Airport Construction
For the first time since the early 1990s there is major construction at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA.) If you have flown in or out of DCA on American Airlines (before that US Air) on a flight that was not from a major hub for American, you may have endured the gate 35 X experience. 35X is one gate that uses shuttle buses to take passengers to and from smaller planes parked around the ramp. The terminal expansion will replace that with 14 new gates. No more taking a bus, to take a plane. Stylistically it is being matched to what was built in the 90s.
Also a new entrance and TSA security entrance is being built between arrivals and the Metro Rail station and parking garages. When this is finished you will clear security before entering the main concourse, eliminating the 4 separate security entrances. The layout on this is still unclear to me, but the result will be that you will be able to move from concourse to concourse without dealing with security.
It will be a nice step forward, for my home airport.
they found room for more construction? fill in the swamp!
ReplyDeleteTore down a line of hangers that had been there for 60 years.
DeleteWow. The last time I flew into National was in the ‘80s. Couldn’t bear the thought of flying into “Reagan.” Major changes!
ReplyDeleteIt is still National or DCA for the locals.
DeleteI think Regen has been discredited enough for his name to be removed from the airport, though in light of #45, he at least acted presidentially. I hate having to catch buses at airports. Do you think the airport itself is funding the work or has government assistance?
ReplyDeleteActually, I hate airports, full stop.
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