Operated by the Wayne County Airport Authority, the airport has six runways, two terminals, and 129 in-service gates. The airport has service to 30 international destinations and service to 39 states across the United States. Detroit serves as Delta's main gateway to Asia for the Eastern United States. The airport is a major hub for Delta Air Lines and is also a base for Spirit Airlines. The Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a large hub primary commercial service facility. It is the primary international airport serving Detroit and is Michigan's busiest airport. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport,ĭetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is a major international airport in the United States covering 4,850 acres in Romulus, Michigan. Today the Yankee Air Museum, located in one of the airport's hangars, has a large collection of vintage aircraft. Operated by the Ford Motor Company, the Willow Run manufacturing plant produced a total of 8,685 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, completed and in kit form, before closure in April 1945 Willow Run produced more Liberators than either plant owned by the plane's designer, Consolidated Aircraft.
Opened in 1942, "Willow Run" was synonymous with the American industrial effort that contributed so much to Allied victory in World War II. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a national reliever airport facility.
Due to its very close proximity to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, no major airlines schedule passenger flights to or from Willow Run. Willow Run Airport is an airport in Van Buren Charter Township and Ypsilanti Township, near Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, that serves freight, corporate, and general aviation.
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