<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Wayne County began to plan an airport in the western townships of the county as early as 1927.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The following year the county board of commissioners issued a $2 million bond to fund the purchase of one square mile (2.6 km2) of land at the corner of Middlebelt and Wick roads, the northeastern boundary of today's airport. Construction was completed in 1929, and the first landing was on February 22, 1930; Wayne County Airport was dedicated on September 4, 1930.[11] That year Thompson Aeronautical Corporation, a forerunner of American Airlines, began service from the airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">From 1931 until 1945, the airport hosted Michigan Air National Guard operations gained by the United States Army Air Forces. It was named Romulus Field during the war; it was then all east of Merriman Road and north of Goddard Road. The intersection of the two runways is still visible at 42.23266&deg;N 83.33564&deg;W.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Wayne County expanded the airport to become Detroit's primary airport. It renamed it Detroit-Wayne Major Airport in 1947, and in the next three years expanded threefold as three more runways were built. In 1949 the airport added runways 3L/21R and 9L/27R, followed by runway 4R/22L in 1950. In 1946-47 most airline traffic moved from the cramped Detroit City Airport (now Coleman A. Young International Airport) northeast of downtown Detroit to Willow Run Airport over 20 miles (32 km) west of the city, and 10 miles (16 km) west of Wayne County Airport.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Transportation Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Detroit Airport has the following means of transportation at their passengers disposal:</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Bus:</strong> Both terminals have bus services at the Ground Transportation Center.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Taxi:</strong> Passengers can get to downtown Detroit in 30 minutes.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Car Rental:</strong> Rent a car in Detroit Airport. Check our search engine for further details!</li>
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