Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Guide
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport sits in Romulus, Michigan, about 29 km southwest of downtown Detroit. It is Michigan's busiest airport and a major hub for Delta Air Lines, which operates the bulk of its flights through the large McNamara Terminal. The airport serves more than 140 nonstop destinations across three continents, with roughly 1,100 daily flights.
The airport opened for commercial operations on September 4, 1930, and is governed by the Wayne County Airport Authority. It has six runways and handled approximately 33 million passengers in 2024. The McNamara Terminal's Concourse A is one of the longest airport concourses in the world at about 1.6 km, served by an automated tram.
In addition to the Detroit metro area, DTW draws passengers from Ann Arbor to the west, Windsor and Southwestern Ontario across the Canadian border, and the Toledo, Ohio region to the south. The airport is a SkyTeam hub, giving it strong international connectivity to Europe, Latin America, and Asia through Delta and its alliance partners.
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 33M passengers (2024)6 runwaysopened 1930
- Location
- 42.214, -83.354
- Operator
- Wayne County Airport Authority
Terminals
2 terminalsDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport has 2 passenger terminals — Edward H. McNamara Terminal and Evans Terminal, handling both international and domestic flights for around 13 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Edward H. McNamara TerminalMixed
Delta Air Lines, Air France, Aeromexico, WestJet, KLM
Concourses Concourse A · Concourse B · Concourse C
- Evans TerminalMixed
American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, JetBlue, Air Canada, Lufthansa, Frontier Airlines, Spirit Airlines
Concourses Concourse D
Nearby cities
4 citiesDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is closest to Detroit (34 km northeast), and also serves Windsor, Ann Arbor and other nearby areas. With 4 towns and cities within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Detroit34 km northeast
- Ann Arbor40 km northwest
- Windsor37 km northeast
- Toledo97 km south
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