Crime & Safety
BWI Runways Reopen After Repair
Two runways at Baltimore-Washington International Airport were temporarily closed Thursday for a repair.
The runways have reopened at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday, Dec. 13. Airport officials announced the reopening of the runways just before 4:30 p.m.
Earlier in the afternoon, authorities said that an airfield light at the intersection of the two primary runways needed an "important repair."
As a result, the runways were closed around 3 p.m.
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Several flights were delayed.
The closure impacted commercial flights starting around 2:30 p.m., while smaller planes were allowed to go through, according to WBAL.
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By 4:30 p.m., airport officials said that all BWI operations had resumed.
The runway centerline light repair is complete, and both of our commercial runways are now open. Airline operations are resuming. Thank you, again, to our passengers, and we apologize for the inconvenience. pic.twitter.com/pw5EziOU8B
— BWI Marshall Airport (@BWI_Airport) December 13, 2018
File photo of BWI by Elizabeth Janney.
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