Detroit (DTW) – New York (EWR)
- Distance
- 785 km
- 488 mi · 424 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 42 min / 1 h 55 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → EWR / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 99 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (58 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 641,601
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +16.1%
- Flights / week
- 138
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 794,760 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- DL, YX, NK
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 DTW
- 99°
- Heading from EWR
- 285°
- Halfway point
- 41.54, -78.71
- Great-circle km
- 783 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → EWR
- 1 h 12 min
- In the air EWR → DTW
- 1 h 23 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 69,713 |
| Sep 2025 | 63,222 |
| Oct 2025 | 61,758 |
| Nov 2025 | 53,167 |
| Dec 2025 | 56,950 |
| Jan 2026 | 42,923 |
| Feb 2026 | 42,374 |
| Mar 2026 | 57,451 |
| Apr 2026 | 53,360 |
| May 2026 | 47,030 |
| Jun 2026 | 46,724 |
| Jul 2026 | 46,929 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 699 |
| Sep 2025 | 718 |
| Oct 2025 | 690 |
| Nov 2025 | 612 |
| Dec 2025 | 583 |
| Jan 2026 | 563 |
| Feb 2026 | 515 |
| Mar 2026 | 629 |
| Apr 2026 | 573 |
| May 2026 | 517 |
| Jun 2026 | 539 |
| Jul 2026 | 526 |
Airlines flying DTW–EWR nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 60 | 49% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 55 | 29% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 18 | 19% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 2.8 | 2% |
| G7GoJet Airlines | 1.6 | 1% |
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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 2,703 flights
- Boeing 717-200 · 2,412 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 601 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 394 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 218 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 196 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 179 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 160 flights
Also carried: 170 tonnes of freight and 74 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 4.8%
- Flights counted
- 7,428
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 77.2% | 21 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 82.3% | 14 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 68% | 24 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 84.5% | 11 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 29% · air traffic system 38% · 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
- $178
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $187
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 44% of passengers · $209
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 20% of passengers · $86
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $201 · Q3 2025 $176 · Q4 2025 $196 · Q1 2026 $178).
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: 783 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 Detroit and New York
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More routes from DTW
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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| EWR → MCO | 1,508 km | 1,946,092 |
| EWR → LAX | 3,950 km | 1,791,699 |
| EWR → SFO | 4,128 km | 1,752,123 |
| EWR → ATL | 1,200 km | 1,749,835 |
| EWR → ORD | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| EWR → FLL | 1,713 km | 1,376,885 |
| EWR → MIA | 1,746 km | 1,160,582 |
| EWR → IAH | 2,252 km | 1,135,261 |
| EWR → DEN | 2,583 km | 1,059,062 |
| EWR → DFW | 2,208 km | 984,248 |