Baltimore/Washington International Airport

High school (ages 12+)
Transportation

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/baltimorewashington-international-airport

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How big is Baltimore/Washington International Airport?Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area
2. What is the location?Anne Arundel County, Maryland
3. What is the 2023 passenger enplanements?12,849,636
4. What is BWI Airport and where is it located?BWI Airport, officially Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, is a big airport 9 miles south of Baltimore and 30 miles northeast of Washington, D.C.
5. Why is BWI Airport named after Thurgood Marshall?It was renamed in 2005 to honor Thurgood Marshall, a Baltimore native who became the first African American Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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