Flights from St. Louis to Detroit

• The largest aircraft servicing flights between St. Louis and Detroit from American Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 188 seats.
• There were 108,647 passengers that flew from St. Louis to Detroit in 2009.
• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between St. Louis and Detroit.
• 138,106 seats were available on flights from STL to DTW in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 108,647 passengers flew on all flights from STL to DTW that year.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from St. Louis, MO to Detroit, MI in 2009 was Air Canada's A320-1/2 from Airbus Industrie which started flying in 1990.
• The newest aircraft servicing STL to DTW in 2009 was Compass Airlines' ERJ-175 from Embraer. The ERJ-175 started flying in 2004.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from St. Louis to Detroit in 2009 was 78.72%.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from STL to DTW for Comair is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• Northwest Airlines operated flights from STL to DTW using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The shortest flight between STL and DTW takes about 68 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, Compass Airlines, American Airlines, Air Canada, Comair offer flights from St. Louis, MO to Detroit, MI.
• Flight #1415, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 48 minutes average delay between flights from St. Louis to Detroit.
• The average flight time from St. Louis, MO to Detroit, MI takes about 72 minutes.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from St. Louis to Detroit.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 86,020 passengers from STL to DTW in 2009.
• Comair, Northwest Airlink, Northwest Airlines operate the shortest flights from St. Louis to Detroit.
• The shortest flight distance between St. Louis and Detroit is 440 miles.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)