Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
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Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall is a public-use airport owned by the State of Maryland, 9 miles south of Baltimore, Maryland, 143 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 10,503 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBWI · observed 2:54 pm EDT (18:54 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:23 pm EDT (17:23 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBWI 061854Z VRB05KT 10SM CLR 18/02 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP205 T01780022
TAF KBWI 061723Z 0618/0724 33006KT P6SM SKC FM062300 00000KT P6SM SKC FM071400 20007KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BWI · ICAO KBWI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Maryland
- Elevation
- 143 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1950
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 10,503 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15R/33L | 9,501 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15L/33R | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), threshold displaced 550 ft, 9,953 ft available for landing, tree 35 ft high 1,606 ft from the end
- Runway 28: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 700 ft, 9,803 ft available for landing, tree 31 ft high 1,230 ft from the end
- Runway 15R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 301 ft, 8,301 ft available for landing, ant 126 ft high 4,724 ft from the end
- Runway 33L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 500 ft, 8,301 ft available for landing, tower 154 ft high 7,460 ft from the end
- Runway 15L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 31 ft high 1,120 ft from the end
- Runway 33R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 39 ft high 1,470 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Digital ATIS | 115.1 | Baltimore |
| Digital ATIS | 127.8 | Baltimore |
| Clearance delivery | 118.05 | Baltimore |
| Ground | 121.9 | Baltimore |
| Apt Remark 39 With UNICOM Freq · Apt Remark 40 With UNICOM Freq · Tower | 119.4 | Baltimore · During air traffic control zero events, UNICOM 119.4. |
| Approach · Approach (secondary) · Class B airspace arriving from headings 020 to 100; arriving from headings 131 to 180 | 119.0 | Baltimore |
| Approach · Approach (secondary) · Class B airspace arriving from headings 131 to 180; arriving from headings 020 to 130 | 119.7 | Baltimore |
| Approach · Class B airspace · Departure procedure (CONLE) arriving from headings 101 to 130; East | 124.55 | Baltimore |
| Approach · Class B airspace · Departure arriving from headings 181 to 019; West | 128.7 | Baltimore |
| Approach (secondary) · Class B (secondary) · Trish and star arriving from headings 181 to 019 | 125.525 | Baltimore |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Baltimore |
| Westminster and star 10000 feet and below | 126.825 | Baltimore |
| Ravnn and star | 128.35 | Baltimore |
| Miidy and star | 133.75 | Baltimore |
| Anthm and star · Westminster and star 11000 feet and above | 133.85 | Baltimore |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 227-217-0474.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Baltimore from the FAA register
90 aircraft are registered to owners in Baltimore, Maryland: 62 piston singles, 9 helicopters, 8 business jets, 3 turboprops, 3 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Maryland.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 38 since 1982, 6 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Surveyed.
- Runway 33L +2 feet road 170 feet from runway end 500 feet left.
- Midfield rvr sensor shared by runway 10/28 and runway 15R/33L.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Practice landing and approach by TURBO-PWRD aircraft prohibited 10:00 pm to 6:00 am; practice landing and takeoff by B-747 aircraft prohibited runway 15R/33L.
- Continuous mowing operations adjacent all runways and taxiways - apr through nov.
- No apron parking for unscheduled air carrier.
- Deer and birds ocnlly on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Distracting lights (golf driving range) right side extdd centerline runway 33L from aer to 1/4 MI final.
- Aircraft on visual approaches expect to maintain 3000 feet until 10 DME from bal vortac; departure aircraft should expect turns based on Baltimore DME.
- Taxiing prohibited between concourse C and adjacent building structure southwest of concourse C. access to gate C12 must be via taxiway a.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.