Flights from South Bend to Detroit

• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from SBN to DTW for Northwest Airlink is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between South Bend and Detroit from Northwest Airlines is the DC-9-50 built by Mcdonnell Douglas with 125 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between South Bend and Detroit is 157 miles.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink operate the shortest flights from South Bend to Detroit.
• The shortest flight between SBN and DTW takes about 34 minutes.
• The average flight time from South Bend, IN to Detroit, MI takes about 36 minutes.
• Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines offer flights from South Bend, IN to Detroit, MI.
• The newest aircraft servicing SBN to DTW in 2009 was Northwest Airlink's CRJ-2/4 from Canadair. The CRJ-2/4 started flying in 1997.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from SBN to DTW using 3 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from South Bend to Detroit.
• Northwest Airlink carried a total of 45,534 passengers from SBN to DTW in 2009.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from South Bend to Detroit in 2009 was 73.24%.
• Flight #1296, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 84 minutes average delay between flights from South Bend to Detroit.
• There were 47,977 passengers that flew from South Bend to Detroit in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from South Bend, IN to Detroit, MI in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' DC-9-30 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• In 2009, there were 2 airline companies operating between South Bend and Detroit.
• 66,145 seats were available on flights from SBN to DTW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 47,977 passengers flew on all flights from SBN to DTW that year.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)