Flights from Detroit to Washington, DC

• The newest aircraft servicing DTW to DCA in 2009 was Midwest Airlines' EMB-170 from Embraer. The EMB-170 started flying in 2004.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 249,098 passengers from DTW to DCA in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Detroit, MI to Washington, DC in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' DC-9-30 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Detroit to Washington.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Detroit to Washington in 2009 was 68.65%.
• There were 283,149 passengers that flew from Detroit to Washington in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines, Air Wisconsin, Midwest Airlines, Republic Airlines, Comair, Northwest Airlink offer flights from Detroit, MI to Washington, DC.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DTW to DCA for Air Wisconsin is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Detroit and Washington from Northwest Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 182 seats.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from DTW to DCA using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Flight #278, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 12 minutes average delay between flights from Detroit to Washington.
• The shortest flight between DTW and DCA takes about 63 minutes.
• The average flight time from Detroit, MI to Washington, DC takes about 64 minutes.
• 407,963 seats were available on flights from DTW to DCA in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 283,149 passengers flew on all flights from DTW to DCA that year.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Detroit and Washington.
• The shortest flight distance between Detroit and Washington is 405 miles.
• Northwest Airlines, Comair operate the shortest flights from Detroit to Washington.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)