Overview
- Airport officials describe it as BWI’s largest capital project, linking Concourses A and B to improve passenger flow.
- The build adds 142,000 square feet of new space plus 78,000 square feet of renovations and relocates five gates, increasing available gates.
- A new baggage system replaces equipment more than 20 years old with seven CBIS units and targets roughly six minutes from deplaning to carousel.
- Southwest has flights assigned to use the relocated gates on the first day of operations.
- Coverage differs on total cost, with the Baltimore Sun citing $425 million and WBAL reporting $500 million.