At each airport, we picked the closest flight to Atlanta (a major hub and the country’s busiest airport).
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
From Metro to Southwest in Terminal A, Gate 8
Steps: 1,287
Distance: 0.5 mile
Time it took us: 20 minutes
From curbside passenger drop-off to Delta in Terminal B, Gate 21
Steps: 550
Distance: 0.2 mile
Time it took us: 7 minutes
Baltimore-Washington International Airport
From curbside passenger drop-off to Southwest in Terminal B, Gate 6
Steps: 392
Distance: 0.1 mile
Time it took us: 10 minutes
Washington Dulles International Airport
From curbside passenger drop-off to Southwest in Terminal B, Gate 64
Steps: 742
Distance: 0.3 mile
Time it took us: 16 minutes
This article appears in the November 2016 issue of Washingtonian.
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Zack Bu is an editorial fellow. He graduated from Columbia Journalism School with a concentration in data journalism. He writes and codes and is passionate about combing the two. He’s written for Quartz and Realtor.com.
