Flights from Newark to Detroit

• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 119,290 passengers from EWR to DTW in 2009.
• 318,203 seats were available on flights from EWR to DTW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 223,074 passengers flew on all flights from EWR to DTW that year.
• Flight #2943, operated by ExpressJet Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 125 minutes average delay between flights from Newark to Detroit.
• In 2009, there were 7 airline companies operating between Newark and Detroit.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Newark and Detroit from Northwest Airlines is the A330-3 built by Airbus Industrie with 298 seats.
• Northwest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines, Compass Airlines, Continental Airlines, American Airlines, Air Greenland, Air Canada offer flights from Newark, NJ to Detroit, MI.
• Continental Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Newark to Detroit.
• There were 223,074 passengers that flew from Newark to Detroit in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between Newark and Detroit is 487 miles.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Newark to Detroit in 2009 was 70.04%.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Newark, NJ to Detroit, MI in 2009 was Air Canada's A320-1/2 from Airbus Industrie which started flying in 1990.
• The newest aircraft servicing EWR to DTW in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• The shortest flight between EWR and DTW takes about 81 minutes.
• ExpressJet Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines operate the shortest flights from Newark to Detroit.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from EWR to DTW for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from EWR to DTW using 7 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The average flight time from Newark, NJ to Detroit, MI takes about 81 minutes.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)