AirportsDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is a large airport serving Detroit, in Michigan, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DTW.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DTW
- ICAO code
- KDTW
- City
- Detroit
- State or region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 42.2138° N, 83.3538° W
- Elevation
- 197 m (645 ft)
- Runways
- 6
- Longest runway
- 3,659 m (12,003 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DTW means Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KDTW. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 42.2138° N, 83.3538° W. It stands 197 metres (645 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Detroit, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport has 6 runways in the data. The longest is 3,659 metres (12,003 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 29.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04R/22L | 3,659 m 12,003 ft | 61 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 03R/21L | 3,048 m 10,001 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 04L/22R | 3,048 m 10,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 09L/27R | 2,654 m 8,708 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 03L/21R | 2,591 m 8,501 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 09R/27L | 2,591 m 8,500 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Windsor International AirportWindsor, Canada | YQG | 33 km |
| Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express AirportToledo | TOL | 79 km |
| Bishop International AirportFlint | FNT | 90 km |
| Capital Region International AirportLansing | LAN | 119 km |
| Cleveland Hopkins International AirportCleveland | CLE | 153 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,894 km | 14 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,774 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,400 km | 14 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,045 km | 7 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 817 km | 1 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,178 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,115 km | 18 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,320 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,237 km | 18 h 50 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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