Flights from Washington, DC to Memphis

• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Washington and Memphis from American Airlines is the B737-8 built by Boeing with 148 seats.
• Northwest Airlines carried a total of 95,693 passengers from DCA to MEM in 2009.
• American Airlines operated flights from DCA to MEM using 2 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The newest aircraft servicing DCA to MEM in 2009 was American Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• In 2009, there were 3 airline companies operating between Washington and Memphis.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink, American Airlines offer flights from Washington, DC to Memphis, TN.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from DCA to MEM for Northwest Airlink is the CRJ-2/4 built by Canadair with 50 seats.
• Flight #2493, operated by Northwest Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 21 minutes average delay between flights from Washington to Memphis.
• There were 96,430 passengers that flew from Washington to Memphis in 2009.
• Northwest Airlink offers the shortest flight times from Washington to Memphis.
• The shortest flight distance between Washington and Memphis is 762 miles.
• 136,736 seats were available on flights from DCA to MEM in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 96,430 passengers flew on all flights from DCA to MEM that year.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Washington, DC to Memphis, TN in 2009 was American Airlines' MD-80 from Mcdonnell Douglas which started flying in 1990.
• The shortest flight between DCA and MEM takes about 111 minutes.
• The average flight time from Washington, DC to Memphis, TN takes about 114 minutes.
• Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink operate the shortest flights from Washington to Memphis.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Washington to Memphis in 2009 was 68.42%.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)