Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at BWI.
At Baltimore/Washington BWI airport, as at every airport in the United States, passengers arriving on an international flight must clear immigration (CBP) and customs, collect their checked bags and re-check them, and go through TSA security again before their connecting flight, even when both flights are on the same ticket.
The airport has 5 terminals or concourses (Concourse A, Concourse B, Concourse C, Concourse D, Concourse E).
Connecting passengers go through a transfer security screening.
Is your layover at BWI long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.
Terminals / concourses: Concourse A, Concourse B, Concourse C, Concourse D, Concourse E
Getting between them: Walking (no trains or airside shuttles)
BWI is not a large airport and has no trains or airside shuttles: you walk from the main terminal to your concourse. Concourses A, B and C are connected after security, and so are D and E; connecting between the A/B/C group and the D/E group means clearing security again.
There is no internal airside passport control. Arriving international passengers clear U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on arrival.
Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.
Sources: facebook.com.
Times are estimates: always check with your airline.
Estimated wait at the security checkpoints of BWI right now. When live data is not available, it shows historical averages.
