Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 16:35     Subject: Re:4th DC Area Airport
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Anonymous wrote:BWI is a great airport.

Best thing about BWI is how crazy cheap long-term parking is. You can park for 2 weeks and still save money over an Uber or taxi.

+1 I'm the "hate IAD" poster. I much prefer BWI but since it's small, and not a hub, the destinations aren't that varied. But, I much prefer flying out of BWI to LHR than IAD. Better flight times, too.


Okay. It's fine if you want to style yourself as a "BWI booster," but please. Get real. BWI has one daily flight offered by BA four times a week that is heavily subsidized by the State of Maryland. IAD has multiple flights each day offered by BA, United, and Virgin Atlantic. To suggest that BWI has better flight times is complete BS.

DP. What does your point have to do with PPs? Does a subsidy somehow make it less convenient? Why are you so angry at BWI?
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 16:29     Subject: Re:4th DC Area Airport
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:BWI is a great airport.

Best thing about BWI is how crazy cheap long-term parking is. You can park for 2 weeks and still save money over an Uber or taxi.

+1 I'm the "hate IAD" poster. I much prefer BWI but since it's small, and not a hub, the destinations aren't that varied. But, I much prefer flying out of BWI to LHR than IAD. Better flight times, too.


Okay. It's fine if you want to style yourself as a "BWI booster," but please. Get real. BWI has one daily flight offered by BA four times a week that is heavily subsidized by the State of Maryland. IAD has multiple flights each day offered by BA, United, and Virgin Atlantic. To suggest that BWI has better flight times is complete BS.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 16:06     Subject: Re:4th DC Area Airport
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:BWI is a great airport.

Best thing about BWI is how crazy cheap long-term parking is. You can park for 2 weeks and still save money over an Uber or taxi.

+1 I'm the "hate IAD" poster. I much prefer BWI but since it's small, and not a hub, the destinations aren't that varied. But, I much prefer flying out of BWI to LHR than IAD. Better flight times, too.

Let’s not even get started on how embarrassing Dulles’s international arrival trams are.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:59     Subject: Re:4th DC Area Airport
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:BWI is a great airport.

Best thing about BWI is how crazy cheap long-term parking is. You can park for 2 weeks and still save money over an Uber or taxi.

+1 I'm the "hate IAD" poster. I much prefer BWI but since it's small, and not a hub, the destinations aren't that varied. But, I much prefer flying out of BWI to LHR than IAD. Better flight times, too.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:57     Subject: Re:4th DC Area Airport
Anonymous wrote:BWI is a great airport.


It may be a great airport for budget and ultra-low-cost passengers, but it sucks for business travel.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:50     Subject: 4th DC Area Airport
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Anonymous wrote:We need a 4th airport in this area. With BWI crowded and limited on location, Dulles only catering to international destinations and National having distnace limits, its time we have a 4th airport open up.


Huh? I just flew in from Dallas to IAD.


Right? Dulles has lots of domestic connections.


Dulles is a hub for United.


And? So flying to NYC/Atlanta/Chicago/Denver/Charlotte/Houston/Dallas/Salt Lake City/Seattle/LA/SF/Phoenix don't count??


Huh?? You can fly to all of these from both National AND Dulles. Nonstop for most of them-even from DCA. Distance limits no longer seem to exist.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:50     Subject: 4th DC Area Airport
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Anonymous wrote:Dulles has domestic flights as well, and is woefully otherwise underutilized.

Where exactly would this 4th airport be located?


Manassas where the current regional airport is located.


The metro doesn't go to Manassas.

Doesn’t go to BWI either. What’s the point?
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:49     Subject: Re:4th DC Area Airport
Anonymous wrote:BWI is a great airport.

Best thing about BWI is how crazy cheap long-term parking is. You can park for 2 weeks and still save money over an Uber or taxi.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:36     Subject: Re:4th DC Area Airport
BWI is a great airport.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:36     Subject: 4th DC Area Airport
I avoid IAD if I can. Worst airport.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:35     Subject: 4th DC Area Airport
like PP said, we keep our plane at the airpark in Gaithersburg.
We are not the only jet there so it is well known to those who need it
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:32     Subject: 4th DC Area Airport
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Dulles has domestic flights as well, and is woefully otherwise underutilized.

Where exactly would this 4th airport be located?


Manassas where the current regional airport is located.


The metro doesn't go to Manassas.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:31     Subject: 4th DC Area Airport
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We need a 4th airport in this area. With BWI crowded and limited on location, Dulles only catering to international destinations and National having distnace limits, its time we have a 4th airport open up.


Huh? I just flew in from Dallas to IAD.


Right? Dulles has lots of domestic connections.


Dulles is a hub for United.


And? So flying to NYC/Atlanta/Chicago/Denver/Charlotte/Houston/Dallas/Salt Lake City/Seattle/LA/SF/Phoenix don't count??
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:23     Subject: 4th DC Area Airport
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When I owned a plane I kept it at Montgomery Airpark. Just get your own plane.

If Montgomery County was smarter, they would have built a more direct road to the airpark from 270 and wouldn’t have allowed developers to surround the airpark with housing. It could have been an awesome airport for catering to regional flights on turboprops and private jets.


Lol. Hell would freeze over before MoCo allowed a commercial airport within its borders.
Anonymous
Post 10/04/2022 15:20     Subject: 4th DC Area Airport
Anonymous wrote:When I owned a plane I kept it at Montgomery Airpark. Just get your own plane.

If Montgomery County was smarter, they would have built a more direct road to the airpark from 270 and wouldn’t have allowed developers to surround the airpark with housing. It could have been an awesome airport for catering to regional flights on turboprops and private jets.