Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport safety profile
33 recorded occurrences at or near Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (1983–2023): 8 at the airport, 25 nearby; 3 fatal, 14 fatalities.
What happens most
Runway incursions
The FAA Runway Safety database records 248 runway incursions at this airport, including 4 serious (Category A/B) events. Full runway incursion history.
Notable investigated occurrences
- 2018-06-24 (2 fatalities) — 0.2 km
- 2023-06-01 — Progressive Aerodyne Inc Searey LSA — 0.2 km
- 2022-02-18 — ECLIPSE TRANSPORT LLC — 0.2 km
- 2016-06-28 — Air America Aerial Ads — 0.2 km
- 2016-02-17 — American Airlines — 0.2 km
- 2016-01-27 — Endeavor Air — 0.9 km
- 2012-06-08 — 0.2 km
- 2012-02-19 — DELTA AIR LINES INC — 0.2 km
- 2011-10-23 — DELTA AIR LINES INC — 0.2 km
- 2011-03-30 — PINNACLE AIRLINES INC — 0.2 km
- 2008-01-09 — Airbus Industrie A319-114, Northwest Airlines — 0.1 km
Runways
- 04R/22L: 12,003 ft, CON, lighted
- 03R/21L: 10,001 ft, CON, lighted
- 04L/22R: 10,000 ft, CON, lighted
- 09L/27R: 8,708 ft, PEM, lighted
- 03L/21R: 8,501 ft, PEM, lighted
- 09R/27L: 8,500 ft, CON, lighted
Weather patterns
- Fog: 44.294 days/year
- Thunderstorms: 37.095 days/year
- Snow: 71.39 days/year
- Crosswind >15kt: 0.045% of observations
- Crosswind >25kt: 0% of observations
Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.