Detroit Metro (DTW) = COOL!
Damn, I haven’t blogged in awhile and now Greg is giving me crap for it so I figure I should say something…
I’m off in Oklahoma for the second time in the last three weeks; this time I traveled using an award ticket which took me through Detroit. This was my first time to the DTW and I have to say its impressive airport – I was especially amazed at the size of the “A” concourse which consisted of ~70 gates. To put the size in perspective typically airport trams operate to take you from one concourse to another though in this case the concourse is so long they have an indoor tram (monorail) that operates just the one concourse – a stop at each end and one in the middle. They also have an underground walkway (tunnel) that connects the A and B\C concourses; I found this cool as well with the dim yet colorful lighting throughout. In addition the airport was well kept and had plenty of clean restaurants and lounges to stop off at – I was there for a three and half hour layover so this was indeed important.
I was amazed that EVERY gate I passed was branded Northwest\KLM and though I realize it’s one of their main hubs it was still amazing to see the number of flights they operate daily. For instance I arrived around 3:30pm and Northwest still had four flights scheduled for departure for Amsterdam out of DTW – in Seattle we only have one such departure daily. Which brings up that I find it ironic that an airline called Northwest has a relatively small presence up in the Pacific Northwest – yes, I have my frequent flyer program through them but that’s primarily because of their great flights to Europe and the fact they award miles when traveling on Alaska Airlines which tends to work well for me.
Anyways, that’s all I have to say… for now.
