Maryland Aviation Administration Official Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) Website

www.bwiairport.com


Distance from . . .

• Hyatt Arlington: 36 miles or 58 kilometers
• Union Station: 32 miles or 52 kilometers
• 16th and K streets NW: 33.5 miles or 54 kilometers
• Chevy Chase Circle: 36 miles or 58 kilometers


Additional Phone Numbers

* Flight info: Call individual airlines or use the flight-tracking section of the BWI Web site.
* Paging: +1-800-435-9294
* Airport police: +1-410-859-7040
* Lost and found: +1-410-859-7387


Parking

*Garage: Across the street from the main terminal. First 30 minutes free, then $2 for each half-hour, with a daily maximum of $30.
* Daily Lot B: At Aviation Boulevard (Route 170) and Elm Road, northwest of the airport. First 30 minutes free, then $2 an hour, with a daily maximum of $11. Shuttle buses to the terminal run every eight minutes.
* Express Service Parking (ESP): On Aviation Boulevard across from the Air Cargo Complex. $3 an hour up to $13 a day. Dispatched shuttle buses to the terminal run every five minutes.
* Satellite or long-term parking (Blue and Green lots): On Aviation Boulevard a few miles north of the airport. $1 an hour with a daily maximum of $7; every seventh day is free. Shuttle buses to the terminal run every 10 minutes.
Overflow (Gold, Red and Pink lots): These lots are open during holiday periods when the airport is busiest. The Gold Lot is farthest, on Dorsey Road (Route 176) east of Aviation Boulevard and is the first of the overflow lots to open. The Red Lot is off Amtrak Way near the train station. The Pink Lot is a few miles south of the airport off Aviation Boulevard. $1 an hour up to a daily maximum of $7; every seventh day is free. Shuttle buses to the terminal run every 15-20 minutes.
* More info: +1-410-859-9230, or listen to radio station 1040 AM. "Pay and Go" kiosks, on the upper and lower levels of Concourse D, let you prepay for the hourly lots and exit through special express lanes. You must exit within 30 minutes of paying.


Getting There

* By train: Both Amtrak and MARC trains travel from Union Station and New Carrollton to the BWI Rail Station, where a free shuttle bus connects you to the airport.
Amtrak runs from 5:05 a.m. until 10:45 p.m. from Union Station and departs from New Carrollton nine minutes later. Return service from BWI starts at 5:20 a.m. and ends at 11:32 p.m. The trip is 25 minutes to/from Union Station and 15 minutes to/from New Carrollton. $23 each way from Union Station, $22 from New Carrollton. Info: +1-800-872-7245, www.amtrak.com.
MARC trains depart Monday through Friday nearly hourly; no weekend or holiday service. Service from Union Station is 6:05 a.m. to 10:15 p.m.; from New Carrollton, 6:16 a.m. to 10:26 p.m.; from BWI, 5:07 a.m. to 8:57 p.m. The trip takes 35 minutes. Cost is $5 one way, $8.75 round trip. Info: +1-800-325-7245, www.mtamaryland.com.
* By subway/bus: The BWI Express bus (No. B30) runs nonstop from the Greenbelt Metro station on the Green Line to BWI's Concourse E. Buses depart Greenbelt every 40 minutes from 6:10 a.m. weekdays/8:40 a.m. weekends until 10 p.m. daily. $2 each way. Info: +1-202-637-7000, www.wmata.com.
* By taxi: Fares are about $55 one way from downtown Washington and $65 from Bethesda, $62 from Reagan National and $90 from Dulles International Airport.


Services

* 34 food/drink/snack spots
* 26 retail shops, including newsstands
* 2 currency exchange stations