Flights from Detroit to Dallas

• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and Dallas is 987 miles.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to Dallas in 2009 was 73.26%.
• American Airlines carried a total of 201,184 passengers from DTW to DFW in 2009.
• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between Detroit and Dallas.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and Dallas from Continental Airlines is the B737-9 built by Boeing with 173 seats.
• Flight #7253, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 17 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to Dallas.
• The shortest flight between DTW and DFW takes about 143 minutes.
• There were 284,102 passengers that flew from Detroit to Dallas in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to DFW for Compass Airlines is the ERJ-175 built by Embraer with 76 seats.
• 368,487 seats were available on flights from DTW to DFW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 284,102 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to DFW that year.
• American Airlines, Northwest Airlines operate the shortest flights from Detroit to Dallas.
• American Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Compass Airlines, Continental Airlines offer flights from Detroit, MI to Dallas, TX.
• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to DFW in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to Dallas, TX in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• American Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to Dallas.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from DTW to DFW using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to Dallas, TX takes about 143 minutes.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)