Flights from Detroit to New Orleans

• There were 4,416 passengers that flew from Detroit to New Orleans in 2009.
• The shortest flight between DTW and MSY takes about 126 minutes.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to New Orleans, LA takes about 126 minutes.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Detroit and New Orleans.
• 6,792 seats were available on flights from DTW to MSY in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 4,416 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to MSY that year.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to MSY for Northwest Airlines is the DC-9-30 built by Mcdonnell Douglas with 100 seats.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to New Orleans.
• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to MSY in 2009 was Air Greenland's B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to New Orleans, LA in 2009 was Continental Airlines' B737-5 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• Flight #1123, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 5 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to New Orleans.
• Northwest Airlines operates the shortest flights from Detroit to New Orleans.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and New Orleans is 926 miles.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from DTW to MSY using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and New Orleans from Northwest Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 184 seats.
• Northwest Airlines, Air Greenland, Continental Airlines offer flights from Detroit, MI to New Orleans, LA.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to New Orleans in 2009 was 69.12%.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 4,218 passengers from DTW to MSY in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)