Flights from Boston to Minneapolis

• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Boston and Minneapolis from Northwest Airlines is the B757-3 built by Boeing with 224 seats.
• The newest aircraft servicing BOS to MSP in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Boston to Minneapolis.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 202,387 passengers from BOS to MSP in 2009.
• The shortest flight between BOS and MSP takes about 165 minutes.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from BOS to MSP for Comair is the RJ100/ER built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Boston, MA to Minneapolis, MN in 2009 was Comair's RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from BOS to MSP using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average flight time from Boston, MA to Minneapolis, MN takes about 165 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, Compass Airlines, Alaska Airlines, UNITED, Comair, Delta Airlines offer flights from Boston, MA to Minneapolis, MN.
• In 2009, there were 7 airline companies operating between Boston and Minneapolis.
• 272,587 seats were available on flights from BOS to MSP in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 225,575 passengers flew on all flights from BOS to MSP that year.
• There were 225,575 passengers that flew from Boston to Minneapolis in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Boston to Minneapolis in 2009 was 79.21%.
• Flight #365, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 18 minutes average delay between flights from Boston to Minneapolis.
• Northwest Airlines operates the shortest flights from Boston to Minneapolis.
• The shortest flight distance between Boston and Minneapolis is 1124 miles.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)