Flights from Atlanta to Detroit

• Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines, Delta Airlines, Skywest Air, Atlantic Southeast, AirTran Airways operate the shortest flights from Atlanta to Detroit.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Atlanta, GA to Detroit, MI in 2009 was Atlantic Southeast's RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• In 2009, there were 9 airline companies operating between Atlanta and Detroit.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Atlanta to Detroit in 2009 was 79.11%.
• The average flight time from Atlanta, GA to Detroit, MI takes about 89 minutes.
• Delta Airlines operated flights from ATL to DTW using 8 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Flight #5428, operated by Atlantic Southeast, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 37 minutes average delay between flights from Atlanta to Detroit.
• The shortest flight distance between Atlanta and Detroit is 594 miles.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Atlanta and Detroit from Northwest Airlines is the B747-4 built by Boeing with 403 seats.
• AirTran Airways offers the shortest flight times from Atlanta to Detroit.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from ATL to DTW for Atlantic Southeast is the RJ-700 built by Canadair with 70 seats.
• Delta Airlines, AirTran Airways, Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Shuttle America, Atlantic Southeast, Skywest Air, UNITED, Air Greenland offer flights from Atlanta, GA to Detroit, MI.
• Delta Airlines carried a total of 413,067 passengers from ATL to DTW in 2009.
• The shortest flight between ATL and DTW takes about 87 minutes.
• The newest aircraft servicing ATL to DTW in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• 730,141 seats were available on flights from ATL to DTW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 588,993 passengers flew on all flights from ATL to DTW that year.
• There were 588,993 passengers that flew from Atlanta to Detroit in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)