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DTW

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Detroit, United States · KDTW
CHANCE YOU STEP OFF ANY BOARDING SAFELY
99.999993%
This is the worldwide boarding figure, not DTW's — two different numbers, answering two different questions. DTW's own NTSB/FAA safety record is below.
FLIGHTS / YEAR
38.7M
DEATH RISK
1 / 13.7M boardings
SOURCE: MIT / ARNOLD BARNETT, 2024 (opens in a new window) HOW THIS NUMBER IS DERIVED
AIRPORT FACTS
IATA / ICAODTW / KDTW
CityDetroit
CountryUnited States
Airport classLarge airport
Runways6
Longest runway3,659 m (12,003 ft)
Coordinates42.214, -83.354
Its longest runway beats 92% of the 3,254 commercial airports listed on this site. Runway figures from OurAirports (opens in a new window), public domain.
NTSB / FAA SAFETY RECORD — DTW §
1.339
ACCIDENTS / MILLION DEPARTURES §
0.000
WITH FATALITIES §
9 accidents (no fatal accidents, 0 deaths) over 6,722,876 FAA-tracked departures, 2008–2025. §

No fatal accident in the NTSB record for DTW, 2008–2025 — absence of record, not a guarantee.

Checked 2026-07-10.
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Statistically Fine — DTW — Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport safety record
https://statisticallyfine.com/airport/DTW/
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EXAMPLE FLIGHTS — NOT DTW DEPARTURES

ALL FLIGHTS →
BA 249 LHR → GIG · 787-9 SAFE ✓ UA 92 EWR → LIS · 767-300 SAFE ✓ AA 100 JFK → LHR · 777-300ER SAFE ✓ JL 44 HND → SYD · A350-900 SAFE ✓
These are example flights from elsewhere on the site, not real DTW arrivals. Live per-airport schedules wire in with a flight-data API.
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