City: Birmingham, AL

Category: Getting Here, Getting Around

Description: Located a convenient 5 miles from downtown Birmingham, the Birmingham-­Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) serves 3 million passengers a year and is the busiest in the state. Nearly 140 daily flights to more than 56 cities in the United States are carried out on six different airlines including American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, United Express, and US Airways/America West. BHM offers one-stop flights to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Memphis, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, St. Louis, Tampa, and other cities. Real-time tracking of arrivals, departures, and in-air traffic is available at bhamintlairport.com. Navigating the small airport couldn’t be simpler. The airport is separated into a lower and upper level. The upper level is for passenger drop-off, and contains ticket desks, security, business center, and food courts. The ground level is for baggage claim, taxi service, and pickup. Though there’s no curbside parking allowed, a parking deck across the street is a short distance from the terminal and curbside shuttle service area. The deck offers 5,600 spaces for hourly parking and daily parking. The airport remote lot has 900 parking spaces. A complimentary shuttle is available from the remote lot. Hourly parking in the deck is $1 per hour or $24 per day and daily parking is $1 per hour or $12 per day. Remote parking is $1 per hour or $10 per day. Both AirMed International, (800) 356-2161, airmed.com, and MedJet Assistance, (800) 963-3538, medjetassistance.com, are found at the airport and provide emergency medical air transportation.