I was born and raised in Alexandria, Virginia.  Which is just across the Potomac River from the heart of Darkness – Washington, DC.

Alexandria is also where Ronald Reagan (née) National Airport (DCA) was born and raised.  Which has always posed a bit of a national security problem.

Having an international airport just across the Potomac River from the heart of Darkness – Washington, DC?  Is not the best idea.

So in 1962, John Foster Dulles Airport (IAD) was born – in Loudon County, in western Virginia.  About an hour’s drive from DC – if you drive it at three in the morning.  Otherwise you’re at almost two hours.

The point being: IAD is more sufficiently removed than DCA from the heart of Darkness – Washington, DC.

We were told the original plan was – to wind down and close DCA.  Except those of us who know DC and its denizens – knew this was NEVER going to happen.

There is NO WAY DC’s very many bureaucrats will put up with hour-plus commutes to get on planes to leave the place.

So sixty-one years later?  DC still has THREE international airports.  Because lest we forget: There is also Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) – born in 1950 (as Friendship International Airport).

So DC has the same number of airports – as New York City.  Which is DC-self-serving absurd. NYC’s population is 8,336,817.  DC’s is 702,455.

And because DC continues to perpetually cater to itself? (more…)