FMB today is on the way to the Dulles International Airport to drop off a person for a flight. The full name of the airport is the Washington Dulles International Airport. But many local people shorten the name to Dulles or Dulles Airport.
Facts about Dulles International Airport
This airport is in Loudoun and Fairfax counties. The airport covers 13,000 acres of land. However, the airport is only is only 26 miles from downtown Washington, DC.
The below photograph shows one of the outside drop off points near the airport.
The name of the airport comes from John Foster Dulles. He was the U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight Eisenhower.
This airport was designed by Eero Saarinen a well-known Finnish-American architect. The airport almost looks like the wings of a graceful bird in flight.
History of the Airport
Dulles International Airport opened back in 1962. At that time, the Reston/Herndon area was rural with dairy farmers and the new airport was not very busy.
However, over the years, the area’s employment, housing, businesses grew. So the airport put in more flights and it became more well known.
Buildings on the way home from the airport.
In 1980, the airport was remodeled so passengers could walk between connecting flights.
As of this writing, construction of the Metro Train Silver Line continues and will bring the Metro train to the airport. From my online research, the Metro Silver Line to Dulles should be done around the summer of 2022.
Large overpass near Dulles Airport.
Flying Out of Dulles Today
From its humble beginnings as a rural airport, Dulles now has more international passenger traffic than any airport in the mid-Atlantic area except for New York.
The airport’s most popular U.S. destination is Denver, Colorado with 244,001 travelers in 2020/21.
Today the traffic was good on the road near the airport.
Usually things are busy, busy around here.
It was a quick and easy trip, surprisingly, we pulled up to the drop off point as there were several open spots. During busy times, there is a wait to let off passengers.
This airport is a great place to fly out of, so pack your bags and good bye.
Have a safe trip!
W. O.,
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