Flights from Detroit to Memphis

• Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines operate the shortest flights from Detroit to Memphis.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and Memphis from Northwest Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 182 seats.
• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to MEM 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 Memphis, TN in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Compass Airlines offer flights from Detroit, MI to Memphis, TN.
• Flight #3716, operated by Northwest Airlink, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 48 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to Memphis.
• The shortest flight between DTW and MEM takes about 91 minutes.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to Memphis.
• 236,745 seats were available on flights from DTW to MEM in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 176,526 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to MEM that year.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to MEM for Northwest Airlink is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to Memphis, TN takes about 92 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from DTW to MEM using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and Memphis is 610 miles.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to Memphis in 2009 was 73.49%.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 167,798 passengers from DTW to MEM in 2009.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Detroit and Memphis.
• There were 176,526 passengers that flew from Detroit to Memphis in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)