Detroit/Metropolitan Wayne County

Airport
ICAO: KDTW
Summary
Name	Detroit/Metropolitan Wayne County
Region	North America
Territory	United States
Location	Romulus, Detroit, Michigan
Serving
Coordinates	42° 12' 40.57" N, 83° 21' 11.57" W

Runways
Designator Length Width Surface ROPS 03L/21R 2591 m8,500.656 ft 61 m200.131 ft PEM yes/yes 03R/21L 3048 m10,000 ft 46 m150.919 ft CON yes/yes 04L/22R 3048 m10,000 ft 46 m150.919 ft CON yes/yes 04R/22L 3659 m12,004.593 ft 61 m200.131 ft CON yes/yes 09L/27R 2654 m8,707.349 ft 61 m200.131 ft PEM yes/yes 09R/27L 2591 m8,500.656 ft 46 m150.919 ft CON yes/yes

METAR
Observation	KDTW 140353Z 00000KT 6SM BR BKN200 01/M01 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP107 T00061011
Station	Detroit, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Date/Time	14 December 2019 03:53:00
Wind direction	0°
Wind speed	00 kts
Lowest cloud amount	broken clouds
Temperature	0.6°C
Dew point
Humidity	88%
QNH	hPa
Weather condition	mist

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

ICAO: KDTW IATA: DTW

Description

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, usually called Detroit Metro Airport, Metro Airport locally, or simply DTW, is a major international airport in Romulus, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

Climatology

Humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa) - characterized by four seasons: cold, windy, snowy winters, mild springs, hot, humid summers, and crisp and relatively short autumns. Precipitation reaches its lowest in January and February and peaks in summer and latter half of spring.

Maps

Terrain

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Airport Layout

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Accidents & Serious Incidents at or in vicinity of KDTW

• DC91 / B722, Detroit MI USA, 1990 (On 3 December 1990 a Douglas DC9-10 flight crew taxiing for departure at Detroit in thick fog got lost and ended up stopped to one side of an active runway where, shortly after reporting their position, their aircraft was hit by a departing Boeing 727-200 and destroyed by the impact and subsequent fire. The Investigation concluded that the DC9 crew had failed to communicate positional uncertainty quickly enough but that their difficulties had been compounded by deficiencies in both the standard of air traffic service and airport surface markings, signage and lighting undetected by safety regulator oversight.)
• MD82, Detroit MI USA, 1987 (On 16 August 1987, an MD-82 being operated by Northwest Airlines on a scheduled passenger flight from Detroit MI to Phoenix AZ failed to get properly airborne in day VMC and, after damaging impact with obstacles within the airport perimeter after climbing to a maximum height of just under 40 ft, impacted the ground causing the destruction of the aircraft by impact forces and a subsequent fire. All but one of the 157 occupants were killed with the single survivor suffering serious injury. On the ground, 2 people were killed, 2 more seriously injured and 4 more suffered minor injury with several buildings vehicles and structures damaged or destroyed.)