Flights from Detroit to Seattle

• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to SEA in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' B757-3 from Boeing. The B757-3 started flying in 1999.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to Seattle.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 183,382 passengers from DTW to SEA in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines operates the shortest flights from Detroit to Seattle.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from DTW to SEA using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Flight #2483, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 17 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to Seattle.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and Seattle is 1927 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to Seattle, WA in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and Seattle from Northwest Airlines is the B747-4 built by Boeing with 403 seats.
• Northwest Airlines offers flights from Detroit, MI to Seattle, WA.
• 201,705 seats were available on flights from DTW to SEA in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 183,382 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to SEA that year.
• There were 183,382 passengers that flew from Detroit to Seattle in 2009.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to Seattle, WA takes about 263 minutes.
• The shortest flight between DTW and SEA takes about 263 minutes.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to Seattle in 2009 was 88.52%.
• In 2009, there was just one airline company serving flights from Detroit to Seattle.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to SEA for Northwest Airlines is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 124 seats.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)