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

Detroit Metro Wayne County ⇄ San Francisco International DTW–SFO

Airlines flew 3,571 flights between Detroit Metro Wayne County DTW in Detroit, MI and San Francisco International SFO in San Francisco, CA in the twelve months to July 2026, both directions together: 516,111 passengers in 620,122 seats, 83% of them filled, and 316,642 pounds of freight. 2,079 miles, about 279 minutes in the air, on 3 airlines: Delta Air Lines Inc. (2,759), United Air Lines Inc. (811), JetBlue Airways (1). Planning to fly it yourself? The weather and winds along this route right now.

3,571
flights, twelve months
DTW-SFO: 1,785 · SFO-DTW: 1,786
516,111
passengers
83% of seats filled
2,079
miles
about 279 minutes airborne
3
airlines
11 aircraft types

Flights by month both directions

0941892843781/254/257/2510/251/264/263777/26
By month, as a table
flights
1/25256
2/25223
3/25272
4/25305
5/25330
6/25358
7/25378
8/25317
9/25291
10/25308
11/25292
12/25272
1/26253
2/26223
3/26284
4/26290
5/26313
6/26351
7/26377

Passengers by month

014,83229,66444,49759,3291/254/257/2510/251/264/2659,3297/26
By month, as a table
passengers
1/2530,251
2/2525,620
3/2535,360
4/2539,257
5/2548,415
6/2552,725
7/2556,200
8/2548,847
9/2541,153
10/2546,517
11/2538,756
12/2537,522
1/2632,293
2/2630,590
3/2639,594
4/2640,702
5/2645,770
6/2655,038
7/2659,329

The airlines twelve months, both directions

AirlineFlightsPassengersSeats filledService
Delta Air Lines Inc. DL2,759416,24083%scheduled passenger service
United Air Lines Inc. UA81199,73985%scheduled passenger service
JetBlue Airways B6113281%scheduled passenger service

The aircraft as the airlines report their types

AircraftFlightsSeats a flightPassengers
Boeing 737-900ER2,310180346,773
Airbus Industrie A31940812646,615
Airbus Industrie A321-200n28719442,458
Airbus Industrie A320-100/20020115025,522
Boeing 757-20012017117,863
Boeing B737 Max 9007917911,978
Boeing B737 Max 800721668,296
Boeing 757-3006723412,741
Boeing 737-800201652,787
Boeing 767-300/300ER6211858
Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR1276220

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

1,785 flights of 1,796 scheduled, 258,034 passengers in 309,925 seats, 133,892 pounds of freight, 89,496 pounds of mail. Delta Air Lines Inc. 1,379; United Air Lines Inc. 405; JetBlue Airways 1.

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

1,786 flights of 1,794 scheduled, 258,077 passengers in 310,197 seats, 182,750 pounds of freight, 38,682 pounds of mail. Delta Air Lines Inc. 1,380; United Air Lines Inc. 406.

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 San Francisco International SFO; all routes.