BWI Airport Prepares For Snowy Flying Weather

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It takes a lot of steel to keep an airport open when snow hits. At BWI-Marshall, some pieces of equipment can do more than one job while clearing runways.
“It’s quite an investment. This multifunction equipment runs us about $850,000 a unit,” said BWI’s chief operating officer Wayne Pennell.
Others, like snow melters, do one job. Turning snow to water when there isn’t any place to pile it.
With something the size of an airport, it doesn&