Flights from Grand Rapids to Detroit

• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 130,673 passengers from GRR to DTW in 2009.
• Flight #1415, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 59 minutes average delay between flights from Grand Rapids to Detroit.
• 259,642 seats were available on flights from GRR to DTW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 182,125 passengers flew on all flights from GRR to DTW that year.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Grand Rapids and Detroit.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Grand Rapids to Detroit.
• The shortest flight between GRR and DTW takes about 30 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Compass Airlines, Comair, ExpressJet Airlines offer flights from Grand Rapids, MI to Detroit, MI.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Grand Rapids and Detroit from Northwest Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 182 seats.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Grand Rapids to Detroit in 2009 was 73.04%.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from GRR to DTW for Comair is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• Northwest Airlink, Comair, Northwest Airlines operate the shortest flights from Grand Rapids to Detroit.
• The shortest flight distance between Grand Rapids and Detroit is 120 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Grand Rapids, MI to Detroit, MI in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' DC-9-30 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• There were 182,125 passengers that flew from Grand Rapids to Detroit in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing GRR to DTW in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• The average flight time from Grand Rapids, MI to Detroit, MI takes about 32 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from GRR to DTW using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)