Airports · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Flights from Detroit (DTW)
Airlines flew 155,080 departures out of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) carrying 16,361,835 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.
What flies from Detroit
US DOT T-100 · filed dataWhat airlines actually flew out of Detroit — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.
Departures
155,080
April 2026
Seats flown
20,649,108
Passengers
16,361,835
Load factor
79.2%
passengers ÷ seats
Busiest routes from Detroit
Where flights from Detroit go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.
6,027 departures · 407,071 passengers
73.8%
Load
5,009 departures · 810,998 passengers
82.8%
Load
3,916 departures · 506,258 passengers
80.0%
Load
3,813 departures · 665,497 passengers
87.0%
Load
3,603 departures · 330,778 passengers
66.1%
Load
3,553 departures · 330,117 passengers
80.0%
Load
3,504 departures · 475,958 passengers
81.8%
Load
3,040 departures · 443,751 passengers
84.2%
Load
3,010 departures · 470,312 passengers
81.1%
Load
2,969 departures · 245,596 passengers
74.9%
Load
2,844 departures · 239,161 passengers
75.0%
Load
2,803 departures · 454,083 passengers
79.1%
Load
2,792 departures · 304,059 passengers
82.0%
Load
2,641 departures · 419,186 passengers
82.7%
Load
2,616 departures · 368,777 passengers
82.4%
Load
Airlines at Detroit
Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of Detroit.
- DL
11,020,311 seats · 81.8% load
53.4%
Share
- NK
2,059,107 seats · 75.9% load
10.0%
Share
- OO
2,052,311 seats · 75.9% load
9.9%
Share
- 9E
1,538,739 seats · 79.3% load
7.5%
Share
- AA
813,967 seats · 74.3% load
3.9%
Share
- WN
712,444 seats · 72.7% load
3.5%
Share
- F9
554,910 seats · 77.2% load
2.7%
Share
- YX
433,472 seats · 75.3% load
2.1%
Share
- UA
341,912 seats · 76.5% load
1.7%
Share
- B6
162,413 seats · 74.1% load
0.8%
Share
Aircraft flown from Detroit
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.
37,763 departures · 77.8% load
24.3%
Share
16,383 departures · 81.9% load
10.6%
Share
13,047 departures · 80.2% load
8.4%
Share
12,508 departures · 77.4% load
8.1%
Share
11,793 departures · 82.4% load
7.6%
Share
10,731 departures · 78.2% load
6.9%
Share
10,073 departures · 76.6% load
6.5%
Share
8,875 departures · 76.8% load
5.7%
Share
5,030 departures · 73.9% load
3.2%
Share
5,027 departures · 77.1% load
3.2%
Share
Bombardier CRJ-550
3,049 departures · 60.9% load
2.0%
Share
3,022 departures · 77.9% load
1.9%
Share
Monthly departures from Detroit
Monthly departures from Detroit, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
May 2025
13,150 departures · 1,439,656 passengers
81.1%
Load
June 2025
13,636 departures · 1,512,931 passengers
82.0%
Load
July 2025
14,324 departures · 1,584,091 passengers
82.6%
Load
August 2025
14,140 departures · 1,546,569 passengers
82.0%
Load
September 2025
13,059 departures · 1,340,116 passengers
78.0%
Load
October 2025
13,805 departures · 1,459,759 passengers
80.7%
Load
November 2025
12,168 departures · 1,214,110 passengers
75.7%
Load
December 2025
12,391 departures · 1,334,536 passengers
81.0%
Load
January 2026
11,459 departures · 1,091,318 passengers
71.1%
Load
February 2026
11,007 departures · 1,148,009 passengers
78.4%
Load
March 2026
12,964 departures · 1,407,050 passengers
81.3%
Load
April 2026
12,977 departures · 1,283,690 passengers
74.8%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.