | author=Manneh, Chief Ebrima B. | location=Banjul | archive-date=June 15, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615203702/https://allafrica.com/stories/200606070741.html}}</ref> The carrier employed Boeing 767s on the route.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-04-12-0604120139-story.html | title=Small airline to start BWI–Africa service | work=The Baltimore Sun | date=April 12, 2006 | access-date=September 5, 2022 | last=Cohn | first=Meredith | archive-date=September 28, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928065004/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2006-04-12-0604120139-story.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Afterward, it made the Accra flight nonstop and added a route to Lagos. North American ended all scheduled service in May 2008.<ref name="bs208" /><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2008/02/18/daily11.html | title=North American Airlines pulling out of BWI | work=Baltimore Business Journal | date=February 18, 2008 | access-date=September 8, 2022 | author=Sharrow, Ryan | archive-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317010353/https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2008/02/18/daily11.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2008, ''[[Health (magazine)|Health]]'' magazine named BWI the second-healthiest airport in the United States.<ref>Formichelli, Linda. "[http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/16/hm.healthy.airports/index.html Magazine picks America's healthiest airports] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216212607/http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/16/hm.healthy.airports/index.html |date=December 16, 2008 }}." ''[[CNN]]''. Wednesday December 17, 2008. Retrieved on October 21, 2009.</ref> In 2009 the airport had a six percent increase in air travelers due to the proliferation of discount flights.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Andrea |title=BWI Gains Altitude |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2009-10-21-0910210001-story.html |access-date=March 17, 2023 |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=October 20, 2009 |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621152903/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2009-10-21-0910210001-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2009 survey of airport service quality by Airports Council International, BWI was the world's top ranking airport in the 15-to-25-million-passenger category.<ref name="2009ASQRankings">[http://www.aci.aero/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_banners.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-7-46^35015_725_2__ "ACI Airport Service Quality Awards 2009"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815184205/http://www.aci.aero/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_banners.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-7-46%5E35015_725_2__ |date=August 15, 2012 }} Airports Council International, retrieved February 17, 2010</ref> BWI also ranked seventh, in medium-sized airports, based on customer satisfaction conducted by [[J.D. Power and Associates]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/BWI-Thurgood-Marshall-International-Airport-Ranks-High-in-Customer-Service-84771047.html|title=BWI Airport Ranks High in Customer Service|author=Elaine Reyes|work=NBC Washington|date=February 19, 2010|access-date=December 15, 2011|archive-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317010403/https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/bwi-thurgood-marshall-international-airport-ranks-high-in-customer-service/1884337/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 5, 2014, the airport's little-used runway, 04–22, was permanently closed.<ref>{{cite web|url=~~http~~https://~~articles~~www.baltimoresun.com/2010-/12-/13/~~features/bs~~bwi-mdto-~~airport~~close-main-runways-~~20101209_1_bwi~~for-~~plans-runway-project-paul-wiedefeld~~paving/|title=BWI to close main runways for paving|date=December 13, 2010 |access-date=September 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923103135/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-12-13/features/bs-md-airport-runways-20101209_1_bwi-plans-runway-project-paul-wiedefeld|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> It was {{convert|6,000|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} long and used primarily when the main runways needed to be closed for repairs. The last operation on the runway was a [[Southwest Airlines]] flight from [[Chicago Midway Airport]], which arrived at 4:18 AM.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bwiairport.com/en/about-bwi/press-releases/1135|title=Runway 4-22 Permanently Closed at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport - BWI Airport - Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport|website=www.bwiairport.com|access-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028170416/http://www.bwiairport.com/en/about-bwi/press-releases/1135|archive-date=October 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2015, [[Norwegian Air Shuttle]] announced it would begin flights from the airport to [[Guadeloupe]] and [[Martinique]]. In an interview with ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', Norwegian Air Shuttle CEO Bjorn Kjos said, "Baltimore is high on the list for long-haul destinations", hinting at further expansion into Europe. In mid-2018, however, the airline ceased all flights out of Baltimore, attributing the cessation to heavy financial losses.

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==Facilities==

=== Runways ===

BWI Airport covers {{convert|3,160|acre|sqmi km2|1}} of land<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=BWI|use=PU|own=PU|site=08778.*A}}. Effective ~~August~~October 83, 2024</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/airport/BWI/Baltimore-Washington-International-Thurgood-Marshall-Airport|title=BWI Airport data at skyvector.com|website=skyvector.com|accessdate= July 17, 2024}}</ref> and has three active runways:<ref>{{Cite web|title=FAA Information about Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshal Airport (BWI)|url=https://www.airport-data.com/airport/BWI/|access-date=May 25, 2021|website=www.airport-data.com|archive-date=May 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525173911/https://www.airport-data.com/airport/BWI/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://airnav.com/airport/KBWI|title=AirNav Airport Information For KBWI|website=airnav.com|access-date= April 21, 2024}}</ref>

* 10/28: {{convert|10,503|x|150|feet|meter|abbr=on}}. Runway 28 is the main takeoff runway, unless wind conditions require takeoffs from Runway 15R. Runway 10 is equipped with [[Instrument landing system|ILS]] category IIIB, and runway 28 is equipped with ILS category I.

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A [[BWI Airport station (Light RailLink)|light rail station]], with service to downtown Baltimore and other locations via Baltimore Light RailLink, is located next to Concourse E.

[[Amtrak]] and [[MARC Train|MARC]] trains regularly serve the [[BWI Rail Station]], located on airport grounds but about a mile from the terminal, with free shuttle bus service connecting the destinations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Colin |date=December 15, 2019 |title=$4.7 million revamp of BWI Rail Station adds amenities, but fails to fix leaky roof |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/47-million-revamp-of-bwi-rail-station-adds-amenities-but-fails-to-fix-covered-walkways-leaky-roof/2019/12/15/32052064-1d13-11ea-b4c1-fd0d91b60d9e_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217013247/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/47-million-revamp-of-bwi-rail-station-adds-amenities-but-fails-to-fix-covered-walkways-leaky-roof/2019/12/15/32052064-1d13-11ea-b4c1-fd0d91b60d9e_story.html |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=March 17, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |quote="which offers MARC, Amtrak, bus service and a free shuttle to the airport and light rail"}}</ref> Trains on Amtrak's [[Northeast Corridor]], [[Acela]] and MARC's [[Penn Line]] stop at the station and proceed to destinations including [[Washington Union Station|Union Station]] in Washington, D.C. and [[Baltimore Penn Station|Penn Station]] in Baltimore.<ref>[http://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/penn_Nov2011.pdf MARC Penn Line rail schedule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111184757/http://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/penn_Nov2011.pdf|date=November 11, 2011}}. MTA Maryland. Retrieved December 15, 2011.</ref>

Local buses that stop at the airport terminal include the [[Maryland Transportation Authority]]'s 75 route to [[Patapsco station]] on Light RailLink and [[Arundel Mills]] Mall, as well as route 201, which connects the airport to [[Shady Grove station]] on the [[Washington Metro]].

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| [[Alaska Airlines]] | [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport|Seattle/Tacoma]] | <ref name="AlaskaRoutes">{{cite web|title=Flight Timetable|url=https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/timetables.aspx|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202123138/https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/timetables.aspx|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

| [[Allegiant Air]] | [[Asheville Regional Airport|Asheville]], [[Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport|Destin/Fort Walton Beach]], [[Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport|Sarasota]] (ends October 28, 2024),<ref>https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/allegiant-to-cut-flights-from-rockford-to-los-angeles-nashville/{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> [[Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport|Savannah]]<br />'''Seasonal:''' [[McGhee Tyson Airport|Knoxville]], [[Punta Gorda Airport (Florida)|Punta Gorda (FL)]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allegiantair.com/interactive-routemap|title=Find cheap flights to and from your city | Allegiant Interactive Route Map|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=July 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717045737/https://www.allegiantair.com/interactive-routemap|url-status=live}}</ref>

| [[American Airlines]] | [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[Chicago O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]], [[Miami International Airport|Miami]] | <ref name="AmericanRoutes">{{cite web|title=Flight schedules and notifications|url=https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule|access-date=January 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010611/https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

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| [[Avelo Airlines]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[Tweed New Haven Airport|New Haven]], [[Wilmington International Airport|Wilmington (NC)]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveloair.com/destinations|title=Destinations|access-date=March 8, 2022|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715060025/https://www.aveloair.com/destinations|url-status=live}}</ref>

| [[BermudAir]] | [[L.F. Wade International Airport|Bermuda]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.royalgazette.com/transport/news/article/20240123/bermudair-adding-baltimore-and-orlando-flights/|title= BermudAir adding Baltimore and Orlando flights|date= January 23, 2024}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.flybermudair.com/travel-info/route-map-schedules|title= Route Map & Schedules|website=BermudAir|access-date= January 23, 2024}}</ref>

| [[British Airways]] | [[Heathrow Airport|London–Heathrow]] | <ref name="BritishRoutes">{{cite web|title=Timetables|url=https://www.britishairways.com/travel/schedules/public/en_us|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227150150/https://www.britishairways.com/travel/schedules/public/en_us|archive-date=February 27, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

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| [[Play (airline)|Play]] | [[Keflavík International Airport|Reykjavík–Keflavík]] | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://flyplay.com/destinations|title=Destinations|publisher=Play|access-date=December 16, 2021|archive-date=September 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928222519/https://flyplay.com/destinations|url-status=live}}</ref>

| {{nowrap|[[Southwest Airlines]]}} | [[Albany International Airport|Albany]], [[Albuquerque International Sunport|Albuquerque]], [[Queen Beatrix International Airport|Aruba]], [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Austin–Bergstrom International Airport|Austin]], [[Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport|Birmingham (AL)]], [[Logan International Airport|Boston]], [[Buffalo Niagara International Airport|Buffalo]], [[Cancún International Airport|Cancún]], [[Charleston International Airport|Charleston (SC)]], [[Charlotte Douglas International Airport|Charlotte]], [[Chicago Midway International Airport|Chicago–Midway]], [[Chicago O'Hare International Airport|Chicago–O'Hare]], [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport|Cincinnati]], [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport|Cleveland]], [[Colorado Springs Airport|Colorado Springs]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Southwest Airlines Extends Flight Schedule With New International Options And Most-Ever Departures|date=October 26, 2023 |url=https://swamedia.com/releases/release-d5bda4d2c147f577fd1d8c167c5baaab-southwest-airlines-extends-flight-schedule-with-new-international-options-and-most-ever-departures|access-date= October 26, 2023}}</ref> [[John Glenn Columbus International Airport|Columbus–Glenn]], [[Dallas Love Field|Dallas–Love]], [[Denver International Airport|Denver]], [[Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport|Destin/Fort Walton Beach]], [[Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport|Detroit]], [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]], [[Southwest Florida International Airport|Fort Myers]], [[Gerald R. Ford International Airport|Grand Rapids]], [[Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport|Greenville/Spartanburg]], [[Bradley International Airport|Hartford]], [[William P. Hobby Airport|Houston–Hobby]], [[Indianapolis International Airport|Indianapolis]], [[Jackson–Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport|Jackson (MS)]], [[Jacksonville International Airport|Jacksonville (FL)]], [[Kansas City International Airport|Kansas City]], [[Harry Reid International Airport|Las Vegas]], [[Long Island MacArthur Airport|Long Island/Islip]], [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]], [[Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport|Louisville]], [[Manchester–Boston Regional Airport|Manchester (NH)]], [[Memphis International Airport|Memphis]], [[Miami International Airport|Miami]], [[Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport|Milwaukee]], [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]], [[Sangster International Airport|Montego Bay]], [[Myrtle Beach International Airport|Myrtle Beach]], [[Nashville International Airport|Nashville]], [[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport|New Orleans]], [[Norfolk International Airport|Norfolk]], [[San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport|Oakland]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines/southwest-extends-flight-schedule-through-october-4-2023.html|title=Southwest Extends Flight Schedule Through October 4, 2023|website=TravelPulse|access-date=February 9, 2023|archive-date=February 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209191339/https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines/southwest-extends-flight-schedule-through-october-4-2023.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]], [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport|Phoenix–Sky Harbor]], [[Pittsburgh International Airport|Pittsburgh]], [[Portland International Jetport|Portland (ME)]], [[Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport|Providence]], [[Punta Cana International Airport|Punta Cana]], [[Raleigh–Durham International Airport|Raleigh/Durham]], [[Richmond International Airport|Richmond]],<ref>{{~~citation~~cite web ~~needed~~|last1=Bell |first1=Troy |title=Richmond International Airport Adds Nonstop Flights to Baltimore, Nashville |url=https://flyrichmond.com/richmond-international-airport-adds-nonstop-flights-to-baltimore-nashville/ |publisher=Richmond International Airport |access-date=~~May~~4 October 2024 |date=4 June 2024}}</ref> [[Greater Rochester International Airport|Rochester (NY)]], [[Sacramento International Airport|Sacramento]] (resumes March 6, 2025),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240828-wnmar25|title=Southwest Airlines March 2025 Network Additions|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=28 August 2024|accessdate=29 August 2024}}</ref> [[Salt Lake City International Airport|Salt Lake City]], [[San Antonio International Airport|San Antonio]], [[San Diego International Airport|San Diego]], [[Juan Santamaría International Airport|San José (CR)]], [[Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport|San Juan]], [[Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport|Sarasota]], [[Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport|Savannah]], [[St. Louis Lambert International Airport|St. Louis]], [[Tampa International Airport|Tampa]], [[Palm Beach International Airport|West Palm Beach]] <br />'''Seasonal:''' [[Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport|Belize City]], [[Owen Roberts International Airport|Grand Cayman]], [[Guanacaste Airport|Liberia (CR)]], [[Lynden Pindling International Airport|Nassau]], [[Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport|Panama City (FL)]], [[Pensacola International Airport|Pensacola]], [[Providenciales International Airport|Providenciales]], [[Los Cabos International Airport|San José del Cabo]], [[Seattle-Tacoma International Airport|Seattle/Tacoma]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wieck-swa-production.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/page-d5bda4d2c147f577fd1d8c167c4e5464/attachment/7edddc9c03df0fbe3e70f808a2345f236b0f15ba | title=More Heart than ever before. Flights now available on Southwest.com }}</ref> | <ref>{{cite web |title=Southwest Airlines Flight Schedules |url=https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/ |access-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-date=October 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013193450/https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

| [[Spirit Airlines]] | [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]], [[Logan International Airport|Boston]],{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} [[Cancún International Airport|Cancún]], [[Charleston International Airport|Charleston (SC)]],<ref name=SPIRITNEW>{{cite web |title= Spirit Airlines Introduces Some New US Routes, Suspends Others |url= https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines-airports/spirit-airlines-introduces-some-new-us-routes-suspends-others |website=Travel Pulse |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport|Dallas/Fort Worth]], [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]], [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport|Houston–Intercontinental]], [[Harry Reid International Airport|Las Vegas]], [[Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles]], [[Miami International Airport|Miami]], [[Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport|Milwaukee]],<ref name=SPIRITNEW /> [[Myrtle Beach International Airport|Myrtle Beach]], [[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport|New Orleans]],{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]], [[Portland International Airport|Portland (OR)]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kptv.com/2024/02/29/spirit-airlines-adding-nonstop-flights-pdx-baltimore/ | title=Spirit Airlines adding nonstop flights from PDX to Baltimore | date=February 29, 2024 }}</ref> [[Sacramento International Airport|Sacramento]],<ref name=SPIRITNEW2>https://twitter.com/IshrionA/status/1776124453451112519 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> [[San Jose Mineta International Airport|San Jose (CA)]],<ref name=SPIRITNEW2 /> [[Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport|San Juan]], [[Tampa International Airport|Tampa]] <br />'''Seasonal:''' [[San Diego International Airport|San Diego]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines-airports/spirit-airlines-introduces-some-new-us-routes-suspends-others | title=Spirit Airlines Introduces Some New US Routes, Suspends Others }}</ref> | <ref name="SpiritRoutes">{{cite web|title=Where We Fly|url=https://www.spirit.com/RouteMaps.aspx|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042503/https://www.spirit.com/routemaps.aspx|archive-date=December 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Seasonal:''' [[San Diego International Airport|San Diego]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines-airports/spirit-airlines-introduces-some-new-us-routes-suspends-others | title=Spirit Airlines Introduces Some New US Routes, Suspends Others }}</ref> | <ref name="SpiritRoutes">{{cite web|title=Where We Fly|url=https://www.spirit.com/RouteMaps.aspx|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042503/https://www.spirit.com/routemaps.aspx|archive-date=December 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

| {{nowrap|[[Sun Country Airlines]]}} | '''Seasonal:''' [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport|Minneapolis/St. Paul]] | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bwiairport.com/flying-with-us/about-bwi/press-media/november-5-2019-bwi-thurgood-marshall-airport-welcomes-sun|title=November 5, 2019 - BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Welcomes Sun Country Airlines | BWI Airport|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105200841/https://www.bwiairport.com/flying-with-us/about-bwi/press-media/november-5-2019-bwi-thurgood-marshall-airport-welcomes-sun|url-status=live}}</ref>

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| 2013||22,498,353||2023||26,200,143

| 2014||22,312,676||2024||15,896,922(YTD)

| 2015||23,823,532||2025||

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==Accidents and incidents at or near BWI==

* On March 25, 1953, a [[USAF]] [[North American B-25 Mitchell]], aircraft serial # 44–29864, crashed 3 miles SE of [[Glen Burnie, Maryland]] on approach to then Friendship Int'l Airport because of weather factors. All three occupants on board were killed. This was the first fatal accident at or near the airport since its opening in July 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/351087|title=Accident Description for 44-29864|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date= January 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviationarchaeology.com/listpages/airforce/asp/AF_Monthly_1953.asp|title=USAF Accident Reports-1953 (crashdate:530325)|website=aviationarchaeology.com|access-date=December 5, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=|date=March 26, 1953|title=Three Air Force Men Killed In B-25 Crash At Friendship Airport|url=https://newspapers.com/image/374260777?terms=baltimore%25sur|work=The Baltimore Sun|location=page 38|access-date= December 9, 2023|ref=none}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=|date=March 26, 1953|title=Bomber Bumps Auto Off Highway, Then Crashes, Killing 3|url=https://newspapers.com/image/869850755/?terms=The%20Evening%20Sun|work=The Evening Star|location=page 3|access-date= January 22, 2024|ref=none}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=|date=March 26, 1953|title=Plane Crash Kills Three Men|url=https://newspapers.com/image/14721953/?terms=|work=Cumberland Evening Times|location=page 7|access-date= January 25, 2024|ref=none}}</ref>

* On January 2, 1973, a [[Piedmont Airlines (1948-1989)|Piedmont Airlines]] [[NAMC YS-11]] (registration unknown) with 4 occupants on board was intended to be hijacked. One passenger remained on board after landing at BWI and demanded to be taken to [[Canada]]. A Roman Catholic cardinal and an [[FBI]] agent talked the individual into surrendering. There were no injuries/fatalities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/330285|title=Piedmont Airlines Hijacking Attempt Description at Aviation Safety Network|website=aviationsafetynetwork.org|accessdate= October 1, 2024}}</ref>

* On February 22, 1974, [[Samuel Byck]] entered BWI, shot and killed an aviation police officer and stormed onto [[Delta Air Lines Flight 523]]. He killed the first officer and severely wounded the captain. He intended to hijack the plane and crash it into the [[White House]]. A gunfight ensued, and Byck was mortally wounded by a police officer from outside the aircraft. Byck killed himself before police stormed the aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ranter |first1=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9 registration unknown Baltimore/Washington International Airport, MD (BWI) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740222-0 |website=aviation-safety.net |access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009144351/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740222-0 |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The attempted hijacking was later portrayed in the 2004 film, ''[[The Assassination of Richard Nixon]]'', with [[Sean Penn]] and [[Naomi Watts]].

* On January 9, 1985, a [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation]] [[North American Sabreliner]] on short final nosed down into the displaced threshold of runway 33L, causing the aircraft to bounce and collapsing the landing gear after settling on the runway. Both occupants survived, but the aircraft was substantially damaged.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/327286|title=Accident description for N1863T at Aviation Safety Network|website=aviationsafetynetwork.org|accessdate= October 1, 2024}}</ref>

* On December 10, 1992, a [[Volpar Turboliner]] operated by [[Connie Kalitta Services]] crashed {{convert|3|mi}} west of BWI in [[Elkridge, Maryland|Elkridge]] due to a shift in cargo in the aircraft during final approach. The sole occupant, the pilot, was killed.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ranter |first1=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Volpar Turboliner II N7770B Elkridge, MD |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19921210-1 |website=aviation-safety.net |access-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310021805/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19921210-1 |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

* On May 6, 2009, a [[World Airways]] DC-10-30 with registration N139WA operating as Flight 8535 from Leipzig, Germany for the Military Airlift Command experienced a hard landing at BWI. As a result of the captain's response to the hard landing, the plane's nose wheel struck the runway hard two times. The aircraft blew one of its front tires and had to execute a go-around before landing successfully. Several passengers were injured, including the first officer, who suffered back trauma. The age of the aircraft (29 years 11 months at the time of the accident) and the extent of damage to the front landing gear and fuselage resulted in the aircraft being written off. The aircraft was parted out and is now used on-site for fire/rescue training and practice purposes.<ref>{{ASN accident|id=20090506-0|access-date=November 23, 2020|title=N139WA}}</ref>

* On December 12, 2014, [[Southwest Airlines]] Flight 3118, a [[Boeing 737-700]], encountered multiple bird strikes while on approach to BWI. There were no injuries to the 145 passengers and crew, but the aircraft was substantially damaged. There was damage to the 178 forward pressure bulkhead and left wing fixed leading edge main rib. The plane was repaired and placed back into service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/320391|title=Accident description for N7710A at Aviation Safety Network|website=aviationsafetynetwork.org|accessdate= September 25, 2024}}</ref>

* On August 4, 2016, [[Southwest Airlines]] Flight 149, a [[Boeing 737-300]] bound for Atlanta Int'l Airport, suffered a failure of the nose landing gear during pushback at BWI because of the tug operators excessive speed during pushback. The nose gear collapsed in a forward direction, causing severe damage to the gear structure, the nose gear wheel and crushing the forward bulkhead. There were no injuries among the 6 crew and 129 passengers but the aircraft, which was 23 years old at the time of the incident, was substantially damaged and written off.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/320035|title=Accident description for N368SW at Aviation Safety Network|website=asn.flightsafety.org|accessdate= August 29, 2024}}</ref>

* On February 7, 2020, a [[Mountain Air Cargo]] [[Cessna 208 Caravan]], operating for [[FedEx]], was conducting an [[instrument landing system]] (ILS) approach in night meteorological conditions to runway 10 at BWI. After landing safely, it was discovered the pilot struck four separate approach light towers as well as a localizer antenna, causing substantial damage to the plane's empennage, right horizontal stabilizer, right wing strut, and front cargo pod. Also a piece of an approach light was caught on the plane's right landing gear. The aircraft was substantially damaged, but repaired and placed back into service.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/319239|title=Accident description for N988FX at Aviation Safety Network|accessdate= October 1, 2024}}</ref>

* On September 14, 2024, a [[Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six]] crashed just off the departure end of runway 15L, the [[general aviation]] runway at BWI. The pilot and two passengers on board did not sustain any major injuries, but the aircraft did sustain substantial damage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/423587|title=Accident description for N6FT at Aviation Safety Network|website=aviationsafetynetwork.org|accessdate= October 1, 2024}}</ref>

==In popular culture==