Detroit Metro Wayne County
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Detroit Metro Wayne County is a public-use airport owned by Wayne County, Michigan, 15 miles south of Detroit, Michigan, 645 feet above sea level. It has 7 runways; the longest, 04R/22L, is 12,003 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DTW · ICAO KDTW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wayne County, Michigan
- Elevation
- 645 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 7
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04R/22L | 12,003 × 200 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 03R/21L | 10,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 04L/22R | 10,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 09L/27R | 8,708 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 03L/21R | 8,501 × 150 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 09R/27L | 8,500 × 150 ft | Concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 04X/22X |
- Runway 04R: ILS with DME, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), threshold displaced 509 ft, 11,494 ft available for landing, tree 85 ft high 3,652 ft from the end
- Runway 22L: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), rr 24 ft high 1,271 ft from the end
- Runway 03R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), road 22 ft high 1,119 ft from the end
- Runway 21L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), berm 20 ft high 559 ft from the end
- Runway 04L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), tree 48 ft high 2,563 ft from the end
- Runway 22R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), road 14 ft high 550 ft from the end
- Runway 09L: 8,618 ft available for landing, ant 107 ft high 4,461 ft from the end
- Runway 27R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), berm 7 ft high 333 ft from the end
- Runway 03L: PAPI, four lights on the right, pole 19 ft high 698 ft from the end
- Runway 21R: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 42 ft high 2,302 ft from the end
- Runway 09R: 6,787 ft available for landing
- Runway 27L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,787 ft available for landing
- Runway 04X: ILS with DME
- Runway 22X: ILS with DME
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS Departure | 118.125 | Metro |
| Digital ATIS Arrival | 133.675 | Metro |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 120.65 | Metro |
| Ground Southeast | 119.25 | Metro |
| Ground Northeast | 119.45 | Metro |
| Ground Northwest | 121.8 | Metro |
| Ground Southwest | 132.725 | Metro |
| Tower Arrival runway 03R/21L, 27R; Departure, airport diag runway 03L/21R, 03R/21L, 27R | 118.4 | Metro |
| Tower Arrival runway 04R/22L | 128.125 | Metro |
| Tower Arrival runway 03L/21R, 27L; Departure, airport diag runway 27L | 128.75 | Metro |
| Tower Arrival runway 04L/22R; Departure, airport diag runway 04L/22R, 04R/22L | 135.0 | Metro |
| Approach Runway 04L/22R, 04R/22L, 27L | 124.05 | Metro |
| Approach Runway 03R, 21L, 27R | 125.15 | Metro |
| Class B airspace · Departure · Departure procedure (METRO) Southwest; PROPS/TURBOPROPS-WEST | 118.95 | Metro |
| Departure procedure (BARII) · Departure procedure (CCOBB) · Departure procedure (CLVIN) Runway 04L/22R, 04R/22L; Runway 03L, 03R, 04L, 04R, 21L, 21R, 22L, 22R | 125.525 | Metro |
| Departure procedure (BARII) · Departure procedure (CCOBB) · Departure procedure (CLVIN) Runway 03L/21R, 03R/21L, 27L, 27R; Runway 27L, 27R | 132.025 | Metro |
| Class B airspace · Departure · Departure procedure (METRO) Southeast; PROPS/TURBOPROPS-EAST | 134.3 | Metro |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Metro |
| Class B airspace Northwest/northeast | 132.35 | Metro |
| Dtw and vot | 109.8 | |
| Grayt and star · Hanbl and star · Hayll and star | 124.975 | Metro |
| Bonzz and star · Crakn and star · Cuugr and star | 126.225 | Metro |
| Prm Runway 04L/22R | 127.05 | Metro |
| Prm Runway 04R/22L | 135.775 | Metro |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 231-202-2054.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Detroit from the FAA register
68 aircraft are registered to owners in Detroit, Michigan: 34 piston singles, 15 business jets, 13 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum INC 11Sky Solutions LLC 11Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum 9Global Services Detroit LLC 4Detroit Public Schools Community District 4City of Detroit 3
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 44 since 1982, 7 fatal
2021-07-22DCA21LA184 · Airbus A321-211 N376DN · accident · serious injuries
2017-12-12DCA18CA042 · Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft CO MD 88 N924DL · accident · no injuries
2016-02-17DCA16CA094 · Boeing 737 N925NN · accident · no injuries
2016-01-27OPS16IA002 · Bombardier INC Cl600 2D24 N316PQ · incident
2011-10-23ENG12IA003 · Boeing 747-451 N661US · incident · no injuries
2011-03-30CEN11IA264 · Bombardier INC Cl-600-2B19 N8505Q · incident · no injuries
2009-12-04OPS10IA003 · · incident · no injuries
2008-11-13DCA09FA011 · Bombardier INC Cl-600-2B19 N8698A · accident · minor injuries
2008-01-09CHI08LA071 · Airbus Industrie A319-114 N349NB · accident · no injuries
2004-02-25CHI04LA077 · Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) Saab 340B N420XJ · accident · no injuries
2001-07-25CHI01LA245 · Mcdonnell Douglas Dc-9-51 N780NC · accident · serious injuries
2001-03-17CHI01FA104 · Airbus Industrie A320-200 N357NW · accident · minor injuries
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Brightly lighted parking lot 2.6 NM southwest of airport.
- Runway ID 04X/22X supports second ILS'S (I-BZB and I-ALA) at runway 04L/22R.
- West 1713 feet closed indefinitely.
- ALSF2 required when rvr/vsbly is 6000/1 mile or less. Ssalr operd when rvr/vsbly is 6000/1 mile.
- Also has ssalr.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess left or right of centerline.
- Be alert birds, waterfowl, on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Aircraft on taxiway 'F' and taxiway 'V' do not block fire station exits.
- Taxi on runway 09L/27R ltd to: exiting from runway 04R/22L, 03L/21R, and 03R/21L except no taxi between runway 03L/21R and taxiway west; TWO-WAY taxi between taxiway Y and taxiway M when red stop bar lights are lighted at runway 04R/22L and 03L/21R or when barricades are used instead at the respective ints. Taxi between sunset to sunrise or in conditions with visibility less than 1 SM rqrs green centerline light to be operates.
- Runway status lights are in open.
- Runway visual screen 20 feet above ground level 1150 feet south. Aer 04R
- Aircraft with wingspan gtr than 171 feet are rstrd from using taxiway P between taxiway J and taxiway P3.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.