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BWI Airport became the responsibility of the MAA in 1972 when the State of Maryland purchased the airport from the city of Baltimore for $36 million. [4] Previously known as Friendship International Airport, the airport was renamed Baltimore/Washington International Airport in 1973, then BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport on October 1, 2005.
Friendship Annex was established in early 1970 after the NSA outgrew the office space of its headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland. [4] The agency leased several buildings in the Airport Square Technology Park near BWI, [5] located 20–25 minutes drive time from its headquarters, and named the new facility after the airport, which was at one time named Friendship International Airport.
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments; Levine, Samantha (2000-11-03). "Hell-icopters - Chopper noise gets residents all twirled up". Washington City Paper; Henderson, Neil (1987-08-30). "Helicopters Chopping Through Crowded Skies". The Washington Post.
Washington Airport, a now-defunct airport which served Washington, D.C., from 1927 to 1933 (its merger with Hoover Field) Washington-Hoover Airport, a now-defunct airport which served Washington, D.C., from 1933 to 1941; Washington Executive Airport (FAA: W32), a public use airport near Clinton, Maryland, served until 2022 [1]
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An aerial view of BWI Marshall Airport with downtown Baltimore in the background in September 2009. Planning for a new airport on 3,200 acres (1,300 ha) to serve the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area began in 1944, just prior to the end of World War II, when the Baltimore Aviation Commission announced its decision that the best location to build a new airport would be on a 2,100-acre ...
The Evansville city council passed an ordinance to change the name of the airport to Dress Memorial Airport on October 11, 1950, and on October 29, 1950, the new terminal was dedicated. The airport property now covered 467 acres; 347 acres was used for aircraft operations and 120 acres was used for agriculture.
Gloucestershire Airport (IATA: GLO, ICAO: EGBJ), formerly Staverton Airport, is a small airport located in Churchdown, England. It lies 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) west of Cheltenham , near the city of Gloucester and close to the M5 motorway .