DC Area Airports

  • About 1/3 more people travel between Dulles and London-Heathrow per year than between Dulles and Los Angeles, the most common domestic route
  • Over 2 million people visited Reagan National during the first year, including 344,257 actual passengers
  • BWI’s hourly and daily parking garages use Smart Park technology with colored lights to guide you to an open space
  • There are no third-party satellite parking lots at Dulles Airport
  • Most of the land for what is now Reagan National Airport was originally under water
  • Time to burn between flights? Walk BWI’s Cardio Trail
  • Dulles was the first airport in the nation designed specifically for commercial jets
  • While Reagan National is physically in Virginia, Congress established exclusive federal jurisdiction over it until the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority was created in 1987
  • Zagster bike-sharing service provides travelers a chance to rent a bike and enjoy a 12.5 mile scenic trail around the BWI property
  • Extra time at Dulles? Lose yourself at that National Air and Space Museum-Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
  • Originally Reagan National had 4 runways, but one was closed in 1956