Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
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Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, also called Detroit Metro Airport, is an airport in Romulus, Michigan, near Detroit, Michigan. It is a major hub for Northwest Airlines and has the IATA Airport Code DTW. 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 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.
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Terminals
Berry Terminal
Edward H. McNamara Terminal
Smith Terminal
- Air Canada Jazz
- Air Wisconsin dba United Express
- America West Airlines
- American Airlines
- American Eagle
- Atlantic Southeast Airlines dba Delta Connection
- Chautauqua Airlines dba US Airways Express
- Comair dba Delta Connection
- Delta Air Lines
- Mesa Airlines dba United Express
- Mesa Airlines dba US Airways Express
- PSA Airlines dba US Airways Express
- Southwest Airlines
- Spirit Airlines
- Trans States Airlines dba US Airways Express
- United Airlines
- US Airways
In addition, Independence Air will start service on August 23, 2004.
