Flights from Detroit to Phoenix

• In 2009, there were 2 airline companies operating between Detroit and Phoenix.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to Phoenix, AZ in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• Northwest Airlines, US Airways offer flights from Detroit, MI to Phoenix, AZ.
• There were 350,424 passengers that flew from Detroit to Phoenix in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and Phoenix from Northwest Airlines is the B757-3 built by Boeing with 224 seats.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 220,115 passengers from DTW to PHX in 2009.
• 389,346 seats were available on flights from DTW to PHX in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 350,424 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to PHX that year.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from DTW to PHX using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to Phoenix in 2009 was 89.66%.
• The shortest flight between DTW and PHX takes about 230 minutes.
• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to PHX in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' B757-3 from Boeing. The B757-3 started flying in 1999.
• Flight #450, operated by US Airways, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 26 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to Phoenix.
• Northwest Airlines, US Airways operate the shortest flights from Detroit to Phoenix.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to Phoenix, AZ takes about 231 minutes.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to PHX for Northwest Airlines is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 124 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and Phoenix is 1671 miles.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to Phoenix.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)