Live flights over Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 942 departures and 954 arrivals at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, 948 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Chicago (ORD), Atlanta (ATL) and Charlotte (CLT). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 492 | 497 | 989 |
| Sat 24 | 450 | 457 | 907 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Chicago ORD 69 flights
- Atlanta ATL 52 flights
- Charlotte CLT 39 flights
- Newark EWR 39 flights
- New York LGA 37 flights
- Philadelphia PHL 37 flights
- Denver DEN 36 flights
- Orlando MCO 35 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 33 flights
- Boston BOS 30 flights
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 30 flights
- Columbus CMH 29 flights
- Washington DCA 29 flights
- Indianapolis IND 29 flights
- Chicago MDW 29 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 28 flights
27 more connections
- Baltimore BWI 26
- Grand Rapids GRR 26
- Houston IAH 26
- Dulles IAD 25
- Nashville BNA 24
- Cleveland CLE 24
- Toronto YYZ 23
- St Louis STL 23
- New York JFK 22
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 20
- Minneapolis MSP 20
- Phoenix PHX 20
- Louisville SDF 20
- Tampa TPA 20
- Memphis MEM 19
- San Francisco SFO 19
- Buffalo BUF 17
- Pittsburgh PIT 17
- Montréal YUL 15
- Albany ALB 15
- Kalamazoo AZO 14
- Milwaukee MKE 13
- Seattle SEA 10
- Los Angeles LAX 9
- Austin AUS 8
- Salt Lake City SLC 8
- Hartford BDL 7
Airlines
- Delta Air LinesDAL 759
- Endeavor AirEDV 343
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 203
- Republic AirwaysRPA 84
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 68
- American AirlinesAAL 59
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 53
- United AirlinesUAL 44
- ATP Flight SchoolCXK 34
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 26
Aircraft
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 412
- Airbus A321 A321 189
- B712 168
- CRJ7 156
- Airbus A319 A319 149
- Boeing 737-900 B739 101
- E75L 98
- Airbus A320 A320 90
- Airbus A321neo A21N 61
- Boeing 737-800 B738 59
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 (23–24 October 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 (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Chicago (ORD, 69), Atlanta (ATL, 52), Charlotte (CLT, 39), Newark (EWR, 39) and New York (LGA, 37). 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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