Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport is the older of the two major airports in the area, commencing operations in 1941 as Washington National Airport. Dulles opened later and was designated as ...

At Reagan Airport, the main runway, 1/19, is 6,869 feet, which is far smaller than the four runways at Dulles, which range from 9,400 to 11,500 feet and the three runways at BWI range from 5,000 ...

While the American Airlines flight was in its final stretch, the control tower asked its pilots to pivot their course from Runway 1, National Airport’s most commonly used arrivals runway, to an ...