Atlanta (ATL) – Detroit (DTW)
- Distance
- 957 km
- 594 mi · 517 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 54 min / 1 h 57 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → DTW / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 121 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (71 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,582,272
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.5%
- Flights / week
- 187
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 1,895,765 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, NK, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 5°
- Heading from DTW
- 186°
- Halfway point
- 37.93, -83.92
- Great-circle km
- 958 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → DTW
- 1 h 28 min
- In the air DTW → ATL
- 1 h 29 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 149,592 |
| Sep 2025 | 136,079 |
| Oct 2025 | 139,918 |
| Nov 2025 | 115,094 |
| Dec 2025 | 121,773 |
| Jan 2026 | 115,361 |
| Feb 2026 | 118,503 |
| Mar 2026 | 136,660 |
| Apr 2026 | 137,881 |
| May 2026 | 136,780 |
| Jun 2026 | 131,158 |
| Jul 2026 | 143,473 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 898 |
| Sep 2025 | 849 |
| Oct 2025 | 860 |
| Nov 2025 | 757 |
| Dec 2025 | 757 |
| Jan 2026 | 779 |
| Feb 2026 | 717 |
| Mar 2026 | 836 |
| Apr 2026 | 856 |
| May 2026 | 802 |
| Jun 2026 | 755 |
| Jul 2026 | 835 |
Airlines flying ATL–DTW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 144 | 77% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 22 | 12% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 20 | 11% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 0.8 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 2,878 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 2,728 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,369 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 951 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 537 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 529 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 262 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 241 flights
Also carried: 1,707 tonnes of freight and 61 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.8%
- Flights counted
- 9,705
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 79.9% | 14 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 76.6% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 66.6% | 31 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 44% · aircraft arriving late 36% · air traffic system 17% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $229
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $212
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 58% of passengers · $315
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 24% of passengers · $96
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $205 · Q3 2025 $189 · Q4 2025 $233 · Q1 2026 $229).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $234, likely $207–$266
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.8%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 4% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 958 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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