Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (IATA:DTW, ICAO:KDTW), also called Detroit Metro Airport, is an airport in Romulus, Michigan, near Detroit, Michigan, and is a major hub for Northwest Airlines. The airport has six runways and three terminals. It was the sixteenth busiest passenger airport in the world in 2003; its passenger volume was surpassed by only 6 airports outside the U.S.

On February 25, 2002, The McNamara Terminal opened it doors for flight operations, replacing the former Northwest Airlines terminal at the Davey Terminal.

Terminals

Berry Terminal

This terminal was DTW's international terminal. Before the construction of the McNamara Terminal, all international passengers would arrive here and would go through customs and immigration, then passengers would be transported to the Smith and Davey Terminals by bus for their connecting flight. It is now used for charter flights only.

• Charter Airlines
• USA 3000 Airlines (Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, Ft. Myers, and Clearwater/St. Petersburg)

Edward H. McNamara Terminal

The terminal opened on February 25, 2002, it currently houses mainly Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines, and KLM. It is a replacement of the Davey Terminal, which was formerly the Northwest Airlines terminal. It is also referred to as The Northwest World Gateway at Detroit. The terminal has 3 concourses, a food court in the middle and a people mover system that gets passengers from one end of the terminal to the other. British Airways, Lufthansa, and Royal Jordanian operated from the terminal a couple of months after the opening. On March 30, 2005, Delta Air Lines and Delta Connection carriers also moved to this terminal.

• Atlantic Southeast Airlines dba Delta Connection (Atlanta)
• British Airways (London/Heathrow)
• Comair dba Delta Connection (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky (Covington, KY) and New York/Kennedy)
• Continental Airlines (Houston/Intercontinental and Newark)
• Continental Express (Cleveland and Newark)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta and Salt Lake City)
• KLM (Amsterdam)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
• Mesaba Airlines dba Northwest Airlink (Akron/Canton, Allentown/Bethlehem, Alpena, Appleton, Binghamton, Birmingham, Bloomington, Champaign/Urbana, Charleston (WV), Charlotte, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky (Covington, KY), Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Des Moines, Elmira, Erie, Flint, Ft. Wayne, Green Bay, Greensboro, Kalamazoo, Kitchener/Waterloo (ON), Knoxville, Lexington, London (ON), Louisville, Marquette, Moline, Montreal/Trudeau, Muskegon, Newark, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Pellston/Mackinac Island, Pittsburgh, Roanoke, Rochester (NY), Saginaw, St. Louis, Sault Sainte Marie, Savannah, South Bend, State College, Toledo, Traverse City, and Wausau/Stevens Point)
• Northwest Airlines (Albany, Allentown/Bethlehem, Amsterdam, Anchorage, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Beijing, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Cancun, Charlotte, Chicago/Midway, Chicago/O'Hare, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky (Covington, KY), Cleveland, Columbus, Cozumel, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Flint, Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, Ft. Myers, Frankfurt, Grand Cayman, Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Greenville, Harrisburg, Hartford, Houston/Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Jackson Hole, Jacksonville, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Lansing, Las Vegas, Lexington, London/Gatwick, Los Angeles, Louisville, Madison, Manchester, Manila, Memphis, Mexico City, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Montego Bay, Montreal (Trudeau), Tokyo/Nagoya, Nashville, Nassau, New Orleans, New York/Kennedy, New York/LaGuardia, Newark, Norfolk/Southern Virginia, Oklahoma City, Orange County (Santa Ana), Orlando, Osaka, Paris/Charles De Gaulle, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Providence, Puerto Vallarta, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Rochester (NY), Saginaw, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, Sarasota/Bradenton, Seattle/Tacoma, Shanghai, Syracuse, Taipei, Tampa, Tokyo/Narita, Toronto, Washington/Dulles, Washington/Reagan, and West Palm Beach)
• Pinnacle Airlines dba Northwest Airlink (Akron/Canton, Albany, Appleton, Asheville, Bangor, Binghamton, Birmingham, Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Charleston (SC), Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky (Covington, KY), Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Dayton, Des Moines, Duluth, Elmira, Erie, Evansville, Fayeteville (AR), Ft. Wayne, Greensboro, Greenville, Harrisburg, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Knoxville, Lansing, Lexington, Lincoln, Little Rock, Myrtle Beach, Newburgh, Norfolk/Southern Virginia, Omaha, Ottawa (ON), Portland (ME), Quebec, Richmond, Roanoke, Rochester (MN), Rochester (NY), Shreveport, South Bend, Springfield/Branson, Syracuse, Traverse City, Tulsa, Wausau/Stevens Point, and Wichita)
• Royal Jordanian (Amman)

Smith Terminal

The Smith Terminal was built in 1957. This terminal houses other US airlines at DTW. It is the oldest of the other terminals. All airlines in this terminal will move to the new North Terminal, which is expected to be completed by 2008. At that point this terminal will be demolished.

• Air Canada Jazz (Toronto)
• America West Airlines (Las Vegas and Phoenix)
• American Airlines (Chicago/O'Hare, Dallas/Ft. Worth, and Miami)
• American Eagle (New York/LaGuardia)
• Chautauqua Airlines dba US Airways Express (Philadelphia and Pittsburgh)
• Independence Air (Washington/Dulles)
• Mesa Airlines dba United Express (Washington/Dulles)
• Mesa Airlines dba US Airways Express (Charlotte and Philadelphia)
• MidAtlantic Airways dba US Airways Express (Washington/Reagan)
• PSA Airlines dba US Airways Express (Charlotte, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington/Reagan)
• SkyWest dba United Express (Denver)
• Southwest Airlines (Chicago/Midway, Nashville, Phoenix, and St. Louis)
• Spirit Airlines (Atlantic City, Cancun, Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, Ft. Myers, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Myrtle Beach, New York/LaGuardia, Orlando, Providence, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Tampa, Washington/Reagan, and West Palm Beach)
• Trans States Airlines dba US Airways Express (Pittsburgh)
• United Airlines (Chicago/O'Hare and Denver)
• US Airways (Charlotte and Philadelphia)

Davey Terminal

The Davey Terminal was built in 1966 and was first known as "Terminal 2" or "North Terminal". It was renamed the "J. M. Davey Terminal" in 1975 honoring former airport manager James M. Davey. It was the principal base of operations for Northwest Airlines before the McNamara Terminal opened. It contained 5 concourses C, D, E, F, and G. After the opening of the McNamara Terminal, the terminal was then demolished and will be replaced by a new North Terminal. The new terminal will accommodate other airlines at DTW that is currently operating out of the old Smith Terminal and it is expected to be completed by 2008.

Ground Transportation

The airport is accessible from I-94, which is the closest entrance to the Berry and Smith Terminals. The McNamara Terminal is immediately accessible from I-275.

Major rental car companies such as Alamo, Enterprise, and Hertz serve the airport. Taxi and limosine service is provided by local companies as well as Metro Airport Taxis (Metro Cab) and Metro Cars.

The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) provides a bus route that connects the airport with Detroit and its surrounding area.

There is a continuous curbside shuttle that connects the Smith and Berry Terminals with the McNamara Terminal.

Disasters

• On August 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255, which used a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 on that day and was bound for Phoenix, Arizona and Santa Ana, California, crashed on take-off from DTW. All but one passenger on the aircraft was killed; the lone survivor was a young girl.

• On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103, which was on a Frankfurt – London – New York-Detroit route exploded, killing all on board and several on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland.

• On December 3, 1990, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collided with a Boeing 727 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on one of DTW's runways, which killed 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers aboard flight 1482.

External links

• Airnav.com – KDTW
• Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Homepage
• Michigan Bureau of Aeronautics
• Wayne County-Detroit Metro Airport History
• Google Maps satellite image