Detroit (DTW) – New York (JFK)
- Distance
- 819 km
- 509 mi · 442 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 49 min / 2 h 5 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → JFK / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 103 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (61 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 338,740
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +32.5%
- Flights / week
- 71
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 437,703 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, B6, 9E
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 JFK
- 285°
- Halfway point
- 41.53, -78.51
- Great-circle km
- 817 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → JFK
- 1 h 17 min
- In the air JFK → DTW
- 1 h 27 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.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 32,174 |
| Sep 2025 | 32,411 |
| Oct 2025 | 36,798 |
| Nov 2025 | 31,867 |
| Dec 2025 | 25,999 |
| Jan 2026 | 19,502 |
| Feb 2026 | 17,516 |
| Mar 2026 | 23,003 |
| Apr 2026 | 21,415 |
| May 2026 | 33,248 |
| Jun 2026 | 32,422 |
| Jul 2026 | 32,385 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 311 |
| Sep 2025 | 344 |
| Oct 2025 | 375 |
| Nov 2025 | 341 |
| Dec 2025 | 279 |
| Jan 2026 | 282 |
| Feb 2026 | 262 |
| Mar 2026 | 311 |
| Apr 2026 | 304 |
| May 2026 | 310 |
| Jun 2026 | 296 |
| Jul 2026 | 297 |
Airlines flying DTW–JFK nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 30 | 52% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 16 | 26% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 25 | 23% |
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 A319 · 1,413 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 1,288 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 546 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 319 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 36 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 31 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 19 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 16 flights
Also carried: 243 tonnes of freight and 16 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3.7%
- Flights counted
- 2,442
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 81.2% | 18 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 76.6% | 16 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 34% · air traffic system 30% · weather 5% · 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
- $235
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $215
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 80% of passengers · $253
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 19% of passengers · $160
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $227 · Q3 2025 $199 · Q4 2025 $212 · Q1 2026 $235).
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: 817 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
More routes from JFK
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| JFK → LAX | 3,983 km | 3,020,062 |
| JFK → LHR | 5,555 km | 2,984,474 |
| JFK → SFO | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| JFK → CDG | 5,850 km | 1,852,909 |
| JFK → MCO | 1,519 km | 1,430,021 |
| JFK → MIA | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| JFK → ATL | 1,223 km | 1,253,545 |
| JFK → SJU | 2,571 km | 1,142,506 |
| JFK → FCO | 6,884 km | 1,141,515 |
| JFK → LAS | 3,618 km | 1,102,051 |