I kind of have to disagree that BWI is difficult to get to. In fact, I receiving constant questions from friends (who mainly live in VA and have valid reasons for saying "BWI is too far") and find myself defending it as very easy to get to -- perhaps easier than Dulles from the District.

Maybe it's that I live more toward the Eastern part of the city (Penn Quarter) and can get on 295 north pretty easily, but I also find that the MARC from Union Station is very convenient and stress free.

Plus, and I fear that I'll ruin it for myself and many others, I just used the Preflight Parking lot where I could reserve a space for myself and print out a coupon for $2 off that put the price at $7.25 a day. Plus, everything is run very efficiently through that service -- the best experience I've ever had with airport parking shuttles.

So this DC resident is backing off his former reluctance to use BWI.

I'm another DC resident who prefers BWI to IAD. From Capitol Hill it's an easy trip up 295/BW Parkway, and the trip takes the same amount of time, down to the minute. The long-term lot shuttles seems to operate more efficiently at BWI, too.

I'm not as thrilled as kmg27 by the MARC trains - the schedules never seem to mesh with my travel plans and 9 times out of 10 I wind up driving because I'd have to leave 5 hours before my flight instead of 2.

One more thing - SuperShuttle charges substantially more from downtown DC to BWI ($31) than to IAD ($26). But then again, I've given up on them since they began franchising. I used to be a regular, but you just don't know what you're getting from them anymore (that's a topic for another blog).

BWI is EASY to get to from DC. Simply get on the green line train and ride to Greenbelt. Get on the B30 bus. The B30 is a special bus, luggage racks and everything, that goes to BWI, stopping at Southwest, then the international terminal, then the light rail station. It then returns to the airport, picks up southbound passengers, and returns to Greenbelt station.

I only drive if I have to arrive or depart very very early or very very late when the metro is not running.

Travel Log readers are quite sharp and correct-- BWI is VERY convenient for Washington residents. Highway access is excellent (95, B-W Parkway, Route 1, etc.), and as several posters have emphasized, there are a number of outstanding transit options-- Amtrak, MARC train, and, as sfw_dc points out, METRO.

In terms of parking, I want to highlight that BWI now has more parking than ever before for customers. A major objective of the recently-completed BWI expansion program was to provide additional parking for customers. BWI has a number of high quality parking options that are CLOSE, COVERED, and CONVENIENT. And I'd add that the prices are quite reasonable.

Last year, BWI launched the "Park Happy @ BWI" campaign to highlight the benefits of BWI parking to customers. For example, the "BWI Smart Park" system that quickly guides customers to open, available parking spaces in the Airport's Daily and Hourly garages. Another example-- BWI provided parking coupons on the Airport's website. Look for additional "Park Happy @ BWI" initiatives this year.

Bottom line-- BWI works very hard to provide excellent, efficient service for customers. BWI will continue to be the "easy come, easy go" airport for Washington and beyond.

Thank you for flying BWI.

--Jonathan Dean, BWI Manager of Communications

Nice of you to drop by, Mr. Dean! I am another DC resident who has had generally very good experiences with your airport. While you're at it with the parking though, could you work on better signage for the cell phone waiting lot? I drove all the way past the long-term lots without seeing a sign, finally realizing that I'd gone too far. Maybe noting that it is next to the ESP lots on the ESP signs? That would be a big help.

I agree with the other comments about how easy it is to get to BWI. I love taking the B30. you can't beat $3 to get to an airport.

I, too, love the B30! I Green line my way to Greenbelt and then hop on the bus. It's great. People are astounded when I tell them I can get to BWI for under ten bucks.

I prefer bwi to dulles also. Not only cause you can take the B30 which is so so convenient but I feel like the security lines move faster and you don't have to ride the people mover thing and it's just an easier airport to navigate.