Flights from Buffalo to Detroit

• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Buffalo and Detroit from Northwest Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 184 seats.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from BUF to DTW using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from BUF to DTW for Comair is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• There were 123,284 passengers that flew from Buffalo to Detroit in 2009.
• The average flight time from Buffalo, NY to Detroit, MI takes about 44 minutes.
• Flight #1609, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 25 minutes average delay between flights from Buffalo to Detroit.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Buffalo and Detroit.
• The shortest flight distance between Buffalo and Detroit is 240 miles.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 95,756 passengers from BUF to DTW in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing BUF to DTW in 2009 was Air Greenland's B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• 152,078 seats were available on flights from BUF to DTW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 123,284 passengers flew on all flights from BUF to DTW that year.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Buffalo to Detroit in 2009 was 79.12%.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Comair, Air Greenland, go Operated by Mesa Airlines offer flights from Buffalo, NY to Detroit, MI.
• Comair offers the shortest flight times from Buffalo to Detroit.
• Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines, Comair operate the shortest flights from Buffalo to Detroit.
• The shortest flight between BUF and DTW takes about 40 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Buffalo, NY to Detroit, MI in 2009 was Air Greenland's B737-4 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)