Coleman A. Young International Airport

Coleman A. Young International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Detroit
ServesDetroit, Michigan
OpenedOctober 14, 1927 (1927-10-14)
Passenger services ceasedSeptember 18, 2000 (2000-09-18)
Elevation AMSL626 ft / 191 m
Coordinates42°24′33″N 083°00′36″W / 42.40917°N 83.01000°W / 42.40917; -83.01000
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DET/KDET/DET is located in Michigan
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Location in Michigan
DET/KDET/DET is located in the United States
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DET/KDET/DET (the United States)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 5,090 1,551 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations32,850
Based aircraft65
Sources: Airport[1] and FAA[2]

Coleman A. Young International Airport[1] (IATA: DET, ICAO: KDET, FAA LID: DET) (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport,[2] formerly Detroit City Airport until 2003) is six miles northeast of downtown Detroit, in Wayne County, Michigan, United States. It is owned by the City of Detroit.[2] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a regional general aviation facility.[3] In 2003, it was given its current name in honor of the late former mayor of Detroit Coleman A. Young.[4]

From July 1988 through September 1993, Southwest Airlines served the airport with 10 to 13 daily flights.[5][6] Chautauqua Airlines served the airport but ceased service less than a year later.[7] Spirit Airlines planned to fly McDonnell-Douglas DC-9s to DET in 1995, but never began service.[8] Pro Air, a scheduled passenger airline, was based at the airport and grounded by the FAA due to poor maintenance performance after less than a year.[9] The airport now has no scheduled passenger airline service.

The airport's passenger terminal also houses facilities for Customs and Border Protection, 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.

The city of Detroit says that the facility has staff and is operational. It is listed as an asset of the city, but its future plans are in doubt.[10][11][12][13][14]

  1. ^ a b Coleman A. Young International Airport Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine at City of Detroit website
  2. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for DET PDF, effective 2009-08-27.
  3. ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  4. ^ "City Airport". Encyclopedia of Detroit. Detroit Historical Society. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "Once Upon a Time in Detroit". Southwest Airlines-Flashback Fridays. July 9, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Moore, Natalie Y. (August 4, 2004). "Detroit struggles to lift City Airport off ground". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mayor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Spirit Airlines to use jets at Detroit City Airport". Ludington Daily News. Associated Press. March 25, 1995.
  9. ^ Perotin, Maria (September 20, 2000). "Discount Carrier Pro Air Grounded". Orlando Sentinel.
  10. ^ "Airport, Coleman A. Young International". City of Detroit. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  11. ^ Ferretti, Christine (March 26, 2015). "City airport plan may finally lift off". The Detroit News. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  12. ^ Gallagher, John (April 14, 2018). "Old Detroit City Airport crumbles as city rejects offers of millions". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  13. ^ Ferretti, Christine (October 3, 2019). "Detroit city airport plan would clear neighborhood, close runway". The Detroit News. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  14. ^ Ferretti, Christine (August 4, 2020). "Detroit advances plan to close city airport runway, clear neighborhood". The Detroit News. Retrieved January 20, 2021.