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Routes and flights · the DOT's airline reports, August 2025 to July 2026

Detroit Metro Wayne County ⇄ Chicago/Rockford International DTW–RFD

Airlines flew 399 flights between Detroit Metro Wayne County DTW in Detroit, MI and Chicago/Rockford International RFD in Chicago/Rockford, IL in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 0 passengers, and 17,016,309 pounds of freight. 295 miles, about 52 minutes in the air, on 1 airline: United Parcel Service (399). Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

399
flights, twelve months
DTW-RFD: 197 · RFD-DTW: 202
0
passengers
no seats reported (cargo)
295
miles
about 52 minutes airborne
1
airline
3 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0101928381/254/257/2510/251/264/26377/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/2532
2/2532
3/2531
4/2536
5/2534
6/2531
7/2534
8/2534
9/2531
10/2538
11/2531
12/2534
1/2629
2/2630
3/2634
4/2636
5/2632
6/2633
7/2637

Passengers by month

000111/254/257/2510/251/264/2607/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/250
2/250
3/250
4/250
5/250
6/250
7/250
8/250
9/250
10/250
11/250
12/250
1/260
2/260
3/260
4/260
5/260
6/260
7/260

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
United Parcel Service 5X3990scheduled cargo service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Airbus Industrie A300-600/R/CF/RCF34400
Boeing 767-300/300ER4300
Boeing 757-2001200

DTW → RFD this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

197 flights of 197 scheduled, 0 passengers, 7,252,661 pounds of freight. United Parcel Service 197.

RFD → DTW this direction alone · flown January 2025 to July 2026

202 flights of 202 scheduled, 0 passengers, 9,763,648 pounds of freight, 14,263 pounds of mail. United Parcel Service 202.

Source: the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 Segment table (all carriers). A flight is one departure performed on this segment; seats and passengers are the airlines' own monthly reports; "seats filled" is passengers divided by seats. The miles are the DOT's great-circle distance. Both ends: Detroit Metro Wayne County DTW and Chicago/Rockford International RFD; all routes.