Flights from Minneapolis to Portland

• There were 240,241 passengers that flew from Minneapolis to Portland in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from MSP to PDX using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MSP to PDX for Northwest Airlines is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 110 seats.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 240,113 passengers from MSP to PDX in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines operates the shortest flights from Minneapolis to Portland.
• Northwest Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, Frontier offer flights from Minneapolis, MN to Portland, OR.
• The newest aircraft servicing MSP to PDX in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' A330-3 from Airbus Industrie. The A330-3 started flying in 2004.
• The average flight time from Minneapolis, MN to Portland, OR takes about 194 minutes.
• Flight #2217, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 9 minutes average delay between flights from Minneapolis to Portland.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Minneapolis, MN to Portland, OR in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• 265,475 seats were available on flights from MSP to PDX in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 240,241 passengers flew on all flights from MSP to PDX that year.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Minneapolis to Portland in 2009 was 86.41%.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Minneapolis and Portland from Northwest Airlines is the B747-4 built by Boeing with 403 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Minneapolis and Portland is 1426 miles.
• The shortest flight between MSP and PDX takes about 194 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Minneapolis to Portland.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Minneapolis and Portland.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)