Getting There: By Air
Baltimore-Washington International Airport
(BWI)
Tel: (410) 859 7111 or 7032. Fax: (410) 859 3960.
Website: www.bwiairport.com
Baltimore Washington International is located
16km (ten miles) south of Baltimore, off Route
295, and 48km (30 miles) northeast of Washington,
DC. It is Maryland’s busiest airport with
around 19.6 million passengers annually using
the airport.
Major airlines:
· US Airways (tel: (800) 428 4322; website:
www.usair.com)
and
· Southwest Airlines (tel: (800) 435 9792;
website: www.southwest.com)
are the major domestic carries operating out of
BWI. Other major carriers include Air Aruba, Air
Canada, Air Jamaica, American Airlines, America
West, British Airways, Continental, Delta, Ghana
Airways, Icelandair, Northwest, TWA and United
Airlines.
Approximate flight times to Baltimore:
From London is 8 hours 30 minutes;
from New York is 1 hour;
from Los Angeles is 5 hours 40 minutes;
from Toronto is 1 hour 40 minutes and
from Sydney is 24 hours.
Airport facilities: Facilities
include a wide range of restaurants, bars, shopping
and duty free, as well as postal services, ATMs
and bureaux de change. There is a 24-hour disabled
request help service. Car hire is available from
Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Hertz, National and
Thrifty.
Business facilities: There is
a business services centre (tel: (410) 859 5997)
with a conference room, fax and photocopying facilities
and connections for laptop. There are also workstations
available at the airport.
Arrival and departure tax: None.
Transport to the city
by road:
BWI Super Shuttle minibus service
(tel: (410) 859 0800) goes to downtown hotels
every 30 minutes 0600-2300 (journey time –
30 minutes) and can also be pre-booked for other
journeys. The cost of the airport transfer is
US$11 one way and US$18 return (only available
from the airport). Some hotels have their own
complimentary shuttle service.
A MARC (tel: (800) 325 7245)
train goes to Penn station (journey time –
15 minutes), weekdays 0700-2200. The fare is US$3.25
single or US$6 return.
Amtrak (tel: (800) 872 7245)
also provides a daily service to Penn station
in Baltimore but it can be irregular. There is
a continuous, free shuttle bus between the airport
its train station (journey time – less than
10 minutes).
Taxis and limousines are also available at the
airport. Airport Taxis (tel: (410) 859 1100) specifically
meet arrivals. The cost of a journey downtown
is around US$20 (journey time – 20 minutes).
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