DTW
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (IATA: DTW, ICAO: KDTW) is a large airport in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It opened on 22 Feb 1930. It has 6 runways; the longest is 12,003 ft (3,659 m). It is operated by Wayne County Airport Authority. In 2025 it handled 32.7 million passengers.
Timeline
7 events · 1930–200922 FEB 1930
OpenedDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport opens.
11 JAN 1983
DisasterUnited Airlines Flight 2885.3 killed
04 MAR 1987
DisasterNorthwest Airlink Flight 2268.9 killed
16 AUG 1987
DisasterAviation accident.
03 DEC 1990
DisasterAviation accident.
03 DEC 1990
DisasterWayne County Airport runway collision.8 killed
25 DEC 2009
DisasterNorthwest Airlines Flight 253.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF04R/22L029° / 209° · LIT
LENGTH12,003 ft3,659 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEConcrete
03R/21L029° / 209° · LIT
LENGTH10,001 ft3,048 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
04L/22R029° / 209° · LIT
LENGTH10,000 ft3,048 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
09L/27R089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH8,708 ft2,654 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
03L/21R029° / 209° · LIT
LENGTH8,501 ft2,591 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
09R/27L089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH8,500 ft2,591 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
Passengers per year
2014–202532.5M
32.7M
33.9M
34.3M
35.0M
36.4M
13.7M
23.1M
27.6M
30.9M
32.4M
32.7M
141516171819202122232425
Routes
90 destinations · 23 countriesYear-round65
TVCCherry Capital AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines334 km208 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle, United Airlines +1376 km234 miMKEGeneral Mitchell International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines381 km237 miBUFBuffalo Niagara International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines387 km240 miMSNDane County Regional Truax FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines500 km311 miSYRSyracuse Hancock International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines601 km373 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express616 km383 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Delta Air Lines651 km405 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines657 km408 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines707 km439 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, Delta Air Lines728 km452 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines735 km457 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express, Delta Air Lines783 km487 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, Delta Air Lines805 km500 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines806 km501 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines807 km501 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines817 km508 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines848 km527 miORFNorfolk International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines851 km529 miBDLBradley International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines880 km547 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines958 km595 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines982 km610 miBHMBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,007 km626 miMCIKansas City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,009 km627 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines1,015 km631 miMYRMyrtle Beach International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,025 km637 miSAVSavannah Hilton Head International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,138 km707 miJAXJacksonville International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,312 km815 miMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines1,493 km928 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines1,544 km959 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,585 km985 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines1,586 km985 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Express, United Airlines +11,731 km1,076 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,750 km1,087 miDJTPresident Donald J. Trump International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,752 km1,089 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines1,802 km1,120 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines1,818 km1,130 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines1,847 km1,148 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,848 km1,148 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,954 km1,214 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines2,377 km1,477 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,378 km1,478 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines2,683 km1,667 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines2,808 km1,745 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Delta Air Lines2,933 km1,822 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Volaris3,051 km1,896 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines3,093 km1,922 miSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · Delta Air Lines3,111 km1,933 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,135 km1,948 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,142 km1,952 miSNAJohn Wayne Orange County International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,148 km1,956 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines3,178 km1,975 miSMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,232 km2,008 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Delta Air Lines3,337 km2,074 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Delta Air Lines6,045 km3,756 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Delta Air Lines6,324 km3,930 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, Delta Air Lines6,359 km3,951 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa6,679 km4,150 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines7,191 km4,468 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Delta Air Lines7,428 km4,616 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines8,503 km5,284 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian9,724 km6,042 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · Delta Air Lines10,320 km6,413 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Delta Air Lines10,654 km6,620 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Delta Air Lines11,462 km7,122 miSeasonal30
PITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines323 km201 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · American Airlines376 km234 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines616 km383 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Airlines728 km452 miRICRichmond International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines734 km456 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines783 km487 miALBAlbany International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines785 km488 miGSPGreenville-Spartanburg International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines820 km510 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Sun Country Airlines848 km527 miHVNTweed New Haven AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines874 km543 miPWMPortland International JetportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,073 km667 miCHSCharleston International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,076 km669 miLALLakeland Linder International AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines1,586 km985 miYHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · WestJet1,622 km1,008 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,649 km1,025 miNASLynden Pindling International AirportBahamas · Delta Air Lines1,985 km1,233 miPLSProvidenciales International AirportTurks & Caicos Islands · Delta Air Lines2,496 km1,551 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet2,517 km1,564 miGCMOwen Roberts International AirportCayman Islands · Delta Air Lines2,556 km1,588 miMBJSangster International AirportJamaica · Delta Air Lines2,686 km1,669 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · Delta Air Lines2,986 km1,855 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · WestJet3,150 km1,957 miPVRPuerto Vallarta International AirportMexico · Delta Air Lines3,151 km1,958 miSJDLos Cabos International AirportMexico · Delta Air Lines3,229 km2,006 miLIRDaniel Oduber Quirós International AirportCosta Rica · Delta Air Lines3,523 km2,189 miAUAQueen Beatrix International AirportAruba · Delta Air Lines3,547 km2,204 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Delta Air Lines4,482 km2,785 miANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines4,792 km2,978 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Delta Air Lines5,598 km3,478 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Delta Air Lines6,977 km4,335 miMost destinationsDelta Air Lines 82Frontier Airlines 17American Airlines 6United Airlines 5United Express 4American Eagle 4
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from DTW. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Detroit Metropolitan Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
8 channelsAPPAPP118.575
ATISATIS133.675
CLDPRE TAXI CLNC120.650
DEPDEP118.575
GNDGND119.250
RDOLANSING RDO115.700
TWRMETRO TWR118.400
UNICUNICOM122.950