Flights from Detroit to Atlanta

• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to Atlanta, GA in 2009 was Atlantic Southeast's RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and Atlanta is 594 miles.
• In 2009, there were 7 airline companies operating between Detroit and Atlanta.
• Delta Airlines, AirTran Airways, Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Shuttle America, Skywest Air, Atlantic Southeast offer flights from Detroit, MI to Atlanta, GA.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to Atlanta in 2009 was 77.96%.
• Flight #1877, operated by Delta Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 19 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to Atlanta.
• Delta Airlines operated flights from DTW to ATL using 8 types of aircraft in 2009.
• There were 579,332 passengers that flew from Detroit to Atlanta in 2009.
• Delta Airlines carried a total of 403,829 passengers from DTW to ATL in 2009.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to Atlanta, GA takes about 97 minutes.
• The shortest flight between DTW and ATL takes about 94 minutes.
• 725,390 seats were available on flights from DTW to ATL in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 579,332 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to ATL that year.
• Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines, Delta Airlines, Skywest Air, Atlantic Southeast, AirTran Airways operate the shortest flights from Detroit to Atlanta.
• Delta Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to Atlanta.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and Atlanta from Delta Airlines is the B777-2 built by Boeing with 273 seats.
• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to ATL in 2009 was Shuttle America's EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to ATL for Atlantic Southeast is the RJ-700 built by Canadair with 70 seats.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)