Flights from Minneapolis to Seattle

• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Minneapolis to Seattle in 2009 was 78.59%.
• The shortest flight distance between Minneapolis and Seattle is 1399 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Minneapolis, MN to Seattle, WA in 2009 was Alaska Airlines' B737-4 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• Flight #1777, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 114 minutes average delay between flights from Minneapolis to Seattle.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from MSP to SEA for Alaska Airlines is the B737-7 built by Boeing with 124 seats.
• There were 548,527 passengers that flew from Minneapolis to Seattle in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from MSP to SEA using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Northwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, Delta Airlines, American Airlines offer flights from Minneapolis, MN to Seattle, WA.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Minneapolis to Seattle.
• The average flight time from Minneapolis, MN to Seattle, WA takes about 195 minutes.
• 646,297 seats were available on flights from MSP to SEA in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 548,527 passengers flew on all flights from MSP to SEA that year.
• The newest aircraft servicing MSP to SEA in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' A330-3 from Airbus Industrie. The A330-3 started flying in 2004.
• The shortest flight between MSP and SEA takes about 192 minutes.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Minneapolis and Seattle from Northwest Airlines is the A330-3 built by Airbus Industrie with 298 seats.
• Alaska Airlines, Northwest Airlines operate the shortest flights from Minneapolis to Seattle.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Minneapolis and Seattle.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 426,120 passengers from MSP to SEA in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)