Flights from Louisville to Detroit

• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Louisville and Detroit from Northwest Airlines is the DC-9-50 built by Mcdonnell Douglas with 125 seats.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from SDF to DTW using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Louisville to Detroit.
• Northwest Airlink, Comair, Northwest Airlines operate the shortest flights from Louisville to Detroit.
• The shortest flight between SDF and DTW takes about 57 minutes.
• The average flight time from Louisville, KY to Detroit, MI takes about 58 minutes.
• Compass Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines, Comair offer flights from Louisville, KY to Detroit, MI.
• The shortest flight distance between Louisville and Detroit is 306 miles.
• Compass Airlines carried a total of 32,476 passengers from SDF to DTW in 2009.
• 90,504 seats were available on flights from SDF to DTW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 70,739 passengers flew on all flights from SDF to DTW that year.
• Flight #1645, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 40 minutes average delay between flights from Louisville to Detroit.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Louisville, KY to Detroit, MI in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' DC-9-30 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• There were 70,739 passengers that flew from Louisville to Detroit in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from SDF to DTW for Comair is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Louisville to Detroit in 2009 was 74.8%.
• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between Louisville and Detroit.
• The newest aircraft servicing SDF to DTW in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)