By Joe Ilardi – Digital Editor, Baltimore Business Journal
Jan 7, 2026
Major airport renovations, federally mandated flight cuts and an ever-shifting lineup of cities didn’t slow Baltimore-area travelers down in 2025.
Leisure travel and Southern cities continued to draw flyers from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport by the millions last year, according to data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company. Four Florida cities made the top 10 destinations out of BWI Airport in 2025, as did destinations in Georgia and North Carolina. Internationally, local travelers set their sights on the Caribbean last year, the data shows.
The BBJ has compiled the top 10 domestic and international destinations from BWI Airport below, ranked by the total number of flights in 2025.
BWI Airport’s top domestic destinations
- Atlanta — 5,668
- Orlando, Florida — 4,905
- Boston — 3,878
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida — 3,283
- Charlotte, North Carolina — 3,134
- Denver — 3,024
- Tampa, Florida — 2,807
- Chicago (O’Hare International Airport) — 2,677
- Miami — 2,442
- Detroit — 2,287
BWI Airport’s top international destinations
- Cancun, Mexico — 980
- Montego Bay, Jamaica — 700
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic — 689
- Reykjavik, Iceland — 615
- London-Heathrow, England — 340
- Panama City, Panama — 209
- Aruba — 134
- Bermuda — 134
- Nassau, Bahamas — 62
- Guanacaste, Costa Rica — 53
Southwest Airlines, BWI Airport’s largest carrier, continued to dominate in 2025, accounting for roughly 74% of flights out of Baltimore. Southwest also had the top route of any airline at BWI, racking up 3,601 flights to Orlando this year, according to Cirium. That route is, not coincidentally, Southwest’s top revenue generator companywide. Delta Air Lines’ route to Atlanta was BWI Airport’s second most-traveled route of last year.
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