Denver (DEN) – Detroit (DTW)
- Distance
- 1,807 km
- 1,123 mi · 976 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 44 min / 3 h 9 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → DTW / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 227 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (134 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 886,499
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +2.3%
- Flights / week
- 119
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 1,074,001 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, UA, WN
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 DEN
- 75°
- Heading from DTW
- 269°
- Halfway point
- 41.53, -94.21
- Great-circle km
- 1,802 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → DTW
- 2 h 16 min
- In the air DTW → DEN
- 2 h 41 min
- Clocks
- Detroit is 2 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 89,710 |
| Sep 2025 | 78,230 |
| Oct 2025 | 75,315 |
| Nov 2025 | 59,447 |
| Dec 2025 | 68,127 |
| Jan 2026 | 55,825 |
| Feb 2026 | 57,915 |
| Mar 2026 | 73,700 |
| Apr 2026 | 63,731 |
| May 2026 | 82,349 |
| Jun 2026 | 89,381 |
| Jul 2026 | 92,769 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 559 |
| Sep 2025 | 514 |
| Oct 2025 | 514 |
| Nov 2025 | 449 |
| Dec 2025 | 480 |
| Jan 2026 | 434 |
| Feb 2026 | 429 |
| Mar 2026 | 556 |
| Apr 2026 | 516 |
| May 2026 | 561 |
| Jun 2026 | 567 |
| Jul 2026 | 588 |
Airlines flying DEN–DTW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 48 | 39% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 28 | 21% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 25 | 20% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 18 | 19% |
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 · 1,499 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1,489 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 786 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 688 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 428 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 402 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 373 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 316 flights
Also carried: 190 tonnes of freight and 163 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 6,189
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 82.9% | 12 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 81.8% | 12 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 66.6% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 81.8% | 15 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 21% · weather 2% · 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
- $239
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $227
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 51% of passengers · $273
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 19% of passengers · $141
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $209 · Q4 2025 $241 · Q1 2026 $239).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,802 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.
Every airport pair between Denver and Detroit
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