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Willow Run Airport

42.23790°N
-83.53040°W
ARR / DAY
63
▼ 6.9%
DEP / DAY
65
▼ 10.5%

Willow Run Airport (KYIP/YIP) is a medium general aviation airport located in Detroit, MI. It features 5 runways with the longest being 7,526 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 63 arrivals and 65 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers account for about 10% of observed flights, with FedEx, UPS and others operating alongside passenger service.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
4

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

43m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
8 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KYIP 142053Z 01008KT 10SM CLR 19/10 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP187 T01890100 53004

Runways

5 installed

7,526 FT MAX
05L/23R
6,655 ft × 160
ASP● LIT
05R/23L
7,526 ft × 150
ASP● LIT
09L/27R
7,294 ft × 160
ASP● LIT
09R/27L
6,511 ft × 160
ASP● LIT
14/32
6,914 ft × 160
ASP● LIT

Top carriers

Share of flights

34 total
TOP 9 238
ATP Flight School 24% Kalitta Flying Service 21% USA JET Airlines 16% Summit Aviation 13% Netjets Aviation 9% Aeronaves TSM 5% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 5% Freight Runners Express 4% AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton 3%

Top destinations

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LRD 26
DRT 6
MDW 6
MKE 5
IAG 4
CLE 4

Carriers

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ATP Flight School
57
Kalitta Flying Service
50
USA JET Airlines
38
Summit Aviation
31
Netjets Aviation
22
Aeronaves TSM
12
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Flexjet LLC (Richardson
11
Freight Runners Express
9
AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton
8
Ameristar JET Charter
7
Berry Aviation
7
Baker Aviation
6
Alpine Aviation
6
Sterling Aviation
6
LGM Enterprises
4
Kalitta Charters II
3
Executive Flight Services
2
Executive JET Management
2
CGJ
2
Northern JET Management
2
SC Aviation
2
Live OAK Banking
2
Castle Aviation
2
NXT JET
2
DBE
2
Phoenix AIR Group
2
Central AIR Southwest
2
East Coast Jets
2
PAK West Airlines
2
Endeavor AIR
1
Aeroservicios de la Costa
1
JET Logistics
1
NON
1
NGH
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
TWR 125.275 24
TWR 256.900 24
GND 119.975 24
ATIS 127.425 24
APCH 118.950 —
APCH 284.000 —
YIP VOT 108.850 —
OTHER 108.850 —
METRO DP 118.950 —
OTHER 118.950 —
LCL/P 125.275 24
METRO DP 134.300 —
OTHER 134.300 —
LCL/P 256.900 24
METRO DP 284.000 —
OTHER 284.000 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOB
Mag var:
6° W
Fuel:
100LL

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KYIP · last 7d

24 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 2 PM · 1 movement every 327 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YIPLRD
Laredo, US
 USA JET Airlines 20 3h 1m
YIPIAG
Niagara Falls, US
 USA JET Airlines 4 0h 51m
YIPMDW
Chicago, US
 Kalitta Flying Service 4 0h 41m
YIPMKE
Milwaukee, US
 Freight Runners Express 3 0h 56m
YIPDRT
Del Rio, US
 Berry Aviation 3 4h 8m
YIPDTW
Detroit, US
 Kalitta Flying Service 3 0h 17m
YIPMDW
Chicago, US
 Summit Aviation 2 0h 37m
YIPMMI
Athens, US
 Kalitta Flying Service 2 1h 9m
YIPLRD
Laredo, US
 Ameristar JET Charter 2 3h 31m
YIPMKE
Milwaukee, US
 AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton 2 0h 39m
YIPROC
Rochester, US
 USA JET Airlines 2 1h 0m
YIPCLE
Cleveland, US
 Kalitta Flying Service 2 0h 35m
YIPLRD
Laredo, US
 Kalitta Charters II 2 3h 13m
YIPCMH
Columbus, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 0h 35m
YIPPSK
Dublin, US
 Kalitta Flying Service 2 1h 1m
YIPCLE
Cleveland, US
 USA JET Airlines 2 0h 35m
YIPGRB
Green Bay, US
 Summit Aviation 2 0h 50m
YIPSHV
Shreveport, US
 Aeronaves TSM 2 2h 33m
YIPLRD
Laredo, US
 Aeronaves TSM 2 2h 51m
YIPKL66
Pollock, US
 AIR Wisconsin Airlines Corporation (Appleton 2 2h 0m

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Silvanus_Tauris
1/5/2023
Willow Run Airport
Willow Run Airport is an airport in Van Buren Charter Township and Ypsilanti Township, near Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, that serves freight, corporate, and general aviation. Due to its very close proximity to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, no major airlines schedule passenger flights to or from Willow Run. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a national reliever airport facility. Opened in 1942, "Willow Run" was synonymous with the American industrial effort that contributed so much to Allied victory in World War II. Operated by the Ford Motor Company, the Willow Run manufacturing plant produced a total of 8,685 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, completed and in kit form, before closure in April 1945; Willow Run produced more Liberators than either plant owned by the plane's designer, Consolidated Aircraft. Today the Yankee Air Museum, located in one of the airport's hangars, has a large collection of vintage aircraft.
timvim
10/19/2014
YIP
Flew out on one of the last Eastern Airlines flights to use Willow Run. Returning to Mich. two weeks later we landed at Detroit Metro. Spring of 1966.
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