The weather is getting colder, Election Day is approaching: it’s the perfect time to avoid falling into an abyss of existential dread while planning your next summer vacation. And Southwest Airlines has good news for travelers who prefer to fly out of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

The Dallas-based carrier, which handles about 70% of BWI’s air traffic, announced six new nonstop routes between BWI and the West Coast starting in mid-2025. They include flights to and from San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, as well as three other California airports: Long Beach, San Jose and Ontario, east of Los Angeles.

Starting June 5, flights between BWI and Portland and Seattle will be daily.

But don’t forget your eye mask and neck pillow: return flights from all of these cities will be “red-eye” night flights. Southwest already operates six other night flights to BWI. They come from Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and Phoenix.

“Every flight in our network is an itinerary,” Chip Perry, a Southwest Airlines spokesman, said in an email. “If we fly it in one direction, we fly it at an equal frequency in the other direction. Please note, the daily flight FROM Baltimore to the above six airports is not a red-eye flight, but the flights TO Baltimore – of which there is also a daily from these six airports – are red-eye flights.

Southwest now offers service to San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, but travelers typically have to catch a connecting flight in cities like Las Vegas or Phoenix.

The new routes are the latest expansion of the airline’s services that has almost single-handedly fueled BWI’s growth.

Despite a holiday collapse in 2022 and a Difficult negotiation with his pilots unionSouthwest continues to be an airline of choice for Baltimore area residents. This helped BWI set a record last year for international passengers.

“These new flights will drive tourism and business development in our state and region,” Ricky Smith, executive director and CEO of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, said in a news release. “We are working to improve the travel product for our customers while creating more air service opportunities with our partner airlines.”