Flights from Fort Wayne to Detroit

• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from FWA to DTW for Northwest Airlink is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• Northwest Airlink carried a total of 39,086 passengers from FWA to DTW in 2009.
• Flight #4118, operated by Northwest Airlink, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 25 minutes average delay between flights from Fort Wayne to Detroit.
• The newest aircraft servicing FWA to DTW in 2009 was Northwest Airlink's CRJ-2/4 from Canadair. The CRJ-2/4 started flying in 1997.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Fort Wayne to Detroit in 2009 was 65.38%.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Fort Wayne, IN to Detroit, MI in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' DC-9-30 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Fort Wayne and Detroit from Northwest Airlines is the A320-1/2 built by Airbus Industrie with 148 seats.
• Northwest Airlink operates the shortest flights from Fort Wayne to Detroit.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Fort Wayne and Detroit.
• 65,098 seats were available on flights from FWA to DTW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 39,548 passengers flew on all flights from FWA to DTW that year.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from FWA to DTW using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The shortest flight between FWA and DTW takes about 29 minutes.
• Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines, Skywest Air offer flights from Fort Wayne, IN to Detroit, MI.
• The average flight time from Fort Wayne, IN to Detroit, MI takes about 29 minutes.
• There were 39,548 passengers that flew from Fort Wayne to Detroit in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Fort Wayne and Detroit is 128 miles.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Fort Wayne to Detroit.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)