Flights from Detroit to Birmingham

• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to Birmingham.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Detroit and Birmingham.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to BHM for Comair is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to Birmingham, AL takes about 94 minutes.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and Birmingham is 625 miles.
• Northwest Airlink carried a total of 28,613 passengers from DTW to BHM in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to Birmingham in 2009 was 72.15%.
• There were 37,073 passengers that flew from Detroit to Birmingham in 2009.
• Northwest Airlink, Comair, Northwest Airlines offer flights from Detroit, MI to Birmingham, AL.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and Birmingham from Air Greenland is the B737-8 built by Boeing with 174 seats.
• 47,294 seats were available on flights from DTW to BHM in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 37,073 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to BHM that year.
• Northwest Airlink, Comair operate the shortest flights from Detroit to Birmingham.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to Birmingham, AL in 2009 was Comair's RJ-700 from Canadair which started flying in 1990.
• The shortest flight between DTW and BHM takes about 90 minutes.
• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to BHM in 2009 was Air Greenland's B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• Flight #5078, operated by Comair, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 12 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to Birmingham.
• Comair operated flights from DTW to BHM using 2 types of aircraft in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)