# Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)

> Detroit, US · IATA: DTW · ICAO: KDTW · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `DTW` |
| ICAO | `KDTW` |
| City | Detroit |
| Country | US |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 197 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 42.21377, -83.35379 |

## Description

354.6 million pounds of freight moved through Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) in 2025 — roughly 160,000 tonnes, with the usual caveat that US statistics count pounds, not tonnes. The volume rides largely in the bellies of Delta Air Lines, which runs its second-largest hub here with widebody nonstops to Amsterdam, Tokyo and Seoul, while FedEx and UPS maintain their own stations and handlers such as Air General cover third-party freight. Automotive is the defining commodity: just-in-time components and AOG shipments for the Big Three assembly plants tolerate zero delay, which keeps DTW's cargo community on a 24/7 rhythm. Main-deck capacity sits next door — Willow Run (YIP), a few kilometres west, hosts Kalitta Air's 747 and 777 freighter fleet and acts as Detroit's dedicated freighter field. Surface connections are hard to beat: I-94 and I-275 border the airport, Class I railroads serve the metro, and the Ambassador Bridge plus the new Gordie Howe International Bridge to Windsor form the busiest US–Canada freight crossing. CBP clears around the clock and the region operates as Foreign-Trade Zone 70. Six runways, four of them parallel, keep operations moving through Michigan winters. In January 2026 the airport authority announced $750 million in upcoming construction contracts over the next two years, further expanding cargo and terminal infrastructure.

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