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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; Long title: An Act to rename the Washington National Airport located in the District of Columbia and Virginia as the “Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport”. Enacted by: the 105th United States Congress: Effective: February 6, 1998: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 105–154 (text) Statutes at Large
Northbound Yellow Line train at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in August 2018. The station opened on July 1, 1977. [1] Its opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km) [3] of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium and the opening of the Arlington Cemetery, Capitol South, Crystal City, Eastern Market, Farragut West, Federal Center SW, Federal Triangle, Foggy ...
The authority's headquarters is located less than 1 mile (1.609 km) from Reagan National Airport in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia. [2] [8] A third major airport in the Washington region, Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) is located 9 miles (14.48 km) south of downtown Baltimore.
[6] [7] The airport's main terminal is a well-known landmark designed by Eero Saarinen, who also designed the TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Dulles occupies 13,000 acres (20.3 sq mi; 52.6 km 2), [2] [8] straddling the Loudoun–Fairfax line. [9]
The Standard Point Location Code® (SPLC™) is a 9 digit geographic code used by North American transportation industries, especially rail. SPLC is owned and maintained by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association . [ 1 ]
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–Washington metropolitan area began in 1944, just prior to the end of World War II, when the Baltimore Aviation Commission announced its decision that the best location to build a new airport would be on a 2,100-acre ...
The airport's passenger terminal also houses facilities for Customs and Border Protection, which serves private and cargo airplanes. The 53,000-square-foot (4,900 m 2 ) passenger terminal includes space for restaurants, retail concessions, car rental facilities, airline offices, baggage pick-up and claim areas, boarding areas and passenger lounges.
The airport terminal contains plaques of the inductees into the Wyoming Aviation Hall of Fame. The 2013 inductee, Raymond A. Johnson, lived primarily in Cheyenne after 1960. [4] In November 2018, Cheyenne Regional Airport's current passenger terminal opened. [5] [6] [7] The former terminal has since been proposed to be repurposed as an aviation ...