Live flights over Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 2,950 departures and 2,874 arrivals at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, 832 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Chicago (ORD), Atlanta (ATL) and New York (LGA). The airline seen most often is Delta Air Lines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- DTW
- ICAO code
- KDTW
- City
- Detroit
- Region
- Michigan
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 197 m (645 ft)
- Coordinates
- 42.21377, -83.35379
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Detroit.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 398 | 364 | 762 |
| Mon 2 | 429 | 436 | 865 |
| Tue 3 | 417 | 409 | 826 |
| Wed 4 | 408 | 401 | 809 |
| Thu 5 | 439 | 420 | 859 |
| Fri 6 | 443 | 416 | 859 |
| Sat 7 | 416 | 428 | 844 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Chicago ORD 220 flights
- Atlanta ATL 172 flights
- New York LGA 133 flights
- Newark EWR 132 flights
- Orlando MCO 113 flights
- Washington DCA 107 flights
- Denver DEN 107 flights
- Philadelphia PHL 106 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 103 flights
- Charlotte CLT 99 flights
- Dulles IAD 95 flights
- Indianapolis IND 90 flights
- Nashville BNA 86 flights
- Chicago MDW 85 flights
- Boston BOS 82 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 81 flights
28 more connections
- Minneapolis MSP 79
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 78
- Grand Rapids GRR 77
- Houston IAH 75
- Baltimore BWI 74
- New York JFK 74
- St Louis STL 70
- Toronto YYZ 68
- Columbus CMH 68
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 68
- Milwaukee MKE 68
- Cleveland CLE 66
- Phoenix PHX 65
- San Francisco SFO 57
- Tampa TPA 57
- Pittsburgh PIT 54
- Louisville SDF 54
- Buffalo BUF 50
- Miami MIA 50
- Raleigh/Durham RDU 48
- Los Angeles LAX 30
- Seattle SEA 28
- Memphis MEM 26
- Salt Lake City SLC 26
- Kansas City MCI 24
- Madison MSN 23
- Appleton ATW 22
- Hartford BDL 22
Airlines
- Delta Air LinesDAL 2,359
- Endeavor AirEDV 1,064
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 594
- Republic AirwaysRPA 291
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 212
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 186
- American AirlinesAAL 156
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 90
- United AirlinesUAL 87
- PSA AirlinesJIA 81
Aircraft
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 1,263
- Airbus A321 A321 582
- B712 525
- CRJ7 447
- Airbus A319 A319 428
- E75L 369
- Boeing 737-900 B739 327
- Airbus A320 A320 266
- Airbus A321neo A21N 191
- Boeing 737-800 B738 180
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/42.21377/lon/-83.35379/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Detroit right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Detroit: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of DTW, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Delta Air Lines, Endeavor Air, SkyWest Airlines, Republic Airways and Frontier Airlines.
What are the main connections from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Chicago (ORD, 220), Atlanta (ATL, 172), New York (LGA, 133), Newark (EWR, 132) and Orlando (MCO, 113). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Detroit? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport? +
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport has IATA code DTW and ICAO code KDTW. It lies in Michigan, United States, at coordinates 42.21377, -83.35379.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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