Detroit Metropolitan Airport

Wayne County began to plan an airport in the western townships of the county as early as 1927. The following year, the county board of commissioners issued a $2 million bond to fund the purchase of {{convert|1|sqmi|km2|spell=in}} of land at the corner of Middlebelt and Wick roads, the northeastern boundary of today's airport. Construction was completed in 1929, and the first landing was on February 22, 1930; Wayne County Airport was dedicated on September 4, 1930.{{cite news| last1=Meyer| first1=Zlati| title=This week in Michigan history: Detroit's airport is dedicated| url=http://www.freep.com/article/20140831/NEWS06/308310045/michigan-history-detroit-airport-dedication| access-date=September 3, 2014| work=Detroit Free Press| date=August 31, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902102209/http://www.freep.com/article/20140831/NEWS06/308310045/michigan-history-detroit-airport-dedication| archive-date=September 2, 2014| url-status=live}} That year, Thompson Aeronautical Corporation, a forerunner of American Airlines, began service from the airport. From 1931 until 1945, the airport hosted Michigan Air National Guard operations gained by the United States Army Air Forces. It was named Romulus Field during the war; it was then all east of Merriman Road and north of Goddard Road. The intersection of the two runways is still visible at {{coord|42.23266|-83.33564|display=inline}}.

Wayne County expanded the airport to become Detroit's primary airport. It renamed it Detroit-Wayne Major Airport in 1947, and in the next three years expanded threefold as three more runways were built. In 1949 the airport added runways 3L/21R and 9L/27R, followed by runway 4R/22L in 1950. In 1946-47 most airline traffic moved from the cramped Detroit City Airport (now Coleman A. Young International Airport) northeast of downtown Detroit to Willow Run Airport over {{convert|20|mi|km}} west of the city, and {{convert|10|mi|km}} west of Wayne County Airport.

Pan-Am (1954) and BOAC (1956) were the first passenger airlines at Detroit-Wayne Major. In the April 1957 Official Airline Guide they were the only passenger airlines: three Pan Am DC-7Cs each week FRA–LHR–SNN–DTW–ORD and back, and one BOAC DC-7C each week LHR–PIK–YUL–DTW–ORD and back (skipping YUL on the return flight).

Aerial photographs of DTW from 1949 and 1956 show the airport's expansion.{{cite web| url=http://claslinux.clas.wayne.edu/photos/ap_index.htm| title=Detroit-area aerial pics| publisher=Wayne State University| access-date=September 14, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214163925/http://claslinux.clas.wayne.edu/photos/ap_index.htm| archive-date=February 14, 2015| url-status=live}} In 1958 the Civil Aviation Administration—now the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)—announced the inclusion of Detroit-Wayne in the first group of American airports to receive new long-range radar equipment, enabling the airport to become the first inland airport in the United States certified for jet airliners. Also, in 1958, airport management completed the Leroy C. Smith (South) Terminal and gave the airport its present name.

American Airlines moved from Willow Run to Detroit-Wayne in October 1958, followed by Northwest, Allegheny, and Delta in the next few months; the other airlines stayed at Willow Run until 1966.

Northwest's flights to Minneapolis were DTW's only nonstops west beyond Chicago and Milwaukee until 1966. The first scheduled jets were Delta DC-8s to Miami in late 1959. The North Terminal (later renamed the James M. Davey Terminal) opened in 1966, which was located on the current site of the Evans Terminal. A third terminal, the Michael Berry International Terminal, opened in 1974. The last of its original three parallel runways (3R/21L) was completed in 1976; a new parallel crosswind runway (9R/27L) opened in 1993.

Republic Airlines began hub operations in 1984,{{cite news |last=Christoff |first=Chris |date=October 18, 1984 |title=Republic will make Metro its major hub |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-republic-will-make-me/159651618/ |access-date=November 24, 2024 |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |page=A-3 |via=Newspapers.com}} and its merger with Northwest Airlines in 1986 expanded the hub. The Northwest hub operated out of the Davey Terminal throughout the 1980s and 1990s.{{cite web |title=DTW WORLDGATEWAY 20TH ANNIVERSARY |url=https://northwestairlineshistory.org/2022/04/10/dtw-worldgateway-20th-anniversary/ |website=Northwest Airlines History |date=April 10, 2022 |access-date=April 13, 2022}} Transpacific flights began in 1987, with Northwest providing nonstop service to Tokyo–Narita.{{cite news |date=April 11, 1987 |title=Airline offers link to flight to Tokyo |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/battle-creek-enquirer-airline-offers-lin/159651653/ |access-date=November 24, 2024 |newspaper=Battle Creek Enquirer |page=6B |via=Newspapers.com}} The last of Metro's six runways (4L/22R) was completed in December 2001 in preparation for the opening of the mile-long, 122-gate, $1.2 billion McNamara Terminal in the airport midfield in 2002.{{cite web| title=Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Chronological History| url=http://www.metroairport.com/about/history.asp| publisher=Wayne County Airport Authority| access-date=January 10, 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204183543/http://metroairport.com/about/history.asp| archive-date=February 4, 2009| df=mdy-all}} The airport remained a hub for Northwest Airlines until it merged with Delta Air Lines.{{cite news| title=Northwest Airlines Artifacts Soar in Value| first=Ellen| last=Creager| url=http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011/05/Northwest-Airlines-artifacts-soar-in-value/47213888/1| newspaper=USA Today| date=May 16, 2011| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029230355/http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/story/2011/05/Northwest-Airlines-artifacts-soar-in-value/47213888/1| archive-date=October 29, 2012| url-status=live}}

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The present Runway 3L/21R has had four identifiers. When it opened in 1949, it was Runway 3/21. With the opening of the new west side Runway 3L/21R in 1950, the original 3/21 became 3R/21L. With the opening of the new east side Runway 3R/21L in 1976, it became 3C/21C. With the opening of Runway 4L/22R in December 2001 and the splitting of the field into two sectors (3/21 on the east and 4/22 on the west), Runway 3C/21C became Runway 3L/21R.

In 2009, Detroit Metro Airport launched its first social media efforts with participation in Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube networks.

Detroit was a major hub for Northwest Airlines from 1986 to 2010; Northwest merged with Delta Air Lines, and Detroit became Delta's second-largest hub.

In April 2011 Lufthansa launched a unique curbside check-in and baggage check service for premium customers from DTW's North Terminal to Frankfurt and beyond. Lufthansa became the only airline allowing international customers departing from DTW to check their bags and receive a boarding pass at the curb, while DTW became Lufthansa's first North American gateway with this service.{{cite press release| title=Lufthansa Launches Curbside Check-In Service at Detroit Metropolitan Airport| url=http://www.metroairport.com/uploads/docs/NR_LH_Curbside_Launch.pdf| publisher=Wayne County Airport Authority| access-date=January 10, 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722183324/http://www.metroairport.com/uploads/docs/NR_LH_Curbside_Launch.pdf| archive-date=July 22, 2012| df=mdy-all}}

Detroit's economy plunged in the Great Recession, causing airlines such as British Airways to drop flights to London–Heathrow and other airlines such as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Virgin Atlantic to use codeshare flights through Delta Air Lines. The city has lost population, but Detroit Metropolitan Airport has since re-grown, and airlines are looking to expand or resume service. JetBlue Airways began flights to Boston in February 2014. Spirit Airlines has grown at DTW, adding service to more East and West Coast cities. Spirit has increased its market share to over 10%, widening the gap as Metro Airport's second largest carrier.{{Cite web |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2019/02/05/detroit-metro-airport-sees-most-passengers-decade/2780738002/ |title=Detroit Metro Airport sees most passengers in decade |first1=Candice|last1=Williams|date=February 5, 2019|website=The Detroit News|access-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403154505/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2019/02/05/detroit-metro-airport-sees-most-passengers-decade/2780738002/ |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |url-status=live}}

Royal Jordanian was the first airline to schedule the Boeing 787 Dreamliner into Detroit, on December 1, 2014.{{cite news| last1=Cardenas| first1=Edward| title=Metro Airport Welcomes Its First Boeing 787 Flight| url=http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/12/01/metro-airport-welcomes-its-first-boeing-787-flight-video/| access-date=May 13, 2015| work=WWJ-TV News| date=December 1, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085434/http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/12/01/metro-airport-welcomes-its-first-boeing-787-flight-video/| archive-date=May 18, 2015| url-status=live}}

One of Delta Connection carriers, Compass Airlines chose to close its operating base in Detroit to move operations to the new Seattle hub in early 2015. Delta has replaced many of the existing Compass flights with mainline Delta flights to allow SkyWest Airlines and GoJet to open Detroit bases.{{cite web |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2015/04/03/compass-airlines-detroit-crew/25242429/ |title=Delta feeder airline shuttering Detroit crew base |first=Lauren |last=Abdel-Razzaq |work=The Detroit News |date=April 3, 2015 |access-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207065956/http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2015/04/03/compass-airlines-detroit-crew/25242429/ |archive-date=February 7, 2016 |url-status=live}}

Beginning in January 2018 Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, or SMART Bus, began providing a direct connection from the airport to the Rosa Parks Transit Center in downtown Detroit via route 261, also known as the Michigan Ave FAST bus, with stations at both the McNamara and Evans terminals.{{cite web |url=https://www.smartbus.org/About/News/ArtMID/707/ArticleID/271/SMART-Unveils-New-Service |title=SMART Unveils New Service! |work=Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation |date=December 27, 2018 |access-date=January 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203041842/https://www.smartbus.org/About/News/ArtMID/707/ArticleID/271/SMART-Unveils-New-Service |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |url-status=dead}}

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On June 26, 2015, Spirit Airlines announced the construction of a new maintenance facility, saying it would bring $31.5 million and 82 jobs to the area. Spirit previously had a hangar that closed, forcing the airline to do maintenance at the gate with contract workers. With the new facility, which opened in May 2017, Spirit will retain its operating base at Metro Airport and bring more flights.{{cite news| last1=Reindl| first1=JC| title=Detroit Metro Airport to get new hangar, 80 jobs| url=http://www.freep.com/story/money/2015/06/26/spirit-airlines-new-detroit-metroro-hangar/29331767/| access-date=June 27, 2015| work=Detroit Free Press| date=June 26, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630091013/http://www.freep.com/story/money/2015/06/26/spirit-airlines-new-detroit-metroro-hangar/29331767/| archive-date=June 30, 2015| url-status=live}} Spirit was also the first airline to regularly fly the A320neo in the US, the first route was Detroit to Los Angeles as well as add self-tagging luggage kiosks at DTW.

In 2017, WOW Air announced service to Reykjavík on the Airbus A321. This marked the first ever entrance of a modern European low-cost carrier to DTW. In the summer of 2018, Reykjavík went from the 55th most traveled destination to the fifth due to this flight's popularity. Passengers could connect onwards in Reykjavík, boosting travel to European destinations. In March 2019, the airline ceased operations, leaving Metro Airport with no low-cost nonstop to Europe; the airport looked for replacement service to begin in 2020, but due to the COVID pandemic, that effort ceased until 2022, when Icelandair and Delta announced seasonal flights to Reykjavík starting in 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/transportation/icelandic-budget-airline-wow-air-ceases-operations-grounding-flights-detroit |title=Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceases operations, grounding flights in Detroit |date=March 28, 2019 |access-date=April 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403154507/https://www.crainsdetroit.com/transportation/icelandic-budget-airline-wow-air-ceases-operations-grounding-flights-detroit |archive-date=April 3, 2019 |url-status=live}}

Since the Great Recession of 2008, Southeast Michigan has gone through an economic and industrial resurgence leading to several new airlines and services including service by Icelandair, Sun Country, Turkish, and WestJet. In October 2021, Turkish Airlines announced the intent to serve Detroit. Service began on November 13, 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://www.metroairport.com/about-us/dtw-news/turkish-airlines-broadens-us-presence-launch-13th-us-gateway-detroit |title=

Turkish Airlines Broadens U.S. Presence with Launch of 13th U.S. Gateway in Detroit |date=November 13, 2023 |access-date=August 9, 2024 }} In February 2023, WestJet announced seasonal service to Calgary, later adding seasonal service to Vancouver.{{cite web | url=https://www.metroairport.com/about-us/dtw-news/westjet-brings-new-us-destinations-and-enhanced-domestic-connectivity-summer-schedule-airlines-new | title=WestJet brings new U.S. Destinations and enhanced domestic connectivity to summer schedule as airline's new growth strategy takes flight | Wayne County Airport Authority }}

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DTW has 2 passenger terminals and 4 concourses with a total of 147 gates.

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The McNamara Terminal, also once known as the Northwest WorldGateway, opened February 24, 2002. Designed by SmithGroup and built by Hunt Construction Group, it replaced the aged Davey Terminal. During development, the terminal was known as the Midfield Terminal. The terminal is used exclusively by Delta (which merged with Northwest) and Delta partners Aeromexico, Air France, and WestJet. This terminal has three concourses, A, B, and C, which house 121 gates with shopping and dining in the center of A concourse (known as the Central Link), as well as throughout the concourses. It houses five Delta Sky Clubs located throughout Concourse A, and 1 located in Concourses B and C.{{Cite web |title=Detroit |url=https://www.delta.com/us/en/airports/united-states/detroit-sky-club-airport-map |access-date=June 23, 2022 |website=www.delta.com |language=en}} At nearly {{convert|1|mi|abbr=on}} in length, Concourse A in McNamara Terminal is the second-longest airport concourse in the world (the longest is in Terminal 1 of Kansai International Airport in Japan).{{cite web|last=Keraghosian|first=Greg|date=January 21, 2016|title=Airports You'll Enjoy Being Stranded at During Winter Storm Jonas|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/airports-youll-enjoy-being-stuck-in-during-the-012236080.html|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=October 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011034339/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/airports-youll-enjoy-being-stuck-in-during-the-012236080.html|archive-date=October 11, 2018}}{{cite web|date=May 31, 2018|title=Osaka Kansai International Airport|url=https://www.skyscanner.com.hk/hk/en-gb/hkd/airports/kix/osaka-kansai-international-airport.html|publisher=Skyscanner|access-date=October 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011031434/https://www.skyscanner.com.hk/hk/en-gb/hkd/airports/kix/osaka-kansai-international-airport.html|archive-date=October 11, 2018}} In addition to moving walkways spaced along the length of each concourse, Concourse A has a people mover, the ExpressTram. It transports passengers between each end of Concourse A in just over three minutes. Trams arrive almost simultaneously at the Terminal Station, in the midpoint of the concourse and depart in opposite directions to the North Station and the South Station, then return.{{cite web| url=http://www.metroairport.com/pdf/maps/mcnamara_gates_map.pdf| title=McNamara Terminal Map| publisher=Wayne County Airport Authority| access-date=January 10, 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227160326/http://metroairport.com/pdf/maps/mcnamara_gates_map.pdf| archive-date=February 27, 2009| df=mdy-all}} The McNamara Terminal opened a new baggage sorting facility in October 2008, which has improved the screening of baggage through 14 new explosive detection system devices along a fully automated conveyor system. Northwest Airlines said that it reduced the amount of lost baggage, and it improved the timeliness of bags getting to their correct flight.{{cite press release| title=Detroit (DTW) McNamara Terminal Northwest World Gateway Baggage Handling System| url=http://www.bnpassociates.com/pdf/baggage_security/detroit_dtw_mcnamara.pdf| publisher=BNP Associates| access-date=January 10, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315142337/http://www.bnpassociates.com/pdf/baggage_security/detroit_dtw_mcnamara.pdf| archive-date=March 15, 2013| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}{{cite news| title=New, Faster Baggage Screening| first=Nathan| last=Hurst| url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20090320/BIZ/903200380| newspaper=The Detroit News| date=March 20, 2009| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522130910/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20090320/BIZ/903200380| archive-date=May 22, 2014| url-status=live}}

An AAA Four Star Westin hotel is connected to the A concourse. Additionally, overnight guests at the hotel who are not flying can obtain a pass to enter the concourses to visit shops and restaurants. Called the Airport Access Authorization to Commercial Establishments Beyond the Screen Checkpoint (AAACE), registered guests must be cleared through the same security background check (Secure Flight) and TSA screening process as travelers to access the terminal area. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is the only other airport participating in this program.{{cite web| title=Privacy Impact Assessment for the Airport Access Authorization To Commercial Establishments Beyond The Screening Checkpoint (AAACE) Program| url=https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_pia_tsa_hotel.pdf| publisher=Department of Homeland Security| date=April 5, 2007| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524143627/https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/privacy/privacy_pia_tsa_hotel.pdf| archive-date=May 24, 2012| url-status=live}}

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The A concourse houses 78 gates with 12 gates used for international departures and arrivals processing. The A concourse is intended for all aircraft. At the midpoint of the concourse is a large, laminar flow water feature designed by WET.{{cite web| url=http://www.metroairport.com/TravelerInfo/GeneralInfo/CoolStuff/WaterFeature.aspx| title=Water Feature| publisher=Wayne County Airport Authority| access-date=August 30, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905090936/http://www.metroairport.com/TravelerInfo/GeneralInfo/CoolStuff/WaterFeature.aspx| archive-date=September 5, 2015| url-status=live}} The concourse contains over {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} of moving walkways. The A concourse also includes a pet relief area for passengers traveling with pets and service animals.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} Signage through the terminal is in English, along with Japanese, due to a large number of business travelers from Japan. Izumi Suzuki, a Sheraton employee, and several colleagues provided the Japanese translations used by the airport. In previous eras many Japanese travelers going through Detroit missed connections due to a lack of English comprehension.{{cite book| last1=Kelly| first1=Natalie| first2=Jost| last2=Zetzsche| title=Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Glkd3p3ZxkC| publisher=Penguin Books| date=October 2, 2012| isbn=978-1101611920| quote=Back in the 1980s, waves of Japanese businessmen started to arrive in Detroit[...]one local hotel, part of the Sheraton chain, was lucky enough to have an employee, Izumi Suzuki, who spoke Japanese[...]Eventually, she and some colleagues translated all of the signs that appear in the more modern airport that Detroit boasts today,[...]| access-date=August 7, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928003241/https://books.google.com/books/about/Found_in_Translation.html?id=1Glkd3p3ZxkC| archive-date=September 28, 2016| url-status=live}} Also, messages reminding travelers to configure watches to the Eastern Time Zone regularly broadcast through the public address system are said in English, Japanese, and Mandarin.

In addition to the ticketing level, there's an additional ticketing and security area for passengers using the parking structures.

The terminal houses ten international gates that are capable of dual jet bridge loading and unloading. The gates contain two exit configurations depending on the arriving flight. Domestic arrivals follow an upper path directly into the terminal, while international arrivals proceed downstairs to customs and immigration screening. The Customs and Border Protection processing center located in the terminal's lower level is designed to accommodate as many as 3,200 passengers per hour. International arriving passengers connecting to another flight are screened by TSA at a dedicated screening checkpoint within the international arrivals facility. Those passengers then exit directly back into the center of the A concourse.{{cite web| url=http://www.metroairport.com/services/mcnamara.asp| title=McNamara Terminal Restaurants, Shops and Services| publisher=Wayne County Airport Authority| access-date=January 10, 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202094244/http://www.metroairport.com/services/mcnamara.asp| archive-date=February 2, 2013| df=mdy-all}} Passengers arriving from international destinations who end their trip in Detroit (or connecting to a flight via Evans Terminal) exit directly into a dedicated International Arrivals Hall on the lower level of the terminal.

The B and C concourses currently have 41 gates that are used for Delta's regional flights that employ smaller aircraft. All regional flights have jet bridges, eliminating the need for outdoor boarding.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

The B and C concourses are connected to the main terminal building and the A concourse by a pedestrian walkway under the airport ramp. This walkway, known as the Light Tunnel, features an elaborate multi-colored light show behind sculpted glass panels extending the entire length of the walkway, as well as several moving walkways. The light patterns are synchronized with an original musical score composed by Victor Alexeeff,{{cite web| title=The McNamara Tunnel, Detroit Airport| first=Marcus| last=Wuebker| url=http://www.jimonlight.com/2008/11/18/the-mcnamara-tunnel-detroit-airport/| publisher=JimOnLight.com| date=November 18, 2008| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506213736/http://www.jimonlight.com/2008/11/18/the-mcnamara-tunnel-detroit-airport/| archive-date=May 6, 2012| url-status=live}} which runs for nearly 30 minutes before repeating. This installation, one of the first large-scale uses of color-changing LED lighting in the United States, was produced by Mills James Productions with glasswork by Foxfire Glass Works of Pontiac, Michigan.{{cite web |title=Northwest Airlines Passenger Tunnel: 2001–present |url=https://www.colorkinetics.com/global/showcase/detroit-airport |website=ColorKinetics |access-date=April 13, 2022}} The display won multiple lighting design awards, including the prestigious Guth Award of Merit. For passengers prone to medical conditions such as seizures, buttons at each end of the tunnel will suspend the light show for five minutes so they can pass through with no adverse effects.

The terminal has undergone updates that include new electronic terminal directories to assist passengers better. A unique feature of this is that passengers can scan their boarding passes, and the screen will direct them to the gate from which their plane departs. The passenger can also choose to view the information in other languages. Passengers may select a restaurant on the touch screen, and a menu will show what items the restaurant serves. Mini tablet devices and phone/tablet apps have been installed in food court areas, where travelers may order food and have it delivered to their table.{{cite news| title=Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) has variety of new food choices| url=http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/detroit-metro-airport-dtw-has-variety-of-new-food-choices/36617650| first=Guy| last=Gordon| date=November 23, 2015| work=WDIV News| access-date=August 4, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126233109/http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/detroit-metro-airport-dtw-has-variety-of-new-food-choices/36617650| archive-date=November 26, 2015| url-status=live}}

There are five Delta Sky Clubs located in the McNamara terminal. The largest is located above the central link across from gate A38. Next to that, across from gate A43, houses a smaller Sky Club. There are two satellite Sky Clubs in Concourse A located on the upper level near gates A18 and A68, across from their respective ExpressTram stations. An additional Sky Club is located in Concourse C, at gate level near the entrance to Concourse C. This lounge services Delta Connection flights in concourses B & C.{{Cite web |url=https://www.delta.com/us/en/airports/united-states/detroit-sky-club-airport-map |title=Alert: System Unavailable : Delta Air Lines |access-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019065624/https://www.delta.com/us/en/airports/united-states/detroit-sky-club-airport-map |archive-date=October 19, 2019 |url-status=live }}

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The Evans Terminal, formerly known as the North Terminal, was designed by Gensler and built by Walbridge/Barton Malow Joint Venture,{{cite web| url=http://www.gensler.com/#projects/1| publisher=Gensler| title=Detroit Metropolitan Airport| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526075355/http://www.gensler.com/#projects/1| archive-date=May 26, 2012| url-status=live}} opened September 17, 2008, as the replacement for the aged Berry and Smith terminals, which housed all non-SkyTeam airlines. It used to be known as the North Terminal until it was renamed on April 4, 2022.{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2022 |title=Metro Airport Renames North Terminal in Warren Evans' Honor |url=https://michiganchronicle.com/2022/04/05/metro-airport-renames-north-terminal-in-warren-evans-honor/ |access-date=June 3, 2022 |website=The Michigan Chronicle |language=en-US |archive-date=April 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417164751/https://michiganchronicle.com/2022/04/05/metro-airport-renames-north-terminal-in-warren-evans-honor/ |url-status=dead }} Initially, Wayne County Airport Authority sought bids for the naming rights of the North Terminal. After two years with no successful offers, however, the effort ceased and the North Terminal name remained.{{cite news| title=Detroit Metropolitan Airport Calls Off Plan to Sell Naming Rights| first=Bill| last=Shea| url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100726/FREE/100729916/detroit-metropolitan-airport-calls-off-plan-to-sell-naming-rights| work=Crain's Detroit Business| date=July 27, 2010| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807233659/http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100726/FREE/100729916/detroit-metropolitan-airport-calls-off-plan-to-sell-naming-rights| archive-date=August 7, 2017| url-status=live}}

The terminal currently houses all non-SkyTeam airlines serving the airport and is considered D Concourse. (Concourses A, B, and C are housed in the McNamara Terminal) The concourse has 29 gates, two of which opened in the middle of 2009 to accommodate international wide-body aircraft, and three of which were added to the north end of the concourse in 2022. The two gates were unusable at the building's opening because they were extremely close to Smith Terminal's C concourse, which was demolished after operations moved to the new facility. The terminal features four long segments of moving walkways on the departures level and another moving walkway on the lower level, for international arriving passengers to access the Federal Inspection Services area.

Airlines that utilize the North Terminal include Air Canada, Alaska, American, American Eagle, Frontier, Icelandair, JetBlue, Lufthansa, Royal Jordanian, Southwest, Spirit, Sun Country, Turkish, United, United Express, and all non-SkyTeam and non-Delta partner charters.

The Evans Terminal houses two six-lane security checkpoints. The terminal also has U.S. Customs & Border Protection inspection facilities located on the lower level for arriving international flights.{{cite web| title=North Terminal Restaurants, Shops and Services| url=http://www.metroairport.com/services/NorthTerminal.asp| publisher=Wayne County Airport Authority| access-date=January 10, 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202094239/http://www.metroairport.com/services/NorthTerminal.asp| archive-date=February 2, 2013}}

This terminal includes a brand new service pet relief area to accommodate passengers traveling with pets.

The Evans Terminal has five common-use domestic baggage carousels on the lower level. Two additional carousels are located inside the Federal Inspection Services area for international flights, and a central Oversize Baggage Claim is adjacent to both the international and domestic carousel areas.

On January 29, 2010, the Evans Terminal was named winner of the "Build Michigan" award project.{{cite press release| title=Detroit Metro Airport's North Terminal Named 'Build Michigan' Winner| url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1816293/detroit_metro_airports_north_terminal_named_build_michigan_winner/| date=February 1, 2010| publisher=redOrbit| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225191928/http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1816293/detroit_metro_airports_north_terminal_named_build_michigan_winner/| archive-date=December 25, 2013| url-status=live}}

The Evans Terminal is home to a Lufthansa Business and Senator Lounge located between Gates D7 and D8. This lounge is accessible to passengers flying in Lufthansa premium cabins as well as select Lufthansa and Star Alliance elite members. This lounge also grants access to Priority Pass members outside of peak hours.{{Cite web |url=https://www.loungebuddy.com/DTW/lufthansa-business-lounge-north-terminal-QjSoIBFa8M?booking_date=08-09-2019&source=homepage |title=DTW: Lufthansa Business Lounge |access-date=August 9, 2019 |website=LoungeBuddy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809140321/https://www.loungebuddy.com/DTW/lufthansa-business-lounge-north-terminal-QjSoIBFa8M%3Fbooking_date%3D08-09-2019%26source%3Dhomepage |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |url-status=live}}

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The Berry Terminal, named for a former airport commissioner, was designed by Detroit architect Louis G. Redstone, and opened in 1974 as the international terminal at DTW. It was decommissioned on September 17, 2008, and replaced by the Evans Terminal; however, the airport authority voted May 20, 2009, to renovate the terminal to house its offices.{{cite news| url=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20090520/FREE/905209995/berry-terminal-at-detroit-airport-gets-new-life| work=Crain's Detroit Business| title=Berry Terminal at Detroit airport gets new life| agency=Associated Press| date=May 20, 2009| accessdate=January 10, 2013}} All international passengers would arrive at this terminal, pass through customs and immigration inspection, and continue on to their connecting flights by bus to adjacent terminals.

Originally containing six gates (two of which were removed in 2003 to allow for construction of an adjacent Northwest Airlines maintenance hangar), the terminal was later used for scheduled and charter flights. There were still several international scheduled flights on low cost carriers to destinations in the Caribbean and other warm-weathered places in the early 2000s (decade), including flights from Champion Air, Ryan International Airlines, and USA3000 Airlines. Four charter airlines also used this terminal.

Following its closure in 2008, the Berry Terminal became a popular space for commercial film and television production. Films such as Up in the Air (2009), Machine Gun Preacher (2011), and This Must Be the Place used the vacant terminal as a set (in addition to shooting in and around the airport's active terminals).

The Berry Terminal was demolished in 2018.

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The Smith Terminal, named for Detroit-Wayne Major airport visionary Leroy C. Smith, was built in 1958. Though cited as the oldest of Metro Airport's terminals, that designation belongs to the Executive Terminal building located near Middlebelt Road and Lucas Drive, one-quarter-mile east. The Executive Terminal was built in the late 1920s and is still in operation today as home to ASIG, a flight support company.

The Smith Terminal's thirty-two gates originally housed Northwest Orient Airlines, Allegheny Airlines (forerunner to US Airways), Eastern Airlines, and Pan-Am, among others. A control tower was included in the construction, and served its purpose until the late 1980s, when a new control tower was built near the site of the new McNamara Terminal.

In later years, Smith Terminal hosted North American airlines other than Northwest, Continental, and later Delta, which relocated to the McNamara Terminal in 2002 before its merger with Northwest.

State of the art for its time, the Smith Terminal eventually became victim to airline expansion. The design of the building did not allow for physical expansion of the ticketing area. To accommodate additional airlines, ticketing counters were constructed on the sides of the lobby in areas that previously held lounges and retail.{{cite web| url=http://www.metroairport.com/pdf/maps/Smith_Concessions_Map.pdf| title=Smith Terminal Map| publisher=Wayne County Airport Authority| accessdate=January 10, 2013| archive-date=June 5, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605211002/http://metroairport.com/pdf/maps/Smith_Concessions_Map.pdf| url-status=dead}} In contrast, the North Terminal was constructed with future expansion in mind.

Spirit Airlines, which operated out of many of the gates once used by Northwest, made few upgrades to the gate areas in those parts of the terminal. The Northwest Airlines display boards near check-in counters at each gate remained in place, with the Northwest logos removed, and a Spirit information board simply affixed over the old signage.

On September 10, 2008, The Detroit News reported that Smith Terminal itself will not be demolished due to the airport authority offices remaining on the upper floors. However, the Detroit Free Press of October 9, 2008, stated that maintaining the terminal in its present condition would cost upwards of $4 million annually in utilities, a sore spot for airlines at DTW who foot the bill, in part, through airport landing fees; the airlines were hoping for a greater cost savings once the Smith and Berry Terminals were decommissioned.{{cite news| title=Memories of Smith Terminal Not Fond| first=Mary Frances| last=Masson| url=http://www.freep.com/article/20080917/BUSINESS05/809170398/Memories-Smith-Terminal-not-fond| newspaper=Detroit Free Press| date=September 17, 2008| accessdate=January 10, 2013}} On May 20, 2009, the airport authority formally voted to totally vacate the Smith Terminal, while retaining and renovating the Berry Terminal for its offices.

Discussions were also raised regarding proposed construction of a new structure to house the Airport Authority offices and Airport Police, with a preliminary price tag of $31.5 million.

The Davey Terminal was built in 1966 and was first known as "Terminal 2" or the "North Terminal". Designed by the firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, it was said to be the largest post tensioned building in the world. Tapering cruciform columns around the perimeter and curved beams supported five large concrete roof panels. The lack of columns allowed maximum flexibility in the interior space. The spaces between the roof panels and exterior columns were filled with glass to allow abundant natural light into the building.{{cite book| last1=Mattingly–Meyer| first1=Katherine| last2=Martin–McElroy| first2=C.P.| author3=W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A.| title=Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition| year=1980| publisher=Wayne State University Press| isbn=0-8143-1651-4}} It was renamed the "J. M. Davey Terminal" in 1975 in honor of former airport manager James M. Davey. It originally contained three concourses labeled C to E, as well as a Host Hotel which later was rebranded Marriott. In the early 1980s, a separate ticketing area was constructed to the north of the Davey Terminal, along with Concourses F and G to eventually accommodate Northwest Airlines' regional jet fleet.

Over time, the terminal and added concourse began showing its age due to its layout and poor maintenance, hastened further by increased aircraft traffic, which it was not designed to handle efficiently. Despite this, more gates were added to Concourse C in a short-term expansion project in the early 1990s, making it 26 gates in length. This concourse was considered the worst by most travelers due to its long distance from the center of the terminal, and for its length.

The Davey Terminal was originally the principal base of operations for Republic Airlines, which merged with Northwest Orient Airlines to become Northwest Airlines in 1986. Upon relocation of Northwest operations to the McNamara Terminal, the Davey Terminal was mothballed for three years before demolition of the ticketing area and Concourse G began October 17, 2005, to prepare for the North Terminal project. All concourses of the Davey Terminal and adjoining Marriott hotel, except gates 1 to 11 of Concourse C, were subsequently demolished in 2005–06 (the remaining gates were in use by Spirit Airlines until the new North Terminal (now Evans Terminal) opened on September 17, 2008).

The airport is accessible from I-94 via Merriman Road (exit 198), which is the nearest entrance to the Evans Terminal, and from I-275 via Eureka Road (exit 15), which is closer to the McNamara Terminal. Both entrances and the terminals are connected by John D. Dingell Drive, an expressway completed in 1999 and named after the longtime Congressman.{{cite web| url=http://www.metroairport.com/maps/drivingmap.asp| title=Maps and Directions| publisher=Wayne County Airport Authority| access-date=January 10, 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217213117/http://metroairport.com/maps/drivingmap.asp| archive-date=February 17, 2009| df=mdy-all}} Cell phone lots are located near both entrances.{{cite web |title=Cell Phone Waiting Area |url=http://www.metroairport.com/uploads/docs/cell_lots.gif |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215053445/http://www.metroairport.com/uploads/docs/cell_lots.gif |archive-date=February 15, 2012 |access-date=January 10, 2013 |publisher=Wayne County Airport Authority }}

Free shuttle buses are available between the two terminals, and also connect to the Green parking lots. Rental car companies provide their own shuttles, as do private offsite parking lots and most hotels in the airport's vicinity.

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Metro Airport is accessible by public transit, served by the RTA's Detroit Air Xpress (DAX), an express bus to downtown Detroit; and SMART's FAST Michigan, a limited-stop bus route connecting the airport to Detroit and Dearborn, with connections to the region's wider transit network.{{cite web |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/12/28/express-bus-service-detroit-airpot/108971720/ |title=Express bus service links Detroit's downtown to airport |work=Detroit News |date=December 28, 2017 |access-date=January 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112125005/http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/12/28/express-bus-service-detroit-airpot/108971720/ |archive-date=January 12, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=SMART |title=Ride Smart-Fast |url=https://www.smartbus.org/ridesmart-fast |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831123410/https://www.smartbus.org/ridesmart-fast |archive-date=August 31, 2018 |access-date=October 8, 2018 |website=www.smartbus.org |language=en-US}}

Two local bus routes, operated by SMART, also serve the airport: route 125, to communities in the Downriver region of southern Wayne County, serving both terminals; and route 280, to downtown Romulus and other suburbs in western Wayne County, serving only the Evans Terminal.{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2022 |title=System Map |url=https://www.smartbus.org/Portals/0/System%20Maps/SMARTSystemMap.pdf |publisher=Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation}}

Transit to Ann Arbor, Brighton, and East Lansing is available with the Michigan Flyer, an intercity bus operated by Indian Trails in partnership with TheRide.{{Cite web |last=Oppenhuizen |first=Clay |date=February 24, 2022 |title=Michigan Flyer, Expanding Connections in Mid-Michigan, Turns 15 |url=https://eastlansinginfo.news/michigan-flyer-turns-15/ |website=East Lansing Info}} Service to destinations in southern Ontario, Canada, including Windsor and London, is offered by Robert Q Airbus, a private operator.{{Cite web |title=Pickup Locations |url=https://reservation.robertq.com/airbus/Info/Pickup |website=Robert Q}}

Transit buses board from the Ground Transportation Center at the Evans Terminal, and from the departures drop-off area at McNamara.{{Cite web |title=Public Transportation |url=https://www.metroairport.com/dtw/other-ground-transportation/public-transportation |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=Wayne County Airport Authority |language=en}}

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| {{nowrap|Aeroméxico Connect}} | Monterrey,{{cite web|url=https://www.aviacionline.com/2022/09/delta-and-aeromexico-reactivate-flights-between-monterrey-and-detroit/|title=Delta and Aeromexico reactivate flights between Monterrey and Detroit|publisher=Aviacionline|date=September 7, 2022|accessdate=September 7, 2022}} Querétaro{{cite web|title=Aeromexico Schedules First Batch Of U.S. Additions|website=Aviation Week|url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/aeromexico-schedules-first-batch-us-additions|access-date=October 12, 2023}} | {{cite web|url=https://booking.aeromexico.com/SSW2010/D5DE/flightSchedulePage.html|title=Timetables|publisher=Aeroméxico|access-date=March 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119011305/https://booking.aeromexico.com/SSW2010/D5DE/flightSchedulePage.html|archive-date=November 19, 2018|url-status=live}}

| {{nowrap|Air Canada Express}} | Toronto–Pearson
Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau | {{cite web| title=Flight Schedules| url=https://beta.aircanada.com/us/en/aco/home/book/routes-and-partners/flight-schedules.html?acid=beta%7Credirect%7Caircanada.com%7CNoBar| publisher=Air Canada| access-date=April 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925064718/https://www.aircanada.com/us/en/aco/home/book/routes-and-partners/flight-schedules.html?acid=beta%7Credirect%7Caircanada.com%7CNoBar| archive-date=September 25, 2019| url-status=live}}

| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle | {{cite web| title=Horaires| url=https://www.airfrance.co.uk/GB/en/local/resainfovol/horaires/horaires.do| publisher=Air France| access-date=April 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419122802/http://www.airfrance.co.uk/GB/en/local/resainfovol/horaires/horaires.do| archive-date=April 19, 2017| url-status=live}}

| Alaska Airlines | Seattle/Tacoma
Seasonal: Anchorage (begins June 14, 2025){{cite web|url= https://news.alaskaair.com/destinations/new-flights-to-anchorage-from-detroit-and-sacramento/ |title= Alaska Airlines announces new flights to Anchorage from Detroit and Sacramento |website=Alaska Airlines News Hub |date=January 7, 2025|access-date=January 7, 2025}} | {{cite web| title=Flight timetable| url=https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/timetables.aspx| publisher=Alaska Airlines| access-date=April 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202123138/https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/timetables.aspx| archive-date=February 2, 2017| url-status=live}}

| American Airlines | Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, Phoenix–Sky Harbor
Seasonal: Philadelphia | {{cite web| title=Flight schedules and notifications| url=https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule| publisher=American Airlines| access-date=April 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010611/https://www.aa.com/travelInformation/flights/schedule| archive-date=February 2, 2017| url-status=live}}

| American Eagle | Chicago–O'Hare, New York–LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Washington–National |

| Avelo Airlines | Seasonal: New Haven,{{cite web|url=https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-haven/dominican-republic-among-avelo-airlines-5-new-destinations/|title=Dominican Republic among Avelo Airlines' 5 new destinations|date=December 9, 2024|access-date=December 9, 2024|last=Wright|first=Bailey}} Wilmington (NC) (begins June 12, 2025){{cite press release |title=Avelo Airlines Announces 13 New Routes and Three New Destinations to its Growing Network |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avelo-airlines-announces-13-new-routes-and-three-new-destinations-to-its-growing-network-302397839.html |website=PR Newswire |access-date=March 11, 2025}} | {{cite web|url=https://www.aveloair.com/destinations/|title=Destinations|website=Avelo Airlines|access-date=January 18, 2022|archive-date=November 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107173629/https://www.aveloair.com/destinations/|url-status=live}}

| Delta Air Lines | Amsterdam, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Cancún, Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Frankfurt, Hartford, Honolulu, Houston–Intercontinental, Jacksonville (FL), Kansas City, Las Vegas, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madison, Memphis, Mexico City, Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, Newark, New Orleans, New York–JFK, New York–LaGuardia, Orange County, Orlando, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Pittsburgh, Portland (OR), Raleigh/Durham, Sacramento,{{cite web |title=Santa Barbara, Yosemite, Tahoe and more: Get there on Delta with new and returning flights for summer 2024|url= https://news.delta.com/santa-barbara-yosemite-tahoe-and-more-get-there-delta-new-and-returning-flights-summer-2024|access-date=September 15, 2023|website=Delta News Hub|date= September 15, 2023}} Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, Sarasota, Savannah, Seattle/Tacoma, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, St. Louis, Syracuse, Tampa, Tokyo–Haneda, Traverse City, Washington–National, West Palm Beach
Seasonal: Albany, Anchorage, Bozeman, Destin/Fort Walton Beach,{{cite web | url=https://news.delta.com/delta-boosts-summer-2025-schedule-return-seven-us-and-latin-leisure-routes| title=Delta boosts Summer 2025 schedule with return of seven U.S. And Latin leisure routes | Delta News Hub| date=December 23, 2024}} Dublin,{{cite web |url= https://businesstravelerusa.com/news/delta-expands-europe-routes/|title= Delta Expands in Europe with First-Ever Nonstop Flights to Catania|website=Business Traveler|date=September 20, 2024|access-date=September 20, 2024 }} Grand Cayman (begins December 20, 2025),{{cite web |url= https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/mexico-puerto-rico-bahamas-cayman-islands-dominican-republic-and-guatemala-get-new-and-revamped-delta-routes-for-easy-travel-across-caribbean-and-america-what-you-need-to-know/|title= Mexico, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic and Guatemala Get New and Revamped Delta Routes for Easy Travel Across Caribbean and America: What You Need to Know|website=Travel and Tour World|date=April 5, 2025|access-date=April 5, 2025 }} Grand Rapids, Greenville/Spartanburg, Liberia (CR) (begins January 10, 2026),{{cite web |url= https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/05/12/delta-adding-two-routes-in-2026/|title= Delta Adding Two Routes in 2026|website=Airline Geeks|date=May 12, 2025|access-date=May 13, 2025 }} Milwaukee, Montego Bay, Munich, Nassau (resumes December 20, 2025), Pensacola, Portland (ME), Providenciales,{{cite web |title=Delta NW24 Caribbean Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240508-dlnw24caribbean |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=May 8, 2024}} Puerto Vallarta,{{cite web | url=https://news.delta.com/explore-more-mexico-new-routes-tulum-mazatlan-plus-expanded-aeromexico-service | title=Explore more Mexico: New routes to Tulum, Mazatlán, plus expanded Aeromexico service | Delta News Hub | date=July 30, 2024 }} Punta Cana, Reykjavík–Keflavík,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240103-dlns24jfkkef | title=Delta NS24 New York – Reykjavik Aircraft Changes }} Richmond, Rome–Fiumicino, San Jose (CA) (resumes July 7, 2025),{{cite web|url= https://airlinegeeks.com/2024/11/08/delta-to-resume-two-domestic-routes/#|title= Delta to Resume Two Domestic Routes |website=AirlineGeeks|date=November 8, 2024|access-date=November 9, 2024}} San José del Cabo, Tulum{{Cite web |title= Delta Continues Mexico Network Expansion in NW24 |url= https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240722-dlnw24mx |access-date=July 22, 2024 |website=Aeroroutes |language=en-US}} | {{cite web|title=Flight Schedules |url=https://www.delta.com/us/en/travel-planning-center/find-your-destination/route-map|access-date=May 26, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422010127/https://www.delta.com/us/en/travel-planning-center/find-your-destination/route-map |archive-date=April 22, 2025 |url-status=live}}

| {{nowrap|Delta Connection}} | Albany, Alpena, Appleton, Binghamton,{{cite web|url= https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2023/10/21/delta-adds-detroit-drops-laguardia-flights-from-binghamton-airport/71258874007/|title=Delta adds Detroit flights at Greater Binghamton Airport, LaGuardia discontinued|publisher=PressConnects|date=October 21, 2023}} Birmingham (AL), Buffalo, Burlington (VT), Charleston (SC), Chattanooga, Chicago–Midway, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus–Glenn, Des Moines, Elmira, Escanaba (MI), Fayetteville/Bentonville,{{Cite web|url=https://airlinegeeks.com/2024/08/17/delta-adds-two-regional-routes/|title=Delta Adds Two Regional Routes | AirlineGeeks.com|date=August 17, 2024|website=AirlineGeeks.com }} Fort Wayne,{{cite web |title=Delta Resumes Detroit – Fort Wayne From June 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240401-dlns24fwa |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=April 1, 2024}} Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Greensboro, Greenville/Spartanburg, Harrisburg, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Iron Mountain, Kalamazoo, Knoxville, Lansing, Lexington, Louisville, Madison, Marquette, Memphis, Milwaukee, Montréal–Trudeau, New York–JFK, Norfolk, Omaha, Pellston, Pittsburgh, Portland (ME), Providence, Richmond, Rochester (NY), Saginaw, Sault Ste. Marie (MI), South Bend,{{cite web | url=https://www.wndu.com/2023/06/26/delta-bringing-back-flights-between-south-bend-detroit/ | title=Delta bringing back flights between South Bend, Detroit| date=June 26, 2023}} Syracuse, Toronto–Pearson, Traverse City, Washington–Dulles, White Plains
Seasonal: Bangor (begins June 14, 2025),{{Cite web|url=https://www.wabi.tv/2025/03/04/delta-adds-route-bangor-detroit/|title=Delta adds route from Bangor to Detroit|first=WABI News|last=Desk|date=March 4, 2025|website=www.wabi.tv}} Savannah |

| Frontier Airlines | Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas/Fort Worth,{{cite web |title=Frontier Airlines Announces New Routes, Expanding Operations Across 38 Airports | url=https://news.flyfrontier.com/frontier-airlines-announces-new-routes-expanding-operations-across-38-airports/}} Denver, Orlando, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Raleigh/Durham | {{cite web |publisher=Frontier |title=route map |url=https://www.flyfrontier.com/plan-and-book/route-map/ |access-date=June 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221130820/https://www.flyfrontier.com/plan-and-book/route-map/ |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |url-status=live }}

| Icelandair | Seasonal: Reykjavik–Keflavík | {{cite web | url=https://www.icelandair.com/flights/campaign/destinations-schedule/ | title=Our Flight Schedule 2022 | Icelandair }}

| JetBlue | Boston, New York–JFK{{cite web| url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250115533992/en/JetBlue-Enhances-Summer-Travel-with-New-Routes-and-Destinations-Strengthening-its-East-Coast-Network | title=JetBlue Enhances Summer Travel with New Routes and Destinations, Strengthening its East Coast Network |website=Business Wire | date=January 15, 2025 }} | {{cite web |title=JetBlue Airways Timetable |url=https://b6.innosked.com/(S(whnhpluzmesss4olwfvucmjv))/default.aspx |access-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130200342/http://b6.innosked.com/(S(ro2r12waz2i2nldghwmy0bnr))/default.aspx |archive-date=November 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}

| Lufthansa | Frankfurt | {{cite web| title=Timetable| url=http://www.lufthansa.com/uk/en/Online-timetable| access-date=April 5, 2017| publisher=Lufthansa| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126161034/http://www.lufthansa.com/uk/en/Online-timetable| archive-date=January 26, 2017| url-status=live}}

| Royal Jordanian | Amman–Queen Alia | {{cite web| title=Route Map| url=http://www.rj.com/en/destinations/route_map| publisher=Royal Jordanian Airlines| access-date=April 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805082904/https://www.rj.com/en/destinations/route_map| archive-date=August 5, 2018| url-status=dead}}

| {{nowrap|Southwest Airlines}} | Baltimore, Chicago–Midway, Denver, Las Vegas, Nashville, St. Louis
Seasonal: Orlando, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Tampa | {{cite web| title=Check Flight Schedules| url=https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/index.html| publisher=Southwest Airlines| access-date=June 16, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053931/https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/index.html| archive-date=February 2, 2017| url-status=live}}

| Spirit Airlines | Atlanta, Austin (begins June 12, 2025),{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/03/26/new-spirit-airlines-destinations-detroit-metro-michigan-flights/82671341007/|title=Where can you fly with Spirit Airlines? New routes coming this spring for Michigan fliers |date=March 26, 2025 |publisher= Detroit Free Press |accessdate=April 10, 2025}} Baltimore,{{cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2025/03/10/spirit-adds-6-nonstop-routes-detroit-metro-airport/82226455007/|title=Spirit Airlines adds 6 nonstop routes from Detroit Metro Airport |date=March 10, 2025 |publisher= The Detroit News |accessdate=April 10, 2025}} Birmingham (AL) (begins June 13, 2025), Boston, Cancún, Charlotte,{{Cite web|url=https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/03/08/spirit-airlines-expands-with-20-new-routes-cuts-5-destinations/ |title=Spirit Airlines Expands with 20+ New Routes |date=March 7, 2025 |publisher=Aviation A2Z |accessdate=March 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308025823/https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/03/08/spirit-airlines-expands-with-20-new-routes-cuts-5-destinations/ |archive-date=March 8, 2025 |url-status=live}} Charleston (SC),{{cite web |title=Spirit Airlines July 2024 Dallas / Detroit Network Expansion |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240508-nkjul24 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=May 8, 2024}} Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hartford (begins June 12, 2025),{{cite web | url=https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/spirit-airlines-adding-routes-from-hartford-to-detroit-nashville | title=Spirit Airlines adding routes from Hartford to Detroit, Nashville }} Houston–Intercontinental, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville (begins June 13, 2025), Memphis, Milwaukee (begins June 13, 2025), Minneapolis/St. Paul, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, Newark, New Orleans, New York–LaGuardia, Norfolk, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor (resumes June 12, 2025), Punta Cana (begins June 12, 2025), Raleigh/Durham, Richmond (begins June 12, 2025), Salt Lake City (begins June 13, 2025), San Antonio, San Diego (resumes June 12, 2025), San Juan (resumes June 12, 2025),{{cite web |last1=Delguy |first1=Juan |title=Spirit Airlines expande su red con 15 nuevas rutas |url=https://aviationclubcenter.com/index.php/2025/03/26/202spirit-airlines-expande-su-red-con-15-nuevas-rutas28/ |website=Aviation Club Center |access-date=March 26, 2025 |date=March 26, 2025}} Savannah (begins October 9, 2025),{{cite press release | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-peach-state-to-get-even-sweeter-with-new-spirit-airlines-service-coming-to-savannah-302422756.html | title=The Peach State to Get Even Sweeter with New Spirit Airlines Service Coming to Savannah }} St. Louis (begins June 12, 2025), Tampa
Seasonal: Pensacola{{cite web |title=Spirit Airlines NS25 Network Additions – 09MAR25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250310-nkns25 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=March 10, 2025}} | {{cite web| title=Where We Fly| url=https://www.spirit.com/RouteMaps.aspx| publisher=Spirit Airlines| access-date=April 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042503/https://www.spirit.com/routemaps.aspx| archive-date=December 23, 2017| url-status=live}}

| Sun Country Airlines | Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul | {{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul | {{cite web | url=https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Turkish-Airlines-launching-Detroit-service | title=Turkish Airlines to launch Detroit service | date=June 6, 2023 }}

| United Airlines | Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark, San Francisco{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240425-uaaug24sfo|title=United Resumes San Francisco - Detroit/ St. Louis in Aug 2024|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=April 25, 2024|accessdate=April 25, 2024}}
Seasonal: Washington–Dulles | {{nowrap|{{cite web| title=Timetable| url=https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/timetable/default.aspx| publisher=United Airlines| access-date=April 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128165254/https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/travel/timetable/default.aspx| archive-date=January 28, 2017| url-status=live}}{{better source needed|date=March 2022}}}}

| United Express | Chicago–O'Hare, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark, Washington–Dulles |

| WestJet | Seasonal: Calgary, Vancouver{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10076685/westjet-edmonton-vancouver-routes-fees/|title=WestJet adds U.S. routes to Edmonton and Vancouver while hiking some baggage, seat fees|publisher=Global|date=November 7, 2023|accessdate=November 7, 2023}} | {{cite web|url=https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/flights/direct-flights|title=Direct and Non-Stop Flights|publisher=WestJet|access-date=September 25, 2022}}

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| Atlas Air | Cincinnati

| {{nowrap|FedEx Express}} | Columbus–Rickenbacker, Indianapolis, Memphis, Newark

| UPS Airlines | Chicago/Rockford, Louisville, Philadelphia

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• December 30, 1963, a Zantop Air Transport C-46 Commando with 4 occupants crashed 2.2 miles SW of DTW, killing all aboard. A loss of control during a night instrument approach in adverse weather was the probable cause.{{ASN accident|id=19641230-1|title=N608Z|wikibase=no}}
• June 12, 1972, after a stopover in Detroit, American Airlines Flight 96, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 with 56 passengers and 11 crew from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Buffalo, New York, suffered a cargo door failure and explosive decompression shortly after departure from Detroit Metropolitan Airport while flying over Windsor, Ontario. It is thus sometimes referred to as the Windsor incident.{{cite book| first=Nicholas| last=Faith| year=1996| title=Black Box: Why Airline Safety Is No Accident| publisher=Motorbooks International| location=Osceola, Wisconsin| pages=[https://archive.org/details/blackboxaircrash00fait/page/n174 157]–158| isbn=978-0-7603-0400-6| url=https://archive.org/details/blackboxaircrash00fait| url-access=registration| access-date=November 20, 2015}} The aircraft sustained damage that left the pilots without full flight controls but the plane returned to Detroit for a successful emergency landing. There were no fatalities but several serious to minor injuries.
• July 31, 1972, Delta Air Lines Flight 841; members of the Black Liberation Army took over the airplane in flight using weapons smuggled on board, including a Bible, cut out to hold a handgun. The plane held seven crew and 94 passengers, none of whom was killed during the hijacking. Five hijackers who had boarded with three children took over the plane. The plane flew to Miami, where the passengers were exchanged for $1 million in ransom. The plane was then flown on to Boston, where it refueled before flying to Algeria. Algeria seized the plane and ransom, which they returned to the U.S., but the hijackers were released after a few days.
• December 15, 1972, a Zantop International Airlines Learjet 23, a ferry flight, crashed after failing to climb from runway 3R, hitting a fuel storage tank. Both occupants on board and one on the ground were killed. Cause undetermined.{{ASN accident|id=19721215-0|title=N20M|wikibase=no}}
• January 19, 1979, a Learjet 25 operated by Massey Ferguson rolled violently and crashed on approach to runway 09. The probable causes were icing, wake vortex by a preceding McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and a delayed application of engine thrust during an attempted go-around. All six occupants (two crew, four passengers) were killed.{{ASN accident|id=19790119-0|access-date=November 5, 2020|title=N137GL}}
• On April 4, 1979, TWA Flight 841 (1979) went into a dive above Saginaw, Michigan. The flight made an emergency landing at DTW.
• January 11, 1983, United Airlines Flight 2885, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8F cargo flight with 3 occupants aboard crashed after takeoff due to a mistrimmed stabilizer causing a loss of control, all on board were killed.{{ASN accident|id=19830111-1|title=N8053U|wikibase=no}}
• March 4, 1987, Northwest Airlink Flight 2268, operated by Fischer Brothers Aviation, a CASA 212 was on a scheduled flight from Mansfield to Detroit with an intermediate stop in Cleveland when it crashed while landing at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The plane yawed violently to the left about {{convert|70|ft|m}} above the runway, skidded to the right, hit three ground support vehicles in front of Concourse F, and caught fire. Of 19 occupants onboard (16 passengers and three crew), nine were killed. The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error.{{cite news| title=9 Killed in Detroit Plane Crash| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/03/05/9-killed-in-detroit-plane-crash/| newspaper=Chicago Tribune| date=March 5, 1987| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315142410/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-03-05/news/8701170950_1_northwest-airlines-crew-members-detroit-plane-crash| archive-date=March 15, 2013| url-status=live}}
• August 16, 1987, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255,{{cite web| url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870816-2| title=Accident Description: Northwest Airlines Flight 255| publisher=Aviation-safety.net| date=August 16, 1987| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024200139/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870816-2| archive-date=October 24, 2012| url-status=live}} bound for Phoenix, Arizona, crashed on take-off from Metro's {{convert|8500|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} Runway 3 Center (Now Runway 3L). All but one passenger on the aircraft were killed; the lone survivor was a young girl, Cecelia Cichan, who lost both of her parents and her brother. The NTSB determined that the accident resulted from flight crew's failure to deploy the aircraft's flaps prior to take-off, resulting in a lack of necessary lift. The aircraft slammed into an overpass bridge on I-94 just northeast of the departure end of the runway.{{cite web| url=http://www.flight255memorial.com/thecrash.html| title=The Crash| publisher=Flight255memorial.com| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107172350/http://www.flight255memorial.com/thecrash.html| archive-date=November 7, 2012| url-status=live}}
• December 3, 1990, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 1482, bound for Pittsburgh, collided with a Boeing 727-200 Adv. operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 299, bound for Memphis, on runway 03C. Seven passengers and a flight attendant on Flight 1482 were killed. The cause of the accident is listed as "pilot error".{{cite web| url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19901203-1| title=Accident Description: Northwest Airlines Flight 1482| publisher=Aviation-safety.net| date=December 3, 1990| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315041543/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19901203-1| archive-date=March 15, 2011| url-status=live}}{{cite web| url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19901203-2| title=Accident Description: Northwest Airlines Fight 299| publisher=Aviation-safety.net| date=December 3, 1990| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103081531/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19901203-2| archive-date=January 3, 2011| url-status=live}}
• January 9, 1997, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft operating as Comair Flight 3272 crashed nose down {{convert|18|mi|km}} from the airport while on approach into Detroit. All 26 passengers and 3 crew members were killed. The cause is listed to be the "FAA's failure to establish adequate aircraft certification standards for flight in icing conditions, the FAA's failure to ensure that an FAA/CTA-approved procedure for the accident airplane's deice system operation was implemented by U.S.-based air carriers, and the FAA's failure to require the establishment of adequate minimum airspeeds for icing conditions."{{cite web| url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970109-0| title=Accident Description: Comair Flight 3272| publisher=Aviation-safety.net| date=January 9, 1997| access-date=January 10, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625024451/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970109-0| archive-date=June 25, 2011| url-status=live}}
• March 17, 2001, an Airbus A320-200 operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 985 bound for Miami, Florida, prematurely rotated during takeoff from runway 3C. The captain aborted the takeoff, and the aircraft skidded off the runway. All 151 occupants survived. The cause of the accident was the captain's delayed rejection of the takeoff, and the flight crew had incorrectly set the trim of the horizontal stabilizer.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A320-212 N357NW Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010317-1|url-status=live|access-date=March 30, 2021|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050318023039/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=20010317-1 |archive-date=March 18, 2005 }}
• December 25, 2009, Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate an explosive device on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, an Airbus A330 from Amsterdam to Detroit as the plane was approaching Detroit. The device failed to go off correctly, and the suspect suffered burns to his lower body. Three other passengers had minor injuries. The White House said it considered the incident an attempted terrorist attack.{{cite news| title=U.S. Security for Air Travel Under New Scrutiny| url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna34592031| work=NBC News| date=December 28, 2009| access-date=January 10, 2013}}

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