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DTW Airport Status

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County · local time

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Live · updated 6:23 PM local time

Departures

Normal operations

Takeoffs are delayed by 18m on average.

Arrivals

Normal operations

Flights are landing 19m late on average due to heavy traffic.

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Stats at DTW

Departures
336Takeoffs · 73% on time
6Cancellations
17 minAverage taxi to takeoff
Arrivals
314Landings · 68% on time
7Cancellations
0Diversions
9 minAverage taxi to gate
Departures
27Takeoffs · 70% on time
2Cancellations
16 minAverage taxi to takeoff
Arrivals
20Landings · 70% on time
1Cancellation
0Diversions
9 minAverage taxi to gate

Average delay, hour by hour

Takeoffs
  1. 6 AM: 10m late on average
  2. 7 AM: 22m late on average
  3. 8 AM: 7m late on average
  4. 9 AM: 6m late on average
  5. 10 AM: 34m late on average
  6. 11 AM: 13m late on average
  7. 12 PM: 11m late on average
  8. 1 PM: 1h 29m late on average
  9. 2 PM: 20m late on average
  10. 3 PM: 46m late on average
  11. 4 PM: 10m late on average
  12. 5 PM: 17m late on average
  13. This hour: 20m late on average
Landings
  1. 6 AM: 7m late on average
  2. 7 AM: 7m late on average
  3. 8 AM: 9m late on average
  4. 9 AM: 40m late on average
  5. 10 AM: 44m late on average
  6. 11 AM: 8m late on average
  7. 12 PM: 1h 56m late on average
  8. 1 PM: 10m late on average
  9. 2 PM: 15m late on average
  10. 3 PM: 8m late on average
  11. 4 PM: 19m late on average
  12. 5 PM: 24m late on average
  13. This hour: 25m late on average

Under 15 min 15–30 30–60 60+

Weather at DTW

Weather

63°F17°C

Partly cloudy skies and a light breeze.

Skies are mostly clear with a few scattered clouds. A light breeze is blowing from the east at 9 mph.

Next few hours: Conditions are quiet for now. Conditions deteriorate tomorrow morning with fog expected. Brief fog possible around 11:00 PM local time.

Wind 9 mph Visibility 10 mi VFR

Security wait times at DTW

Between 5 AM and 10 PM, the security wait at DTW can reach 32 minutes at its busiest, on Thursdays around 6 PM, and stays within 4 minutes at the quietest hour.

TSA wait this hour
Up to 10 min Friday, 6:23 PM local time
Next few hours
  • 7 PMUp to 15 min
  • 8 PMUp to 9 min
  • 9 PMUp to 4 min
Best times to go through security at DTWWaits by day and hour, and how early to get to DTW

Customs wait times at DTW

For international arrivals at DTW, customs lines for visitors are usually longest around 6 AM, and shortest around 10 PM.

US citizens, typical right now 12 min Friday, 6:23 PM local time
Visitors, typical right now 13 min Friday, 6:23 PM local time

Typical wait by day and hour

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SunSunday, 4 AM: no dataSunday, 5 AM: no dataSunday, 6 AM: about 39 minSunday, 7 AM: about 28 minSunday, 8 AM: no dataSunday, 9 AM: about 28 minSunday, 10 AM: about 22 minSunday, 11 AM: about 14 minSunday, 12 PM: about 6 minSunday, 1 PM: about 15 minSunday, 2 PM: about 23 minSunday, 3 PM: about 6 minSunday, 4 PM: about 9 minSunday, 5 PM: about 11 minSunday, 6 PM: about 11 minSunday, 7 PM: about 18 minSunday, 8 PM: no dataSunday, 9 PM: no dataSunday, 10 PM: no dataSunday, 11 PM: no data
MonMonday, 4 AM: no dataMonday, 5 AM: about 15 minMonday, 6 AM: no dataMonday, 7 AM: no dataMonday, 8 AM: no dataMonday, 9 AM: about 29 minMonday, 10 AM: about 23 minMonday, 11 AM: about 25 minMonday, 12 PM: about 6 minMonday, 1 PM: about 21 minMonday, 2 PM: about 23 minMonday, 3 PM: about 15 minMonday, 4 PM: about 9 minMonday, 5 PM: about 9 minMonday, 6 PM: about 17 minMonday, 7 PM: about 21 minMonday, 8 PM: no dataMonday, 9 PM: no dataMonday, 10 PM: no dataMonday, 11 PM: no data
TueTuesday, 4 AM: no dataTuesday, 5 AM: about 13 minTuesday, 6 AM: about 26 minTuesday, 7 AM: about 29 minTuesday, 8 AM: no dataTuesday, 9 AM: about 27 minTuesday, 10 AM: about 27 minTuesday, 11 AM: about 21 minTuesday, 12 PM: about 5 minTuesday, 1 PM: about 23 minTuesday, 2 PM: about 23 minTuesday, 3 PM: about 9 minTuesday, 4 PM: about 6 minTuesday, 5 PM: about 13 minTuesday, 6 PM: about 18 minTuesday, 7 PM: about 18 minTuesday, 8 PM: about 14 minTuesday, 9 PM: no dataTuesday, 10 PM: no dataTuesday, 11 PM: no data
WedWednesday, 4 AM: no dataWednesday, 5 AM: no dataWednesday, 6 AM: about 28 minWednesday, 7 AM: about 24 minWednesday, 8 AM: no dataWednesday, 9 AM: about 24 minWednesday, 10 AM: about 20 minWednesday, 11 AM: about 27 minWednesday, 12 PM: about 8 minWednesday, 1 PM: about 18 minWednesday, 2 PM: about 20 minWednesday, 3 PM: about 22 minWednesday, 4 PM: about 9 minWednesday, 5 PM: about 12 minWednesday, 6 PM: about 13 minWednesday, 7 PM: about 14 minWednesday, 8 PM: about 27 minWednesday, 9 PM: no dataWednesday, 10 PM: no dataWednesday, 11 PM: no data
ThuThursday, 4 AM: no dataThursday, 5 AM: about 17 minThursday, 6 AM: about 23 minThursday, 7 AM: no dataThursday, 8 AM: no dataThursday, 9 AM: about 26 minThursday, 10 AM: about 20 minThursday, 11 AM: about 32 minThursday, 12 PM: about 14 minThursday, 1 PM: about 18 minThursday, 2 PM: about 22 minThursday, 3 PM: about 5 minThursday, 4 PM: about 15 minThursday, 5 PM: about 11 minThursday, 6 PM: about 12 minThursday, 7 PM: about 18 minThursday, 8 PM: no dataThursday, 9 PM: about 11 minThursday, 10 PM: no dataThursday, 11 PM: no data
FriFriday, 4 AM: no dataFriday, 5 AM: no dataFriday, 6 AM: about 25 minFriday, 7 AM: about 22 minFriday, 8 AM: no dataFriday, 9 AM: about 26 minFriday, 10 AM: about 21 minFriday, 11 AM: about 15 minFriday, 12 PM: about 7 minFriday, 1 PM: about 17 minFriday, 2 PM: about 26 minFriday, 3 PM: about 22 minFriday, 4 PM: about 14 minFriday, 5 PM: about 11 minFriday, 6 PM: about 13 minFriday, 7 PM: about 24 minFriday, 8 PM: no dataFriday, 9 PM: no dataFriday, 10 PM: about 3 minFriday, 11 PM: no data
SatSaturday, 4 AM: no dataSaturday, 5 AM: about 23 minSaturday, 6 AM: no dataSaturday, 7 AM: no dataSaturday, 8 AM: no dataSaturday, 9 AM: about 30 minSaturday, 10 AM: about 18 minSaturday, 11 AM: about 13 minSaturday, 12 PM: about 9 minSaturday, 1 PM: about 18 minSaturday, 2 PM: about 25 minSaturday, 3 PM: about 10 minSaturday, 4 PM: about 10 minSaturday, 5 PM: about 20 minSaturday, 6 PM: about 9 minSaturday, 7 PM: about 19 minSaturday, 8 PM: no dataSaturday, 9 PM: no dataSaturday, 10 PM: no dataSaturday, 11 PM: no data

Under 15 min 15–30 30–45 45+ No data

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SunSunday, 4 AM: no dataSunday, 5 AM: no dataSunday, 6 AM: about 31 minSunday, 7 AM: about 26 minSunday, 8 AM: no dataSunday, 9 AM: about 12 minSunday, 10 AM: about 13 minSunday, 11 AM: about 8 minSunday, 12 PM: about 6 minSunday, 1 PM: about 10 minSunday, 2 PM: about 22 minSunday, 3 PM: about 5 minSunday, 4 PM: about 8 minSunday, 5 PM: about 10 minSunday, 6 PM: about 9 minSunday, 7 PM: about 18 minSunday, 8 PM: no dataSunday, 9 PM: no dataSunday, 10 PM: no dataSunday, 11 PM: no data
MonMonday, 4 AM: no dataMonday, 5 AM: about 18 minMonday, 6 AM: no dataMonday, 7 AM: no dataMonday, 8 AM: no dataMonday, 9 AM: about 12 minMonday, 10 AM: about 10 minMonday, 11 AM: about 8 minMonday, 12 PM: about 5 minMonday, 1 PM: about 17 minMonday, 2 PM: about 20 minMonday, 3 PM: about 5 minMonday, 4 PM: about 6 minMonday, 5 PM: about 9 minMonday, 6 PM: about 17 minMonday, 7 PM: about 14 minMonday, 8 PM: no dataMonday, 9 PM: no dataMonday, 10 PM: no dataMonday, 11 PM: no data
TueTuesday, 4 AM: no dataTuesday, 5 AM: about 11 minTuesday, 6 AM: about 28 minTuesday, 7 AM: about 25 minTuesday, 8 AM: no dataTuesday, 9 AM: about 14 minTuesday, 10 AM: about 7 minTuesday, 11 AM: about 13 minTuesday, 12 PM: about 5 minTuesday, 1 PM: about 18 minTuesday, 2 PM: about 18 minTuesday, 3 PM: about 7 minTuesday, 4 PM: about 7 minTuesday, 5 PM: about 9 minTuesday, 6 PM: about 16 minTuesday, 7 PM: about 15 minTuesday, 8 PM: about 13 minTuesday, 9 PM: no dataTuesday, 10 PM: no dataTuesday, 11 PM: no data
WedWednesday, 4 AM: no dataWednesday, 5 AM: no dataWednesday, 6 AM: about 27 minWednesday, 7 AM: about 24 minWednesday, 8 AM: no dataWednesday, 9 AM: about 13 minWednesday, 10 AM: about 8 minWednesday, 11 AM: about 13 minWednesday, 12 PM: about 6 minWednesday, 1 PM: about 13 minWednesday, 2 PM: about 14 minWednesday, 3 PM: about 14 minWednesday, 4 PM: about 9 minWednesday, 5 PM: about 10 minWednesday, 6 PM: about 11 minWednesday, 7 PM: about 14 minWednesday, 8 PM: about 26 minWednesday, 9 PM: no dataWednesday, 10 PM: no dataWednesday, 11 PM: no data
ThuThursday, 4 AM: no dataThursday, 5 AM: about 12 minThursday, 6 AM: about 19 minThursday, 7 AM: no dataThursday, 8 AM: no dataThursday, 9 AM: about 12 minThursday, 10 AM: about 8 minThursday, 11 AM: about 9 minThursday, 12 PM: about 5 minThursday, 1 PM: about 12 minThursday, 2 PM: about 14 minThursday, 3 PM: about 1 minThursday, 4 PM: about 13 minThursday, 5 PM: about 9 minThursday, 6 PM: about 10 minThursday, 7 PM: about 16 minThursday, 8 PM: no dataThursday, 9 PM: about 12 minThursday, 10 PM: no dataThursday, 11 PM: no data
FriFriday, 4 AM: no dataFriday, 5 AM: no dataFriday, 6 AM: about 21 minFriday, 7 AM: about 18 minFriday, 8 AM: no dataFriday, 9 AM: about 14 minFriday, 10 AM: about 8 minFriday, 11 AM: about 6 minFriday, 12 PM: about 4 minFriday, 1 PM: about 15 minFriday, 2 PM: about 21 minFriday, 3 PM: about 10 minFriday, 4 PM: about 6 minFriday, 5 PM: about 10 minFriday, 6 PM: about 12 minFriday, 7 PM: about 19 minFriday, 8 PM: no dataFriday, 9 PM: no dataFriday, 10 PM: about 2 minFriday, 11 PM: no data
SatSaturday, 4 AM: no dataSaturday, 5 AM: about 21 minSaturday, 6 AM: no dataSaturday, 7 AM: no dataSaturday, 8 AM: no dataSaturday, 9 AM: about 15 minSaturday, 10 AM: about 5 minSaturday, 11 AM: about 5 minSaturday, 12 PM: about 7 minSaturday, 1 PM: about 12 minSaturday, 2 PM: about 21 minSaturday, 3 PM: about 7 minSaturday, 4 PM: about 13 minSaturday, 5 PM: about 14 minSaturday, 6 PM: about 10 minSaturday, 7 PM: about 13 minSaturday, 8 PM: no dataSaturday, 9 PM: no dataSaturday, 10 PM: no dataSaturday, 11 PM: no data

Under 15 min 15–30 30–45 45+ No data

Based on official CBP wait time averages, in local time.

About Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County

IATA code
DTW
ICAO code
KDTW
Location
Detroit, MI · United States
Elevation
640 ft (195 m)
Time zone
America/New York (EDT)
Coordinates
42.2078, -83.3560

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DTW questions, answered.

Are flights delayed at DTW right now?

As of 6:23 PM local time, departures are operating normally: takeoffs are delayed by 18m on average. Arrivals are operating normally: flights are landing 19m late on average due to heavy traffic.

How long is the security line at DTW?

Between 5 AM and 10 PM, the security wait at DTW can reach 32 minutes at its busiest, on Thursdays around 6 PM, and stays within 4 minutes at the quietest hour. See the best times to go through security at DTW.

How long does customs take at DTW?

At DTW, typical customs waits for visitors range from about 3 to 39 minutes, longest around 6 AM. For US citizens, they range from about 1 to 31 minutes, longest around 6 AM. Based on official CBP averages.

How long does it take to get from the gate to the runway at DTW?

Today, departing flights at DTW have taken an average of 17 minutes from leaving the gate to takeoff, and arriving flights 9 minutes from landing to the gate.

What is the airport code for Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County?

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County uses the IATA code DTW, the one on tickets and bag tags, and the ICAO code KDTW, which pilots and air traffic control use.

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