Flights from Indianapolis to Detroit

• The average flight time from Indianapolis, IN to Detroit, MI takes about 45 minutes.
• The newest aircraft servicing IND to DTW in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 118,501 passengers from IND to DTW in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines, Comair, Northwest Airlink operate the shortest flights from Indianapolis to Detroit.
• Northwest Airlines, Compass Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Continental Airlines, American Airlines, Comair offer flights from Indianapolis, IN to Detroit, MI.
• The shortest flight distance between Indianapolis and Detroit is 231 miles.
• The shortest flight between IND and DTW takes about 44 minutes.
• There were 150,489 passengers that flew from Indianapolis to Detroit in 2009.
• 217,748 seats were available on flights from IND to DTW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 150,489 passengers flew on all flights from IND to DTW that year.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from IND to DTW for Comair is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Indianapolis, IN to Detroit, MI in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• Flight #7262, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 23 minutes average delay between flights from Indianapolis to Detroit.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Indianapolis and Detroit.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Indianapolis to Detroit in 2009 was 69.06%.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from IND to DTW using 7 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Indianapolis and Detroit from Northwest Airlines is the B757-3 built by Boeing with 224 seats.
• Comair offers the shortest flight times from Indianapolis to Detroit.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)