Flights from Kansas City to Detroit

• The shortest flight distance between Kansas City and Detroit is 629 miles.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MCI to DTW for Comair is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• Comair, Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines operate the shortest flights from Kansas City to Detroit.
• Flight #2952, operated by Northwest Airlink, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 17 minutes average delay between flights from Kansas City to Detroit.
• The shortest flight between MCI and DTW takes about 88 minutes.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Kansas City, MO to Detroit, MI in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' DC-9-30 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from MCI to DTW using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Kansas City and Detroit from Northwest Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 184 seats.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Kansas City and Detroit.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Kansas City to Detroit.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Compass Airlines, Comair, ExpressJet Airlines offer flights from Kansas City, MO to Detroit, MI.
• 149,166 seats were available on flights from MCI to DTW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 121,972 passengers flew on all flights from MCI to DTW that year.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Kansas City to Detroit in 2009 was 81.72%.
• There were 121,972 passengers that flew from Kansas City to Detroit in 2009.
• The average flight time from Kansas City, MO to Detroit, MI takes about 92 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 93,134 passengers from MCI to DTW in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing MCI to DTW in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)