Flights from Detroit to Columbia

• The shortest flight between DTW and CAE takes about 85 minutes.
• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to CAE in 2009 was Republic Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to Columbia.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and Columbia is 583 miles.
• Northwest Airlink operates the shortest flights from Detroit to Columbia.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to Columbia in 2009 was 66.79%.
• Flight #3738, operated by Northwest Airlink, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 9 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to Columbia.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and Columbia from Delta Airlines is the MD-80 built by Mcdonnell Douglas with 142 seats.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to Columbia, SC takes about 85 minutes.
• 25,328 seats were available on flights from DTW to CAE in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 15,466 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to CAE that year.
• Northwest Airlink carried a total of 15,252 passengers from DTW to CAE in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to CAE for Northwest Airlink is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• Northwest Airlink, Delta Airlines, Republic Airlines offer flights from Detroit, MI to Columbia, SC.
• Delta Airlines operated flights from DTW to CAE using one type of aircraft in 2009.
• There were 15,466 passengers that flew from Detroit to Columbia in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to Columbia, SC in 2009 was Delta Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Detroit and Columbia.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)