Getting around / Ypsilanti / Van Buren Township
Willow Run Airport (YIP)
Historic airport near Ypsilanti for cargo, corporate and private flying, with the Michigan Flight Museum in a hangar.
01 / The story of this place
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Willow Run opened in 1942 next to Ford's giant Willow Run plant, which turned out 8,865 B-24 Liberator bombers during World War II. Today Wayne County owns it, the same authority that runs DTW manages it, and it serves cargo, corporate charters and general aviation; there are no scheduled airline flights. It has two runways, a 24-hour FAA tower and U.S. Customs. One hangar holds the Michigan Flight Museum, with vintage aircraft and historic plane rides.
- Opened in 1942 beside the B-24 bomber plant
- Cargo, charter and private flying only
- Two runways and a 24-hour FAA tower
- Michigan Flight Museum and Thunder Over Michigan
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