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).