Originally Posted by
gnaget
I might be flying out of DCA with UA tomorrow maybe 2 pm flight. Expect any problems at that hour? The purple drop-off only makes sense if you are not checking luggage? I am thinking of a scenario where road traffic is really bad because of back-up into T1 like I noted in July. I was driving a rental and dropping off passengers and then afterwards dropping the rental, so I managed some aggressive maneuvers to get around the mess.
watch the weather and flight status.
i don’t recall where the purple drop off is located.
you want to use the south end TSA. That's the non American side so likely less traffic. Departure out ofB gates which is basically across the hallway from TSA south.
south end of DCA metro station.. the walkway from there aligns with the upstairs escalators if you need to check bags. South TSA checkpoint is just to the left from the bridge you cross and the escalators up to airlines.