<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Baltimore/Washington International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para pb-lg-2 p-3">An aerial view of BWI Marshall Airport with downtown Baltimore in the background in September 2009 Planning for a new airport on 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) to serve the Baltimore&ndash;Washington area began just before the end of World War II. 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. The cost of building the airport was estimated at $9 million. 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&ndash;Washington Parkway; and visibility was generally good. An alternate site along Gov. 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 State Aviation Commission approved of the Linthicum Heights site in 1946 much of the land was purchased from Friendship Methodist Church in 1946, and ground was broken on May 2, 1947.Friendship Methodist Church held its last service on Easter Sunday in 1948.Friendship Methodist Church was razed to make room for the new airport. In addition, several pieces of land were bought, and 170 bodies buried in a cemetery were moved. Baltimore&ndash;Fort Meade Road was moved to the west to make way for the airport's construction.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 my-4">Facilities Baltimore/Washington International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para pb-lg-2 p-3">BWI Airport has three active runways:</p>
<p class="blog-para pb-lg-2 p-3">10/28: 10,503 ft &times; 150 ft (3,201 m &times; 46 m). Runway 28 is the main takeoff runway, unless wind conditions require takeoffs from Runway 15R. Runway 10 is equipped with ILS category IIIB, and runway 28 is equipped with ILS category I.</p>
<p class="blog-para pb-lg-2 p-3">15R/33L: 9,501 ft &times; 150 ft (2,896 m &times; 46 m): Runway 33L is the main landing runway, unless wind or fog conditions require landings on Runway 10 with its higher ILS rating. Thomas A. Dixon Aircraft Observation Area at Friendship Park overlooks Runway 33L. Equipped with ILS category I in both directions.</p>
<p class="blog-para pb-lg-2 p-3">15L/33R: 5,000 ft &times; 100 ft (1,524 m &times; 30 m). Main runway for general aviation and smaller commercial aircraft. Originally 3,200 ft (980 m), it was extended in the 1990s and is able to handle emergency landings by Boeing 737 aircraft, by far the most popular plane at the airport. Equipped with ILS category I in both directions. Runway 4/22 (defunct): 6,000 ft &times; 150 ft (1,829 m &times; 46 m). Closed in 2014, this runway is now part of taxiways and aprons.</p>
<p class="blog-para pb-lg-2 p-3">Cargo Concourse Baltimore/Washington International Airport:</p>
<p class="blog-para pb-lg-2 p-3">The airport's cargo concourse covers a 395,000 sq ft (36,700 m2) area. Its facilities include a 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) cargo building in the Midfield Cargo Complex, including a 200,000 square feet warehouse used for Amazon Air, a foreign trade zone, a 17 acres (6.9 ha) air cargo ramp, and ramp parking for 17 aircraft with direct nose-in access for eight freighters.</p>
<p><img class="img-fluid p-lg-0 rounded w-100" title="Jodogo Airport Assist Services" src="../../../main/img/airport/balt/b-fac.webp" alt="Facilities Baltimore/Washington International Airport"></p>