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INTO Mason | Student Arrivals at Dulles International Airport
Wondering if someone will meet you at the airport when you arrive? The answer is yes! Our INTO Mason Student Orientation Leaders are easy to spot at Dulles International Airport with their welcome signs and bright T-shirts.
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Washington Dulles International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is a public airport in Dulles, Virginia, 26 miles (42 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C. The airport serves the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area, centered on the District of Columbia. The airport is named after John Foster Dulles, the 52nd Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Dulles main terminal is a well-known landmark designed by Eero Saarinen. Operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Dulles Airport occupies 11,830 acres (47.9 km2) straddling the border of Fairfax County and Loudoun County, Virginia, within the unincorporated communities of Chantilly and Dulles.
Washington Dulles Airport is the busiest airport in the Washington metropolitan area, and second busiest airport in the larger Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area (after BWI Airport) with over 22 million passengers a year, and one of United Airlines' two East Coast hub airports. With nearly all of the international passenger traffic in the Washington-Baltimore region, Dulles is the busiest international airport in the Mid-Atlantic outside of the New York metropolitan area. On a typical day, more than 60,000 passengers pass through Washington Dulles to and from more than 125 destinations around the world.
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Reston-Wiehle Metro parking garage ribbon-cutting ceremony
Reston Lifestyle Magazine witnessed the historic moment when Reston and Fairfax County personalities cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Reston-Wiehle East Metro parking garage. Video by Gary Jonesi.
Virginia Breeze Bus Line
Rockbridge County will see its first intra-state bus service in more than a decade. The federally funded program, Virginia Breeze, will connect travelers from Blacksburg to Washington, D.C. with multiple destinations in-between. Tickets will range from $19 to $50 and starts running Dec. 1.
Dulles International Airport | Wikipedia audio article
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Dulles International Airport
00:02:02 1 History
00:02:11 1.1 Origins
00:04:04 1.2 Design and original construction
00:05:57 1.3 Notable operations and milestones
00:11:29 1.4 Planned development
00:14:35 1.5 Meaning of IAD
00:15:03 2 Terminals
00:15:32 2.1 Inter-terminal transportation
00:16:48 2.2 Main terminal
00:19:04 2.3 Midfield terminals
00:19:26 2.3.1 Concourses A and B
00:21:13 2.3.2 Concourses C and D
00:24:07 2.4 Airline lounges
00:25:12 3 Airlines and destinations
00:25:22 3.1 Passenger
00:25:46 3.2 Cargo
00:25:54 4 Statistics
00:27:23 4.1 Top destinations
00:27:34 4.2 Annual traffic
00:27:43 5 Ground transportation
00:27:53 5.1 Roads
00:29:12 5.2 Public transportation
00:30:48 6 Accidents and incidents
00:34:53 7 See also
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Washington Dulles International Airport ( DUL-iss) (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is an international airport in the eastern United States, located in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Virginia, 26 miles (42 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C.
Opened in 1962, it is named after John Foster Dulles (1888–1959), the 52nd Secretary of State who served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Dulles main terminal is a well-known landmark designed by Eero Saarinen. Operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Dulles Airport occupies 13,000 acres (20.3 sq mi; 52.6 km2) straddling the Loudoun-Fairfax line. Most of the airport is in the unincorporated community of Dulles in Loudoun County, with a small portion in the unincorporated community of Chantilly in Fairfax County. The airport serves the Washington metropolitan area.
Dulles is one of the three major airports in the larger Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area with more than 21 million passengers a year. Dulles has the most international passenger traffic of any airport in the Mid-Atlantic outside the New York metropolitan area, including approximately 90% of the international passenger traffic in the Baltimore-Washington region. On a typical day, more than 60,000 passengers pass through Dulles to and from more than 125 destinations around the world. Dulles Airport has recently surpassed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in monthly passenger boardings and is on pace to exceed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport's annual passenger numbers for 2018 after having fewer passengers ever since 2015. However, Dulles Airport still ranks behind Baltimore–Washington International Airport (BWI) in total annual passenger boardings, despite being a larger facility with more gates.
Washington Dulles International Airport | Wikipedia audio article
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Washington Dulles International Airport
00:01:59 1 History
00:02:07 1.1 Origins
00:04:01 1.2 Design and original construction
00:05:54 1.3 Notable operations and milestones
00:11:26 1.4 Planned development
00:14:32 1.5 Meaning of IAD
00:15:00 2 Terminals
00:15:28 2.1 Inter-terminal transportation
00:16:44 2.2 Main terminal
00:19:00 2.3 Midfield terminals
00:19:23 2.3.1 Concourses A and B
00:21:09 2.3.2 Concourses C and D
00:24:04 2.4 Airline lounges
00:25:09 3 Airlines and destinations
00:25:19 3.1 Passenger
00:25:43 3.2 Cargo
00:25:51 4 Statistics
00:27:20 4.1 Top destinations
00:27:31 4.2 Annual traffic
00:27:40 5 Ground transportation
00:27:49 5.1 Roads
00:29:08 5.2 Public transportation
00:30:44 6 Accidents and incidents
00:34:49 7 See also
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Washington Dulles International Airport ( DUL-iss) (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is an international airport in the eastern United States, located in Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Virginia, 26 miles (42 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C.
Opened in 1962, it is named after John Foster Dulles (1888–1959), the 52nd Secretary of State who served under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Dulles main terminal is a well-known landmark designed by Eero Saarinen. Operated by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Dulles Airport occupies 13,000 acres (20.3 sq mi; 52.6 km2) straddling the Loudoun-Fairfax line. Most of the airport is in the unincorporated community of Dulles in Loudoun County, with a small portion in the unincorporated community of Chantilly in Fairfax County. The airport serves the Washington metropolitan area.
Dulles is one of the three major airports in the larger Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area with more than 21 million passengers a year. Dulles has the most international passenger traffic of any airport in the Mid-Atlantic outside the New York metropolitan area, including approximately 90% of the international passenger traffic in the Baltimore-Washington region. On a typical day, more than 60,000 passengers pass through Dulles to and from more than 125 destinations around the world. Dulles Airport has recently surpassed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in monthly passenger boardings and is on pace to exceed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport's annual passenger numbers for 2018 after having fewer passengers ever since 2015. However, Dulles Airport still ranks behind Baltimore–Washington International Airport (BWI) in total annual passenger boardings.
Washington metropolitan area | Wikipedia audio article
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Washington metropolitan area
00:00:54 1 Nomenclature
00:02:21 2 Composition
00:02:54 2.1 Political subdivisions
00:03:08 2.1.1 District of Columbia
00:03:17 2.1.2 Maryland
00:03:35 2.1.3 Virginia
00:04:13 2.1.4 West Virginia
00:04:24 3 Regional organizations
00:04:33 3.1 Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
00:05:28 4 Principal cities
00:06:13 5 Demographics
00:06:22 5.1 Politics
00:06:41 5.2 Racial composition
00:08:10 5.3 Social indicators
00:10:57 6 Economy
00:12:22 6.1 Real estate and housing market
00:12:51 6.2 Net worth, wealth disparities, and business ownership
00:14:24 6.3 Primary industries
00:16:19 6.4 Largest companies
00:16:28 6.5 History
00:17:45 7 Transportation
00:18:06 7.1 Major airports
00:18:39 7.2 Rail transit systems
00:19:07 7.3 Bus transit systems
00:20:50 7.4 Major roads
00:21:02 7.5 Bicycle sharing
00:21:22 8 Culture
00:21:31 8.1 Sports teams
00:22:36 8.2 Media
00:23:37 9 Area codes
00:24:24 10 Sister cities
00:24:33 11 See also
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The Washington metropolitan area is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The area includes all of the federal district and parts of the U.S. states of Maryland and Virginia, along with a small portion of West Virginia. While not a part of the Washington metropolitan area, St. Mary's County is part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area.
The Washington metropolitan area is one of the most educated and most affluent metropolitan areas in the US. The metro area anchors the southern end of the densely populated Northeast megalopolis with an estimated total population of 6,133,552 as of the 2016 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, making it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the nation and the largest metropolitan area in the Census Bureau's South Atlantic division.
Transportation in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C. has a number of different modes of transportation available for use. Commuters have a major influence on travel patterns, with only 28% of people employed in Washington, D.C. commuting from within the city, whereas 33.5% commute from the nearby Maryland suburbs, 22.7% from Northern Virginia, and the rest from Washington, D.C.'s outlying suburbs.
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BREAKING THROUGH NEWS: The Virginia Breeze Update
A new inter-city Motor Coach Bus Service between Blacksburg, Virginia and Washington D.C. is off to a successful start.
I-66 Commuter Choice – New Travel Options Coming for Inside the Beltway
New options for commuters are being added in the I-66 corridor.
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Crystal City Potomac Yard Transitway Transit Displays
Redmon Group, in partnership with W.M. Schlosser, installed our custom digital transit signage for the Crystal City Potomac Yard Transitway, a dedicated bus rapid transit route that spans the jurisdictions of Arlington County and the City of Alexandria. The signs, provide real-time bus arrival data on LCD and LED displays, multimodal transit options, and Text-to-Speech capability for the seeing-impaired.
The Crystal City Potomac Yard Transitway is the Washington metropolitan area's first cross-jurisdictional right-of-way dedicated to premium surface transit. The Redmon Transit Display system includes our custom, web-based content management system (CMS) so authorized users can configure the signs and add content to keep them up to date. Visit TransitDisplay.com for more info.
San Jose International Airport | Wikipedia audio article
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San Jose International Airport
00:01:01 1 Overview
00:02:20 2 History
00:02:28 2.1 Beginnings and expansion
00:05:55 2.2 1988–2010: Boom and Bust
00:10:29 2.3 2010–present: Rebound in service
00:13:39 3 Facilities and aircraft
00:14:27 4 Terminals
00:15:09 4.1 Terminal A
00:16:57 4.2 Terminal B
00:18:53 4.3 Former Terminal C
00:20:33 5 Airlines and destinations
00:20:43 6 Statistics
00:20:52 6.1 Top destinations
00:21:05 6.2 Airline market share
00:21:14 6.3 Annual traffic
00:21:23 7 Accidents and incidents
00:22:40 8 General aviation
00:23:19 9 Ground transportation
00:24:27 10 See also
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Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (IATA: SJC, ICAO: KSJC, FAA LID: SJC) is a city-owned public airport in San Jose, California, United States. It is named after San Jose native Norman Mineta, former Transportation Secretary in the Cabinet of George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary in the Cabinet of Bill Clinton. The name also recognizes Mineta's service as a councilman for, and mayor of, San Jose. It is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection international port of entry. It is situated three miles northwest of Downtown San Jose near the intersections of U.S. Route 101, Interstate 880, and State Route 87. In 2017, 49% of departing or arriving passengers at SJC flew on Southwest Airlines; Alaska Airlines, for which SJC is also a focus city, was second most popular with about 12.3% of passengers.
JetBlue
JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU), often stylized as jetBlue, is an American low-cost airline. The company is headquartered in the Long Island City neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. Its main base is John F. Kennedy International Airport, also in Queens, and maintains a corporate office in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
The airline mainly serves destinations in the United States, along with flights to the Caribbean, The Bahamas, Bermuda, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, and Puerto Rico. As of October 2013, JetBlue serves 84 destinations in 24 states and 12 countries in the Caribbean, South America, and Latin America.
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From College Hill to Foggy Bottom: Reflections and Advice from Alumni in Foreign Service
“Every interaction is an opportunity for diplomacy.” This was just one bit of advice offered during a recent half-day gathering, “From College Hill to Foggy Bottom: Reflections and Advice from Alumni in Foreign Service.”
Returning to campus for the session, which included a panel discussion and a series of smaller workshops, were: Dr. David Gehrenbeck ’00, Ambassador Rodney Moore ’86, Ambassador Stephanie Sanders Sullivan ’80, and Ambassador Stuart Symington ’74. Students interested in learning more about careers in US foreign policy and diplomacy listened intently as the panelists reflected on their lives at and after Brown.
Ambassador Symington, currently the US Special Representative to the Central African Republic, recalled being told by a French professor that he didn’t have the necessary skills to master foreign languages. It’s a good thing he didn’t listen: since then, he has served high profile diplomatic positions in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, all of which have required advanced language skills. That being said, he cautioned students, to be realistic. “If you’ve been studying Russian an entire semester and still don’t know the Cyrillic Alphabet,” he joked, “drop it.” He characterized diplomacy as “turning the world into your mentor, student and classmate one interaction at a time,” and urged students to ask and listen.
During post-panel topical sessions with students, Ambassador Moore noted that the only supervisory position he had held prior to becoming a Foreign Service Officer was as a dining services worker at the Ratty, where he was in charge of three other students. Almost a decade younger than most of his State Department peers, he learned quickly how to lead others. He credited opportunities provided by Brown as being instrumental in preparing and guiding him toward a career in the State Department, helping gain admittance to the Foreign Service, and ultimately determining his assignments, which allowed him to rise to senior positions in the Balkans.
When asked about her experience as a female diplomat, Ambassador Sullivan, drew from her experience as Ambassador to the Republic of Congo. She said that while there are unique challenges related to balancing one’s career with family life, women who are truly passionate about careers in diplomacy find ways to overcome them. She added that being a female has its advantages, and added that, in the field generally, “Humor goes a long way.”
Dr. David Gehrenbeck, former research assistant at the Watson Institute while obtaining his PhD in Russian Literature, recalled advice from former director Mark Garrison and other professors who helped lead him to an internship in the Moscow embassy, and ultimately to the Foreign Service. A broad liberal arts education with strong communications and cross-cultural skills is good preparation for diplomacy but not sufficient; experience is important and internships are also useful.
Upperclassmen and underclassmen alike appreciated the advice and perspectives offered by the panelists. For Liu Yi ’15, who is considering a career in foreign policy, “interacting with these senior diplomats offered insights into the challenges and rewards of a career in the Foreign Service.” Freshman Abby Borges, who is already considering a career in the State Department, said, “the speakers’ stories and advice allowed me to affirm my aspirations,” adding that, “events like this help Brown undergraduates like me explore their future prospects.”
The day of panel session and workshops concluded with a campus-wide screening of the HBO documentary film, “The Diplomat,” chronicling the life and legacy of the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, a 1962 graduate of Brown, and directed by his son, David Holbrooke. Underscoring what had become evident throughout the day, in her introduction, Brown University President Christina Paxson noted Brown’s long tradition of educating leaders who pursue the field of diplomacy. “At present, there are two Brown alumna serving as Assistant Secretary; Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; and Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs. And no fewer than four Brown alumni served as Secretary of State: William L. Marcy, Richard Olney, John Hay, and Charles Evans Hughes.” She went on to note that had his life not been cut short, Holbrooke may very well have been the fifth.
Given the interest among current students at Brown, it appears this tradition will likely continue.