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Southwest's new "Independence One" being rolled out for it's official unveiling at Baltimore/Washington International Airport on April 27, 2026

N829DN, one of Delta’s Boeing 737-900ERs, throws it all out on landing at Baltimore-Washington. Delta has 130 -900ERs in its fleet with an average age of only three years- the first -900ER was delivered to Delta in September 2013 (N801DZ) and the 130th one being delivered in June 2019 (N930DZ). This particular aircraft was delivered in October 2017. I was surprised that Delta had so many 900ERs, I assumed they had more -800s, but what I have on hand indicates the airline has 77 -800s and 11 -700s. ⁣ ⁣ #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KBWI #BWI #Baltimore #Maryland #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #Boeing #737 #Delta #DeltaAirlines #N829DN #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvGeeksAero #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation #TeamAvGeek (at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1h9fxIBN3B/?igshid=xgcx922wj923

N8502Z, one of Southwest’s Boeing 737-800s, gets airborne at Baltimore Washington. Of the 746 Boeing 737s in Southwest’s fleet, 207 of them are the 737-800s with an average age of 3.2 years. Southwest inaugurated its 737-800 services on 11 April 2012. The first revenue service was SWA 1717 MDW-FLL on N8301J “Warrior One” followed thirty minutes later by N8302F as SWA 653 BWI-RSW. #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KBWI #BWI #Baltimore #Maryland #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #Avgeekery #Boeing #737 #Southwest #SWApics #N8502Z #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #Avgeekery #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bps-5S9lQGW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lqjnk4ylcsra

This is N8711Q, Southwest’s fourth 737MAX aircraft, delivered in September 2017, at the gate at Baltimore-Washington Airport. Over the years that I have been flying into BWI, Southwest’s presence has been growing over time and it seems that there are more Southwest gates there than ever before! Someone mentioned to me that BWI is Southwest’s busiest hub, so I had go digging into the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ datasets. Southwest accounts for 69.2% of all passengers at BWI, 17.3 million from April 2017 to March 2018. Turns out at MDW there were 20.1 million on Southwest in the same time frame. Others- LAS (17.6 mil), PHX (15.2 mil), MCO (10.7 mil), DAL (14.1 mil), HOU (11.5 mil). So then I got more curious. Biggest airline at DCA is American, 5.9 mil, and at IAD it’s United at 6.6 mil + 3.0 mil for Mesa. That means at BWI, Southwest moves more passengers than the biggest airlines at DCA (American) and IAD (United) *combined*! #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KBWI #BWI #Baltimore #Maryland #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #Avgeekery #Boeing #737 #737MAX #Southwest #SWApics #N8711Q #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #Avgeekery #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI))

Mad Dog throwin’ it all out to decelerate at Baltimore-Washington….N9628W is an MD-83 originally delivered to TWA in January 1999 that crossed over to American with the 2001 acquisition of Trans World Airlines. In its history, TWA operated a total of 104 MD-80s, all of them -82s and -83s, delivered between April 1983 to the very last MD-80 built, delivered to TWA in December 1999. #Avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KBWI #BWI #Baltimore #Maryland #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #Avgeekery #McDonnellDouglas #MD80 #American #AmericanAirlines #N9628W #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #Avgeekery #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmn74TmgG0G/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1347sy22xql6y

Fedex DC-10 KBWI 8.27.17