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Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)
Tel: (410) 859 7111. Fax: (410) 859 3960.
Website: www.bwiairport.com

BWI 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 17.4 million passengers annually.

Major airlines: US Airways (tel: (800) 428 4322, toll free USA and Canada; 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 Aer Lingus, Air Aruba, Air Canada, Air Jamaica, America West, American Airlines, 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.

Transport to the city: BWI Super Shuttle minibus service (tel: (410) 859 0800) goes to downtown hotels every 30 minutes 0600-2300 (journey time - 30 minutes) and can be pre-booked for other journeys. The cost of the airport transfer is US$11 one way, US$18 round trip (only available from the airport). Some hotels also have their own complimentary shuttle service. A MARC (tel: (800) 325 7245) train goes to Penn Station (journey time - 15 minutes), weekdays 0700-2200; cost: US$3.25 single, US$6 return. Amtrak (tel: (800) 872 7245) also provides a daily service to Penn Station but it can be irregular. There is a continuous, free shuttle bus between the airport and its train station (under ten minutes' away). Taxis are limousines are available. Airport Taxis (tel: (410) 859 1100) specifically meet arrivals. Cost downtown is around US$20 (journey time - 20 minutes).



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