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Large airport · United States

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport

Baltimore, United States · #86 world#26 of 114 in country

BWIIATA code
KBWIICAO code
25.2Mpassengers in 2025
3,201 mlongest of 3 runways
44 melevation · 144 ft
1950opened
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
Photo: Doc Searls from Santa Barbara, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI/KBWI) is an airport in the United States serving Baltimore.

It handled 25,215,520 passengers in 2025, making it number 86 in our world ranking and number 26 of 114 ranked airports in the United States.

It has 3 runways, the longest 3,201 m, at an elevation of 44 m.

1 airline uses it as a hub: Southern Airways Express.

Passengers per year

2012–2025
22.7M22.5M22.3M23.8M25.1M26.4M27.1M27M11.2M18.9M22.8M26.2M27.1M25.2M
2012’122013’132014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’25
Identification
IATA
BWI
ICAO
KBWI
UN/LOCODE
USBWI
Wikidata
Q94895
Location
City served
Baltimore, Washington metropolitan area, Baltimore metropolitan area
Located in
Anne Arundel County
Coordinates
39.1782, -76.6675
Elevation
44 m (144 ft)
Organisation
Type
international airport, airport
Opened
1950-06-24
Operator
Maryland Aviation Administration
Owner
Maryland Aviation Administration
Named after
Washington, D.C., Baltimore
Runways
15L/33R
1,524 m · 5,000 ftrock asphalt
15R/33L
2,896 m · 9,501 ftrock asphalt
10/28
3,201 m · 10,502 ftrock asphalt

Hub for 1 airline

9XSouthern Airways Express