Flights from Detroit to San Francisco

• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to SFO for Northwest Airlines is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 124 seats.
• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to SFO in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' B757-3 from Boeing. The B757-3 started flying in 1999.
• 193,361 seats were available on flights from DTW to SFO in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 181,113 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to SFO that year.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 181,011 passengers from DTW to SFO in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from DTW to SFO using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to San Francisco, CA takes about 281 minutes.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and San Francisco from Northwest Airlines is the B747-4 built by Boeing with 403 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and San Francisco is 2079 miles.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to San Francisco.
• Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines offer flights from Detroit, MI to San Francisco, CA.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to San Francisco in 2009 was 90.78%.
• There were 181,113 passengers that flew from Detroit to San Francisco in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines operates the shortest flights from Detroit to San Francisco.
• Flight #325, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 13 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to San Francisco.
• In 2009, there were 2 airline companies operating between Detroit and San Francisco.
• The shortest flight between DTW and SFO takes about 281 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to San Francisco, CA in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' B747-4 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)