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

Detroit is the second-largest hub for Delta Air Lines, and serves as the airlines primary gateway to Asia. It is also one of SkyTeams major Midwestern hubs. It is also the second-largest base for Spirit Airlines, where the airline was founded and once operated its largest hub. Operated by the Wayne County Airport Authority, the airport is one of the nations most-recently expanded and modernized airports, with six major runways, two terminals, 145 in-service gates, and an on-site Westin Hotel and conference center. The McNamara Terminal Concourse A is the worlds second-longest airport terminal building at one mile (1.6 km) It is just surpassed by the 1.06-mile 1.7 km long Kansai International Airport). The airport has maintenance facilities capable of servicing and repairing aircraft as large as the Boeing 747.

In 2008, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport was the 13th-busiest airport in the United States and the 24th busiest airport in the world (Worlds busiest airports by passenger traffic) in terms of passenger traffic. Through August 2008, the airport remained one of the top ten U.S. international gateway airports. Metro Airport also serves the Toledo (Toledo, Ohio), Ohio, area, which is located approximately convert47mikm0 south of the airport, and the city of Windsor, Ontario and Southwestern Ontario in nearby Canada. The airport serves over 160 destinations in Canada, the USA, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, and Far East Asia.

In 2009, Daily Beast ranked Detroit Metro fifth among U.S. airports.

In 2010, Detroit Metro Airport was named the best large U.S. airport in customer satisfaction by J.D. Power & Associates.

Image2: DTWchart-Jan2009.jpg

Image2-width: 150

Caption2: FAA airport diagram

Iata: DTW

Icao: KDTW

Faa: DTW

Type: Public

Owner: Wayne County, Michigan

Operator: Wayne County Airport Authority

City-served: Detroit, Michigan

Birth Location: Romulus, Michigan

Hub: *Delta Air Lines *Spirit Airlines

Elevation-f: 645

Elevation-m: 197

Coordinates: Coord421245N0832112Wregion:US_type:airport

Website: www.metroairport.com/

Number on List: 4R/22L

R1-length-f: 12,003

R1-length-m: 3,659

R1-surface: Concrete

Number on List: 4L/22R

R2-length-f: 10,000

R2-length-m: 3,048

R2-surface: Concrete

Number on List: 3R/21L

R3-length-f: 10,001

R3-length-m: 3,048

R3-surface: Concrete

Number on List: 3L/21R

R4-length-f: 8,501

R4-length-m: 2,591

R4-surface: Asphalt/Concrete

Number on List: 9L/27R

R5-length-f: 8,708

R5-length-m: 2,654

R5-surface: Asphalt/Concrete

Number on List: 9R/27L

R6-length-f: 8,500

R6-length-m: 2,591

R6-surface: Concrete

Stat1-header: Total passengers

Stat1-data: 35,135,828

Stat2-header: International passengers

Stat2-data: 3,187,249

Stat3-header: Aircraft operations

Stat3-data: 462,700

Footnotes: Source: Federal Aviation Administration

source: wikipedia.org

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