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Coleman A. Young International Airport
Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport
Detroit City AirportIATA: DET – ICAO: KDET – FAA LID: DET Summary Airport type Public Owner City of Detroit Serves Detroit, Michigan Elevation AMSL 626 ft / 191 m Coordinates 42°24′33″N 083°00′36″W / 42.40917°N 83.01°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 5,090 1,551 Asphalt 7/25 4,025 1,227 Asphalt Statistics (2007) Aircraft operations 77,571 Based aircraft 97 Sources: Airport[1] and FAA[2] Coleman A. Young International Airport[1] (IATA: DET, ICAO: KDET, FAA LID: DET), also known as Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport[2], is a public use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northeast of the central business district of Detroit, in Wayne County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by the City of Detroit[2] and was formerly known as Detroit City Airport.[1]
The airport was once served by Southwest Airlines[3] and Chautauqua Airlines which left after less than one year of service.[4] Spirit Airlines planned service to the airport using McDonnell-Douglas DC-9 aircraft in 1995, but the service never began.[5] Pro Air, a commercial passenger airline, was based at the airport and grounded by the FAA due to poor maintenance performance. The airport currently has no scheduled passenger airline service.
The airport's passenger terminal is also operated by the US Customs department, which serves private and cargo airplanes.
The 53,000-square-foot (4,900 m2) passenger terminal includes space for restaurants, retail concessions, car rental facilities, airline offices, baggage pick-up and claim areas, boarding areas and passenger lounges. The airport has three 1,000 space parking lots.
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Former airline service
The following airlines served Detroit City Airport:[4]
- Wright Airlines (1975–1985)
- Northwest Airlink (1985–1988)
- Comair (1987–1991)
- Southwest Airlines (1988–1993)
- Direct Air (1988–1990)
- Northcoast Executive Airlines (1988–1990)
- Continental Express (1988–1991)
- Central State Airlines (1989–1990)
- Air Alpha (1991)
- USAir Express (1993–1994)
- Pro Air (1997–2000)
Facilities and aircraft
Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport covers an area of 264 acres (107 ha) at an elevation of 626 feet (191 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 15/33 is 5,090 by 100 feet (1,550 × 30 m) and 7/25 is 4,025 by 100 feet (1,227 × 30 m).[2]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 77,571 aircraft operations, an average of 212 per day: 88% general aviation and 11% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 97 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 4% jet and 1% ultralight.[2][6]
Coordinates: 42°24'32" N 83°0'37" W
Wikimapia - Detroit City AirportSee also
- Coleman A. Young - Former Mayor of Detroit and airport's namesake
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport - the much larger international airport in the Detroit area
References
- ^ a b c Coleman A. Young International Airport at City of Detroit website
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Master Record for DET (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.
- ^ Moore, Natalie Y., Detroit struggles to lift City Airport off ground, Detroit News, August 4, 2004, Retrieved 2010-01-27
- ^ a b McConnell, Darci. Mayor: Fix or shut Detroit City Airport, Detroit News, March 20, 2002, Retrieved 2010-01-27
- ^ Spirit Airlines to use jets at Detroit City Airport, Associated Press via Ludington Daily News, March 25, 1995
- ^ Air Routing International
External links
- Coleman A. Young International Airport web site
- Aerial photo as of 28 March 1999 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Airport Diagram for Coleman A. Young Municipal (DET) (PDF), effective 20 October 2011
- FAA Terminal Procedures for Coleman A. Young Municipal (DET), effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KDET
- ASN accident history for DET
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KDET
- FAA current DET delay information
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