Flights from Detroit to Lansing

• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to LAN for Northwest Airlink is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and Lansing is 74 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to Lansing, MI in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' DC-9-30 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines offer flights from Detroit, MI to Lansing, MI.
• In 2009, there were 2 airline companies operating between Detroit and Lansing.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from DTW to LAN using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• 96,489 seats were available on flights from DTW to LAN in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 60,854 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to LAN that year.
• The shortest flight between DTW and LAN takes about 19 minutes.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and Lansing from Sun Country Airlines is the B737-8 built by Boeing with 162 seats.
• Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines operate the shortest flights from Detroit to Lansing.
• Flight #3824, operated by Northwest Airlink, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 11 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to Lansing.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to Lansing.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to Lansing in 2009 was 59.84%.
• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to LAN in 2009 was Sun Country Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• There were 60,854 passengers that flew from Detroit to Lansing in 2009.
• Northwest Airlink carried a total of 44,001 passengers from DTW to LAN in 2009.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to Lansing, MI takes about 19 minutes.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)