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Washington D.C.

Washington, D.C. was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital. In 1791 President Washington commissioned Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant, a French-born architect and city planner, to design the new capital. He based his design on the plans of cities such as Paris, Amsterdam, Karlsruhe, and Milan that Thomas Jefferson had sent to him. L'Enfant's design also envisioned a garden-lined 'grand avenue' approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) in length and 400 feet (120 m) wide in the area that is now the National Mall. On August 24-25 1814, in a raid known as the Burning of Washington, British forces invaded the capital during the war of 1812. The Capitol, Treasury, and White House were burned and gutted during the attack. Most government buildings were repaired quickly, but the Capitol was largely under construction at the time and was not completed in its current form until 1868. Washington had an estimated population of 681,170 as of July 2016. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's population to more than one million during the working week. The Washington metropolitan area, of which the District is a part, has a population of over six million, the sixth largest metropolitan statistical area in the country.


Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA: DCA, ICAO: KDCA, FAA LID: DCA) is an international airport 3 miles (5 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. in Arlington County, Virginia, United States. The airport opened June 16, 1941, just before US involvement into World War II. It is the nearest commercial airport to the capital and serves the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. In 2013, Reagan National Airport handled 20,415,085 passengers, which was a new record. From April 2014 to March 2015, the airport handled 21,195,775 passengers, which is slightly higher than the aforementioned record. American Airlines, following its merger with US Airways, has the largest share of traffic at the airport, accounting for 50.4% of the market share as of 2015.


College Park Airport

College Park Airport (IATA: CGS, ICAO: KCGS, FAA LID: CGS) is a public airport located in the City of College Park, in Prince George's County, Maryland. It is the world's oldest continuously operated airport. College Park Airport was established in August 1909 by the United States Army Signal Corps to serve as a training location for Wilbur Wright to instruct two military officers to fly in the government's first aircraft.


Joint Base Andrews

Joint Base Andrews (ICAO: KADW) is a United States military facility located in Prince George's County, Maryland. The base is widely known for serving as the home base of two Boeing VC-25 aircraft which have the call sign Air Force One while the President of the United States is on board.


Potomac Airfield

Potomac Airfield (ICAO: KVKX, FAA LID: VKX) is a privately owned, public-use airport located in the community of Fort Washington (formerly known as Friendly), in Prince George's County, Maryland. It is a general aviation airport, and there is no scheduled airline service available.


Washington Executive Airport

Washington Executive Airport (FAA LID: W32), also known as Washington Executive Airpark or Hyde Field, is a public use general aviation airport located 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of the central business district (CBD) of Clinton, in Prince George's County, Maryland, USA. It is located just 1.10 nautical miles (1.27 mi) east of a slightly smaller airport called Potomac Airfield.