Flights from Minneapolis to Phoenix

• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Minneapolis and Phoenix from Northwest Airlines is the A330-3 built by Airbus Industrie with 298 seats.
• Northwest Airlines, US Airways, Sun Country Airlines offer flights from Minneapolis, MN to Phoenix, AZ.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Minneapolis and Phoenix.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from MSP to PHX using 5 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Flight #2137, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 19 minutes average delay between flights from Minneapolis to Phoenix.
• The average flight time from Minneapolis, MN to Phoenix, AZ takes about 174 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 308,385 passengers from MSP to PHX in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Minneapolis and Phoenix is 1276 miles.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MSP to PHX for Northwest Airlines is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 113 seats.
• The shortest flight between MSP and PHX takes about 174 minutes.
• There were 551,914 passengers that flew from Minneapolis to Phoenix in 2009.
• US Airways offers the shortest flight times from Minneapolis to Phoenix.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Minneapolis, MN to Phoenix, AZ in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• 630,900 seats were available on flights from MSP to PHX in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 551,914 passengers flew on all flights from MSP to PHX that year.
• The newest aircraft servicing MSP to PHX in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' A330-3 from Airbus Industrie. The A330-3 started flying in 2004.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Minneapolis to Phoenix in 2009 was 84.28%.
• US Airways, Northwest Airlines operate the shortest flights from Minneapolis to Phoenix.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)