Flights from Detroit to Kansas City

• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 89,299 passengers from DTW to MCI in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to MCI in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and Kansas City from Delta Airlines is the MD-90 built by Mcdonnell Douglas with 150 seats.
• Flight #1591, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 65 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to Kansas City.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to Kansas City.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to MCI for Comair is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Detroit and Kansas City.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from DTW to MCI using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to Kansas City, MO in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' DC-9-30 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to Kansas City in 2009 was 82.87%.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Comair operate the shortest flights from Detroit to Kansas City.
• There were 111,049 passengers that flew from Detroit to Kansas City in 2009.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to Kansas City, MO takes about 98 minutes.
• 133,061 seats were available on flights from DTW to MCI in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 111,049 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to MCI that year.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Compass Airlines, Comair, Delta Airlines offer flights from Detroit, MI to Kansas City, MO.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and Kansas City is 629 miles.
• The shortest flight between DTW and MCI takes about 97 minutes.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)