Park, Sleep and Fly in Baltimore, Maryland at Baltimore Washington Airport (BWI)

It is easy to start or end your next trip the easy way with a night in a Park, Sleep and Fly hotel at Baltimore/Washington International Airport (airport code BWI).

When you do not want to stress yourself out over unexpected traffic en route to the airport before your early morning flight, or over being too sleepy to drive home after a midnight arrival, then a night in a Park, Sleep and Fly hotel near the airport - either before or after your trip, or both! - is a great solution. Plus, you get a safe parking space for your car while you are gone, too.

Distance from Park, Sleep and Fly Hotels to Baltimore/Washington International Airport:

• Ramada Inn BWI Airport Hotel in Hanover, MD is approximately five miles away from the airport, with hourly shuttles.
• Sleep Inn & Suites Airport is only 2.5 miles away from the airport, with shuttles on the half-hour.
• Comfort Inn Airport sits the same distance away and has shuttles every 30 minutes.
• Quality Inn - BWI is five miles from the airport.
• Best Western BWI Airport in Elkridge, MD offers on-demand airport transport, about seven miles away.
• Wingate Inn - Linthicum BWI Airport in Linthicum, MD leaves every half hour for the airport one and a half miles away.
• Hampton Inn BWI/Baltimore, also in Linthicum, MD is the same distance.
• Hampton Inn Baltimore/Glen Burnie sits in Glen Burnie, MD and offers morning and evening service to the airport, five miles away.

Some information about Baltimore/Washington International Airport:

• Baltimore/Washington Airport is located, fittingly, along Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
• The full name of the airport is actually Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport: quite a mouthful! It is a good thing it is most commonly known simply as BWI. A low-cost carrier outlet, almost half of BWI's traffic flies on Southwest Airlines. There are five concourses. The two largest international airline carriers are British Airways and Icelandair.
• WiFi is available at a number of airport locations, with the option to rent a wireless card if your computer is not enabled. Telephone vending machines are located throughout the airport. A 5,000-square-foot USO International Gateway Lounge serves men and women in the military as well as their dependents.
• For up-to-date traffic information, check out Maryland CHART here.

Alternative ways to get to Baltimore/Washington International Airport:

• Taxi: A number of taxis serve the airport from both Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.
• Rail: BWI rail stops one mile from the airport, and then a shuttle bus transports passengers to and from the terminal itself. It is approximately 35 minutes from Washington D.C., costing $6 to travel during the week on MARC Penn Line. Weekend warriors are forced to take the much more pricey Amtrak. From Baltimore, tickets are $4 on the MARC during the week, taking about 10 minutes from Penn Station. Light Rail costs $1.60 and arrives near the international airport terminal. A trip from downtown Baltimore is approximately 25 minutes.
• Bus/Shuttle: Shuttle buses travel to and from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Washington Metrorail.