in the Crystal City section of Arlington County, Virginia. The airport is located southwest of Washington, D.C. Congress challenged the legality of FDR's recess appropriation, but construction of the new airport continued. Construction of Washington National Airport began in 1940–1941 by a company led by John McShain. Roosevelt made a recess appropriation of $15 million to build National Airport by reallocating funds from other purposes. When Congress lifted the prohibition in 1938, President Franklin D. The need for a better airport was acknowledged in 37 studies conducted between 19, but a statute prohibited federal development of airports. The airport's control tower and Terminal 2 in July 2012 during the day while taking off in March 2016. The airport's main terminal in July 1941 The airport's terminal in July 1941 The airport's terminal as seen from the airfield in 1944 The airport in 1970 View of National Mall at dusk while taking off from National Airport in January 2020 View of National Mall and Downtown Washington, D.C. 1935 drawing of the proposed site for the new airport, then known as Municipal Air Port. Route 1, with its accompanying high-tension electrical wires, and obstructed by a high smokestack on one approach and a dump nearby, the field was inadequate. In 1930, the Great Depression led the two terminals to merge to form Washington-Hoover Airport. The following year, in 1927, Washington Airport, another privately operated field, began service next door. Near the present site of The Pentagon, its single runway was crossed by a street guards had to stop automobile traffic during takeoffs and landings. The first airport in the area was Arlington's Hoover Field, which opened in 1926. The airport's main runway is the busiest in the nation. The airport served 24.5 million passengers in 2022, the most of any of the three airports and a new passenger record for the airport. International passenger flights to and from the Washington metropolitan area typically utilize Washington Dulles International Airport or Baltimore/Washington International Airport. Customs and Border Protection preclearance facilities, including major airports in Canada and some destinations in the Caribbean. Therefore, it is used predominantly for domestic flights with the only international flights being to and from those with U.S. It has no immigration and customs facilities. Reagan National currently serves 91 nonstop destinations and is a hub for American Airlines. Planes are required to take unusually complicated paths to avoid restricted and prohibited airspace above sensitive landmarks, government buildings, and military installations in and around Washington, D.C., and comply with some of the tightest noise restrictions in the country. Long distance flights to and from the airport are limited by a perimeter rule which generally prohibits flights longer than 1,250 statute miles (2,010 km) in any direction nonstop, in an effort to send coast-to-coast and overseas traffic to Dulles International Airport, though there are 40 slot exemptions to this rule. MWAA operates the airport with close oversight by the federal government due to its proximity to the national capital. In 1998, Congress passed, and President Bill Clinton signed, a bill renaming it Ronald Reagan National Airport in honor of President Ronald Reagan. A larger second terminal, now known as Terminal 2, opened in 1997. Part of the original terminal is still in use as Terminal 1. The airport opened in 1941 and was originally named Washington National Airport. The airport is 5 miles (8.0 km) from downtown Washington, D.C. the larger is Dulles International Airport about 25 miles (40 km) to the west in Fairfax and Loudoun counties. It is the smaller of two airports owned by the federal government and operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) that serve the Washington metropolitan area around Washington, D.C. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ( IATA: DCA, ICAO: KDCA, FAA LID: DCA), sometimes referred to colloquially as National Airport, Washington National, Reagan National, DCA, Reagan, or simply National, is an airport in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. 861 acres (348 ha) Cite error: A tag is missing the closing (see the help page).,effective J
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