Flights from New York to Detroit

• Flight #1187, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 40 minutes average delay between flights from New York to Detroit.
• The newest aircraft servicing JFK to DTW in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from JFK to DTW for Comair is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 49 seats.
• The shortest flight between JFK and DTW takes about 87 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines, Comair operate the shortest flights from New York to Detroit.
• The shortest flight distance between New York and Detroit is 508 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from New York, NY to Detroit, MI in 2009 was American Airlines' B767-2/R from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 76,969 passengers from JFK to DTW in 2009.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between New York and Detroit.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from New York to Detroit in 2009 was 74.77%.
• There were 111,288 passengers that flew from New York to Detroit in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between New York and Detroit from Delta Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 184 seats.
• Northwest Airlines, Comair, Compass Airlines, Freedom Airlines, Delta Airlines, American Airlines offer flights from New York, NY to Detroit, MI.
• The average flight time from New York, NY to Detroit, MI takes about 87 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines offers the shortest flight times from New York to Detroit.
• 152,757 seats were available on flights from JFK to DTW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 111,288 passengers flew on all flights from JFK to DTW that year.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from JFK to DTW using 6 types of aircraft in 2009.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)