Month: May 2026

MCO is Florida’s busiest airport (about 57 million passengers annually) and the 9th-busiest in the United States — the gateway to Walt Disney World (22 miles southwest via I-4), Universal Orlando (9 miles west), and Kennedy Space Center (50 miles east via SR-528). The airport sits roughly 15 miles south of downtown Orlando. MCO is split between the North Terminal Complex (A and B) and Terminal C to the south…

BWI sits between Baltimore and Washington DC — roughly 9 miles south of downtown Baltimore and 30 miles northeast of DC — making it the airport that serves both Mid-Atlantic cities by design. Southwest Airlines accounts for over 70% of BWI’s passenger traffic and operates Concourses A and B exclusively; BWI is one of Southwest’s 13 US operating bases. BWI has a real rail link: MARC Penn Line and Amtrak…

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International sits 11 miles west of downtown New Orleans in Kenner. The current building is the brand-new $1.3 billion terminal that opened on 6 November 2019, replacing the 1959 facility entirely — three concourses (A, B, C) all reachable after a single security checkpoint on Level 2. Southwest is the largest carrier by passenger volume; Delta, United, JetBlue and Spirit work Concourse C; Southwest and American…

Raleigh-Durham International sits roughly 13 miles northwest of downtown Raleigh and 12 miles southeast of Durham — the airport for North Carolina’s Research Triangle (Raleigh + Durham + Chapel Hill, anchored by NC State, Duke and UNC). Delta Air Lines reclaimed the #1 carrier spot in 2026 with 28% market share, edging American Airlines (26%); Breeze Airways opened a new operating crew base at RDU in March 2026 bringing 200+…

San Diego International (the locals still call it Lindbergh Field) sits 3 miles northwest of downtown San Diego on the north shore of San Diego Bay — closer to the city’s central business district than any other major US airport. The brand-new Terminal 1 Phase 1A opened on 23 September 2025 with 19 new gates and a 13-lane security checkpoint; Phase 1B adds 3 more gates in Spring 2026, with…

Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport sits 20 km west of downtown Montreal in the suburb of Dorval, and is Quebec’s primary international gateway plus a major Air Canada hub. The current transit play is the 747 Express Bus — STM’s 24/7 dedicated airport service for CAD 11.25 (which is itself a 24-hour pass for all STM transit including the métro). The REM (Réseau Express Métropolitain) station at YUL is 85%…

Calgary International Airport sits 17 km northeast of downtown Calgary in the city’s northeast quadrant, and is WestJet’s single global hub — Canada’s third-busiest airport by passenger volume. There is no rail link to YYC (the Green Line LRT extension to the airport is planned but unfunded for now); Bus 100 connects to the Blue Line CTrain at Saddletowne, and Route 300 BRT runs direct to downtown along Centre Street.…

Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport sits roughly 11 km south of downtown Ottawa in the Uplands area, and is the federal capital’s primary gateway. The big 2026 fact is the rail link: O-Train Line 4 (Airport Link) opened on 6 January 2025, connecting YOW to downtown Ottawa via Line 2 (Trillium) and Line 1 (Confederation) in 35-45 minutes for CAD 4.10. US Customs and Border Protection runs full preclearance on the…

Halifax Stanfield sits roughly 35-40 km north of downtown Halifax in the rural community of Goffs/Enfield, and is Atlantic Canada’s busiest airport. Single passenger terminal, MetroX Bus 320 direct to downtown in 55-65 minutes for CAD 3.50, US Customs and Border Protection preclearance on the transborder concourse. WestJet leads, Air Canada and Porter follow; 2026 brings new direct routes to Brussels, Lisbon, Madrid, Copenhagen, Boston and Barbados. Canada uses Canadian…