Flights from Detroit to New York

• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to New York in 2009 was 78.04%.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to New York, NY takes about 76 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to New York.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 320,768 passengers from DTW to LGA in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to LGA for American Eagle is the EMB-135 built by Embraer with 37 seats.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from DTW to LGA using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Detroit and New York.
• Flight #552, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 45 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to New York.
• The shortest flight between DTW and LGA takes about 76 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to New York, NY in 2009 was Delta Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and New York from Delta Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 184 seats.
• 552,977 seats were available on flights from DTW to LGA in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 435,424 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to LGA that year.
• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to LGA in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• Northwest Airlines, American Eagle operate the shortest flights from Detroit to New York.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and New York is 501 miles.
• Northwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, American Eagle, Compass Airlines, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlink offer flights from Detroit, MI to New York, NY.
• There were 435,424 passengers that flew from Detroit to New York in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)