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Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

IATA: BWI ICAO: KBWI

Longest Active Runway

10,503 ft

3,201 meters

Field Elevation

146 ft

45 m MSL

Runway Inventory

3 active

1 closed, Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

39.1754°, -76.6683°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Derived Facts, National & Global Rankings

National Runway Rank

#137 in United States

Out of 2020 commercial aerodromes

Global Runway Rank

#716 Worldwide

Top 9.5% percentile

Elevation Ranking

#4891 MSL

Top 67.3% percentile

vs Large Airport Median

+5%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 Database Insight: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport's longest active runway measures 10,503 ft (3,201 m). It ranks as the #137 longest runway in United States and #716 worldwide among indexed commercial aerodromes.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
10/28	10,503 ft (3201m)	150 ft (46m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
15R/33L	9,501 ft (2896m)	150 ft (46m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active
04/22	6,000 ft (1829m)	150 ft (46m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	⛔ Closed
15L/33R	5,000 ft (1524m)	100 ft (30m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Washington Dulles International Airport (Dulles)	`IAD`	39.2 NM (72.6 km)	11,500 ft	✅ Lighted
Philadelphia International Airport (Philadelphia)	`PHL`	78.2 NM (144.8 km)	12,000 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Data Provenance & Verification Metadata

Source Dataset: OurAirports Open Aviation Database

Snapshot Version: 2026-09-01

Verification Method: SHA-256 Checksum Lock

Calculation Model: Haversine Great-Circle

Machine-readable endpoint: GET /api/airport/bwi.json ↗