# Willow Run Airport (YIP / KYIP)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kyip

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YIP / KYIP
- FAA: YIP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Opened: Dec 1942
- Elevation: 716 ft / 218 m
- Coordinates: 42.2379, -83.5304
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,543 ft / 2,299 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 13 departures, 4 arrivals
- Passengers: 15,004 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Detroit
- Website: https://www.willowrunairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Run_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8022363
- Weather station: KYIP
- Ident: KYIP

## Timeline

- Dec 1942: Willow Run Airport opens.
- 8 Mar 2017: Ameristar Charters Flight 9363. No deaths.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 7,543 ft / 2,299 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 047° / 227° | yes |
| 09/27 | 5,001 ft / 1,524 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00467AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 6,840 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 7,558 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 6,031 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 7,403 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 4,368 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,510 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 3,012 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 5,644 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 6,218 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 8,593 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 15,004 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from YIP, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (3)

- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 496 mi / 798 km · 1,317 passengers · 37Q
- [AEX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaex.md) Alexandria International Airport · United States · 903 mi / 1,453 km · 1,579 passengers · 37Q
- [HRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khrl.md) Valley International Airport · United States · 1,365 mi / 2,197 km · 1,563 passengers · 37Q

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YIP, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- K9 [Kalitta Charters](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kalitta-charters)
- UJ [USA Jet Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/usa-jet-airlines)

### Passenger (1)

- 37Q · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 15K (2025) | #2,544 of 3,974 | #607 in North America | #419 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,543 ft / 2,299 m | #3,087 of 29,858 | #657 in North America | #485 in US |
| Elevation | 716 ft / 218 m | =23,088 of 43,403 | =10,970 in North America | =9,065 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | DETROIT APP/DEP | 118.950 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 132.350 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.425 |
| GND | GND | 121.750 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.275 |

## Nearby airports

- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 9.2 mi / 15 km
- [DET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdet.md) Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport · 29 mi / 47 km
- [YQG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyqg.md) Windsor International Airport · 30 mi / 47 km
- [PTK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kptk.md) Oakland County International Airport · 30 mi / 48 km
- [MTC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmtc.md) Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport · 44 mi / 71 km
- [TOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktol.md) Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport · 47 mi / 76 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kyip/data