Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Wayne County, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Wayne County Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Detroit, Michigan, United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States and Windsor, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Romulus, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 645 ft / 197 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°12′45″N 083°21′12″W / 42.21250°N 83.35333°WCoordinates: 42°12′45″N 083°21′12″W / 42.21250°N 83.35333°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www |
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Source: www.metroairport.com
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Total passengers (2015) | 33,440,112 |
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Cargo volume (2014) | 202,066 tonnes |
Aircraft operations (2015) | 379,376 |
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (IATA: DTW, ICAO: KDTW, FAA LID: DTW), usually called Detroit Metro Airport, Metro Airport locally, or simply DTW, is a major international airport in the United States covering 4,850 acres (1,960 ha) in Romulus, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It is Michigan's busiest airport, and one of the largest air transportation hubs in the country. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a large hub primary commercial service facility.
The airport is Delta Air Lines' second-largest hub in terms of daily flights. Detroit serves as the primary gateway to Asia for the Eastern United States for Delta and is also the third-busiest gateway to Europe for the airline. The airport is a major gateway for tourism in metropolitan Detroit and is one of SkyTeam's major Midwestern hubs. It is also the fourth-largest base for Spirit Airlines and is a major connecting point between the Eastern and the Western United States. Operated by the Wayne County Airport Authority, the airport has four major runways and two crosswind runways, two terminals, 129 in-service gates, and an on-site Westin Hotel and conference center connected to the A concourse. Detroit Metropolitan Airport has maintenance facilities capable of servicing and repairing aircraft as large as the Boeing 747-400.