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Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

DTW · Detroit, MI

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IATA Code
DTW
ICAO Code
KDTW
City
Detroit
Country
United States
Website
www.metroairport.com

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is a major airport serving Detroit, MI. Its IATA code is DTW and its ICAO code is KDTW.

The airfield sits 645 feet above sea level.

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DTW by the numbers

IATA DTW · ICAO KDTW · 645 ft elevation · Map

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Official departure punctuality

Ranks #240 of 358 U.S. airports for on-time departures

On-time departures
78.5%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
2.0%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
81 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
121,140
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 51%
  • Air traffic control & airport 22%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 19%
  • Extreme weather 8%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Busiest routes from DTW

RouteFlightsOn time
Chicago (ORD) 6,014 72%
Atlanta (ATL) 4,832 79%
New York (LGA) 3,862 75%
Newark (EWR) 3,642 77%
Orlando (MCO) 3,600 75%
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) 3,482 76%
Charlotte (CLT) 3,476 83%
Denver (DEN) 3,110 79%
Philadelphia (PHL) 3,000 78%
Washington (DCA) 2,971 68%
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Airlines departing DTW

AirlineFlightsOn-time departures
Delta Air Lines 60,378 80%
SkyWest Airlines 28,477 75%
Republic Airways 6,251 84%
NK 6,187 75%
American Airlines 4,850 83%
Southwest Airlines 4,460 71%
Frontier Airlines 3,308 71%
United Airlines 2,331 83%
OH 1,979 77%
JetBlue Airways 1,299 79%

Terminals, parking & amenities

Terminals (11)

  • A Concourse
  • B Concourse
  • C Concourse
  • D Concourse
  • McNamara Terminal
  • Off Site Parking Shuttles
  • Rental Car Shuttles
  • Warren Cleage Evans Terminal

Parking (44)

  • Avis
  • Big Blue Deck Parking
  • Budget
  • Cell Phone Waiting Lot North
  • DTW South Cell Phone Lot
  • Dollar / Thrifty
  • Employee Lot
  • Green Lot #1 Parking
  • Hertz
  • National / Alamo
  • Short- and Long-term Lot

Lounges (2)

  • Freedom Center
  • Lufthansa Lounge

Food & drink (56)

  • Air Margaritaville
  • Andiano
  • Anita's Kitchen
  • Atwater Brewery
  • Biagaloria Cucina
  • Born in Detroit
  • Buddy's Pizza
  • Cat Cora's Taproom
  • Chick-fil-A
  • Chick-fil-A
  • Chili's
  • Coffee Beanery

Shops (56)

  • Be Relax
  • Be Relax
  • Briggs and Riley
  • Brighton Collectibles
  • Brioche DorĂ©e
  • Brooks Brothers
  • Brookstone
  • CNBC
  • CNBC
  • CNBC News
  • Carry On
  • Creative Kidstuff

Car rental (9)

  • Alamo
  • Avis
  • Avis
  • Budget
  • Dollar
  • Enterprise
  • Hertz
  • National
  • Thrifty

Gates (133)

A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A15, A17, A18, A19, A20, A21, A23, A24, A25, A27, A28, A29, A30, A31, A33, A34, A35, A36, A38, A40, A43, A45, A46, A47, A49, A50, A51, A53

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Runways

Runway Length Surface
04R/22L 12,003 ft CON, lighted
03R/21L 10,001 ft CON, lighted
04L/22R 10,000 ft CON, lighted
09L/27R 8,708 ft PEM, lighted
03L/21R 8,501 ft PEM, lighted
09R/27L 8,500 ft CON, lighted

Listen to the tower

Air traffic control frequencies, for scanners and airband radios.

  • Recorded airport information (ATIS) 133.675 MHz
  • Tower 118.400 MHz
  • Ground 119.250 MHz
  • Clearance delivery 120.650 MHz
  • Departure 118.575 MHz
  • Approach 118.575 MHz

Runways and frequencies: OurAirports (public domain). Not for navigation.

Tags: DTW, KDTW, Detroit airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

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