Of $1.6 million in capital improvements at DTW.ġ999: Michigan State legislature creates a special House-Senate jointĬommittee to look into alleged problems and customer dissatisfaction withĢ001: Wayne County sells over $110 million in airport hotel bonds.Ģ002: The new $1.2 billion state-of-the-art Edward H. Smith Terminal, Terminal 2, and new parking.ġ986: A $166 million bond issue was approved to finance the Master Planġ996: Wayne County and Northwest Airlines announce agreement to buildĪ new $786 million Midfield terminal project triggering projected expenditures Also included were improved lighting and taxiways,Įxpansion of the L.C. The Airport was renamed Detroit Metropolitan Wayneġ959: The Federal Aviation Administration proposed new construction atĭetroit Metropolitan Airport to accommodate a total of 5,266,000 air passengersġ966: Terminal 2 (North Terminal) was constructed.ġ974: The Michael Berry International Terminal was completed as part ofĪ $69 million bond issue. The Airport for 50 percent Federal funds for construction of the long runways Jet craft airport by the Civil Aeronautics Administration, which qualified Smith Terminal) and 10,500 foot runway.ġ958: The Detroit-Wayne Major Airport was certified as an international $1 million under the Federal Aid-to-Airports program during fiscal yearġ957 to begin construction on a $10.4 million expansion program includingĪ new terminal building (L.C. Use as either a primary or secondary airport to serve Detroit and Wayneġ947: The Airport was renamed Detroit-Wayne Major Airport.ġ956: It was announced that Detroit-Wayne Major Airport would receive Army released Wayne County Airport, thus paving the way for its Of Wayne County Airport to enlarge the airport to cover 3.5 square miles. Army for use asĪ staging base for transport of heavy bombers to Europe.ġ944: The Wayne County Board of Supervisors authorized a three-fold expansion The first "official" landing was February 22, 1930.ġ940s: Control of the Airport was assumed by the U.S. The Wayne County Airport was dedicated and opened to the public in September. Called Wayne County Airport, it served as a general aviationġ929: A landing strip was installed along with several maintenance buildings. Wayne County Airport History 1927: The plan to build a major commercial airport was conceived on Aprilġ928: A $2 million bond was issued to finance the acquisition of one square 18 Table 4 provides an overview of the history of DTW's growth and expansion during its nearly 90-year history: 19 Table 4. Covering approximately 6,700 acres of land, DTW has six runways, 139 passenger terminal gates and served 36,389,294 air passengers in 2005 ranking it as the eleventh busiest airport in North America and twentieth in the world. Section 4.4 identifies key events that affected the deployment of the RIMS Project.Ĥ.1ĝetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Project TimelineĭTW is a large, busy airport.Section 4.3 provides a timeline overview of the RIMS project.Section 4.2 discusses key events affecting the deployment of the Airport ITS Integration project.Section 4.1 provides a timeline overview of the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.Although it is unlikely that a comprehensive, complete description of events can be made, the information and descriptions presented here were obtained from interviews with the GLITS management team, Michigan Legislative session archives, 15 news articles, press releases, archived Evaluation Team briefings and monthly reports to USDOT, and information derived from the Wayne County 16 and DTW 17 Websites. This section is a "best effort" to describe the key events that affected the deployment of the Airport ITS Integration and RIMS projects.