But airport operators who opposed adding flights at National, which is hemmed in by the Potomac River, said its runways are ...

which is hemmed in by the Potomac River, said its runways are designed to handle about 15 million passengers a year. Against this backdrop, lawmakers often battle for direct flights to their own ...

Constructed to use the strong tides of the Potomac River to clear silt from the Washington ... it now also serves as the backdrop to some of D.C.'s best-loved sites. Every spring, the Tidal ...

As flight 5342 prepared to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport it was in one of the most secure airspaces in ...

Civilian flights pass through the congested airspace over the United States capital, while military ... Army Black Hawk helicopter are in the Potomac River and 67 lives have been lost.

Pilots who land at Reagan National face a unique set of complications, including short runways, scores of helicopters and a ...