The airport formerly known as Washington National was renamed Ronald Reagan Washington National in 1998. According to Wikipedia, "flights to and from the airport are limited [to] 1,250 statute miles (2,010 km) in any direction nonstop, in an effort to send coast–to–coast and overseas traffic to Dulles International Airport, though there are 40 slot exemptions to this rule. Planes are required to take unusually complicated paths to avoid restricted and prohibited airspace above sensitive landmarks, government buildings, and military installations in and around Washington, D.C., and comply with some of the tightest noise restrictions in the country."
Reagan National (as it's referred to in its logo) is adjacent to Arlington, Virginia; it's built partly on the mudflats of the Potomac River – on the western bank, which is the opposite bank from Washington itself. But it's only five miles from the centre of the city, while Dulles is "about 25 miles to the west".
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