start to finish, photo by paulhitz.

I started my day (and vacation*) today at the Detroit Metro Airport. Originally known as the Wayne County Airport, it was opened in September of 1929 with the first official landing taking pace on February 22, 1930 by theThompson Aeronautical Corporation, a predecessor company of American Airlines.

Today it has 6 runways, 145 gates, generates around 70,000 jobs and with 3,187,249 passengers in 2008, was ranked as the 13th busiest airport in North America, 24th in the world.

Check this photo out bigger or in Paul’s massive My Detroit set (slideshow).

For more shots, how about the Detroit Airport slideshow from the Absolute Michigan pool.

* I am planning to update as usual but there may be mornings or days when that doesn’t work!