YIP

Willow Run Airport

ICAO KYIP42.2379°N 83.5304°W716 ft / 218 mMedium airport
On the map
Willow Run Airport - Michigan
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Willow Run Airport (IATA: YIP, ICAO: KYIP) is a medium airport in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It opened in Dec 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,543 ft (2,299 m). In 2025 it handled 15 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1942–2017
DEC 1942
OpenedWillow Run Airport opens.
08 MAR 2017
DisasterAmeristar Charters Flight 9363.No deaths
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
05/23047° / 227° · LIT
LENGTH7,543 ft2,299 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
09/27089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH5,001 ft1,524 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
7K
8K
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Routes

3 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YIP. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from YIP, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers15K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,544of 3,974 · #607 North America · #419 USLongest runway7,543 ft2,299 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,086of 29,823 · #657 North America · #485 USElevation716 ft218 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=23,069of 43,341 · =10,967 North America · =9,063 USAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =924 North America · =885 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: 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

5 channels
A/DDETROIT APP/DEP118.950
ASOSASOS132.350
ATISATIS127.425
GNDGND121.750
TWRTWR125.275