At the gate and operating as American 4105 for Chicago O'Hare today.
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At the gate and operating as American 4105 for Chicago O'Hare today.
This trip was the first time I had ever visited this terminal as all of my previous travel involving DTW was on Delta, which operates over at the McNamara Terminal.
The northwest end of the terminal, which is home to all of the non-SkyTeam airlines that operate out of Detroit. The terminal was fine and for American standards, even nice, although it was a bit no frills.
Kalitta Charters II Boeing 737-4Q8SF N129AC [c/n 26280] parked at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport [DTW/KDTW] on 5 January 2023. Originally operated by British Midland Airways from new in 1992, it has seen several owners since and was converted to a freighter in 2021.
Lufthansa Airbus A340-313X D-AIGY 'Dorsten' [c/n 335] taxying at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport [DTW/KDTW] for departure back to Frankfurt on 5 January 2023.
Delta Air Lines Airbus A320-212 N342NW [c/n 381] taxying from the terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport [DTW/KDTW] for a flight to Minneapolis, 5 January 2023.
A Delta Connection regional jet lands at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The image was made from aboard a passing excursion train on Norfolk Southern. The building in the bottom foreground is a portion of the airport's original terminal and hangar that was razed in early 2018.
What is today the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County International Airport was completed in 1929 but the first plane did not land there until Feb. 22, 1930. The airport was dedicated on Sept. 22, 1930. Around that time this structure served as the first terminal and hangar. Later the airport became the Romulus Army Air Field during World War II. Following the war it eventually became Detroit's primary commercial airport.
The image above was made from a passing excursion train on the Norfolk Southern (former Wabash Railroad) route to Detroit from St. Louis and Kansas City. In researching the history of this structure I found it was demolished in early 2018.
11/01/2022 04:10pm 1/500 f16 DTW airport
11/01/2022 06:05pm 1/60 f1.8 in train DTW
11/01/2022 06:01pm 1/30 f16 DTW airport
Spirit Airlines Airbus A320-271N N921NK at Detroit (DTW/KDTW) September 22, 2022. Departing for Myrtle Beach as NKS 3039.
DTW, Delta, Delta Airlines, Detroit AIrport, Detroit Metro Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, McNamara Terminal, Metro Airport
