Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, also called Detroit International 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.

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 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.

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport has 3 Terminals.

Terminals

Berry Terminal

• American Trans Air
• British Airways
• Royal Jordanian

Edward H. McNamara Terminal

• Continental Airlines
• Continental Express
• KLM
• Lufthansa
• Mesaba Airlines dba Northwest Airlink
• Northwest Airlines
• Pinnacle Airlines dba Northwest Airlink

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.