BWI

Transportation & Travel abbreviation · Airport Code

BWI
Stands forBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
CategoriesTransportation & Travel

BWI stands for Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, an airport code abbreviation.

Airport serving Baltimore and the Washington, DC, region, located south of Baltimore in Anne Arundel County. Southwest Airlines carries most of its passengers, making it one of Southwest's busiest bases.

Example: BWI fares were $150 cheaper than Dulles, so we're driving up from DC.

Usage notes

ICAO code KBWI. Opened in 1950 as Friendship International Airport, it was renamed Baltimore/Washington International in 1973 to attract travelers from the capital, and Thurgood Marshall's name was added in 2005 to honor the Baltimore-born Supreme Court justice. A rail station connects it to Amtrak and MARC trains.

More airport code abbreviations

  • BOM – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
  • BOS – Boston Logan International Airport
  • BRU – Brussels Airport
  • BUD – Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
  • BUF – Buffalo Niagara International Airport
  • BUR – Hollywood Burbank Airport
  • CAI – Cairo International Airport
  • CAN – Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
  • CDG – Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
  • CGK – Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
  • CHS – Charleston International Airport
  • CLE – Cleveland Hopkins International Airport

See all 170 airport code abbreviations →