KDET
Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport
VFR
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Name
Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KDET / DET / KDET
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- Region
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Timezone
10:21 pm (EST)
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Municipality
Detroit
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Coordinates
42° 24′ 33″ N 83° 0′ 35″ E
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Elevation
626 ft (191 m MSL)
About Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport
Coleman A. Young International Airport (IATA: DET, ICAO: KDET, FAA LID: DET) (Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport, formerly Detroit City Airport until 2003) is six miles northeast of downtown Detroit, in Wayne County, Michigan. It is owned by the City of Detroit. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a regional general aviation facility. In 2003, it was given its current name in honor of the late former mayor of Detroit Coleman A. Young.
From July 1988 through September 1993, Southwest Airlines served the airport with 10 to 13 daily flights. Chautauqua Airlines served the airport but ceased service less than a year later. Spirit Airlines planned to fly McDonnell-Douglas DC-9s to DET in 1995, but never began service. 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. 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.