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Baltimore–Washington International Airport 00:02:13 1 History 00:02:22 1.1 Early years 00:05:45 1.2 1970s–1990s 00:09:31 1.3 2000s–present 00:11:39 2 Terminals 00:12:06 2.1 Passenger concourses 00:14:13 2.2 Cargo concourse 00:14:49 2.3 Airline lounges 00:15:34 2.4 Terminal improvements 00:17:11 3 Airlines and destinations 00:17:21 3.1 Passenger 00:17:30 3.2 Cargo 00:17:38 4 Statistics 00:20:03 4.1 Top destinations 00:20:12 4.2 Airline market share 00:20:21 4.3 Annual traffic 00:20:29 5 Ground transportation 00:20:52 5.1 Shuttle services, taxis, and buses 00:23:30 5.2 Highway 00:23:50 5.3 Rail 00:25:15 5.4 Cycling 00:25:42 6 Other facilities 00:25:51 6.1 Business District 00:26:38 6.2 DHS/CBP Facility 00:27:04 6.3 Recreation Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Thurgood Marshall Airport (IATA: BWI, ICAO: KBWI, FAA LID: BWI) is the primary international airport serving the Baltimore metropolitan area and one of 3 major airports that serves the Baltimore–Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Located in an unincorporated area of Anne Arundel County, the airport is 9 miles (14 km) south of downtown Baltimore. It is the busiest airport in Maryland, handling more passengers than all airports serving the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. It is commonly referred to as BWI or BWI Marshall. The airport is named after Thurgood Marshall, a Baltimore native who was the first African American to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. This airport also has a heavy population base from the Washington metropolitan area and Harrisburg metropolitan area. BWI is a focus city for Southwest Airlines, and is the second-largest airport by number of departures for that airline after Chicago–Midway. With a 71% market share in 2014, BWI also serves as a fortress hub for Southwest, and a small regional hub for Southern Airways Express. A record 25.1 million passengers traveled through BWI in 2016, an increase of 5.45% over the previous year. BWI was ranked as the 23rd-busiest airport in North America and the 75th-busiest airport in the world in 2014 by the number of passengers. BWI covers 3,160 acres (1,279 ha) of land.In 2010, BWI was ranked as the best airport of its size (15–25 mil. passengers) in the world by the Airports Council International based on its 2009 Airport Service Quality survey. The airport also was ranked second for North American airports in the "Best Food and Beverage Program" of the 2010 Richard A. Griesbach Excellence in Airport Concessions Contest, sponsored by the Airports Council International.Police services are provided by the Maryland Transportation Authority Police. |